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Liouville type theorems for stationary Navier-Stokes equations

Analysis of PDEs 2020-05-21 v1

Abstract

We show that any smooth stationary solution of the 3D incompressible Navier-Stokes equations in the whole space, the half space, or a periodic slab must vanish under the condition that for some 0δ1<L0 \le \delta \le 1<L and q=6(3δ)/(6δ)q=6(3-\delta)/(6-\delta), lim infR1RuLq(R<x<LR)3δ=0.\liminf_{R \to \infty} \frac 1R \|u\|^{3-\delta}_{L^{q}(R<|x|<LR)}=0. We also prove sufficient conditions allowing shrinking radii ratio L=1+RαL= 1+R^{-\alpha}. Similar results hold on a slab with zero boundary condition by assuming stronger decay rates. We do not assume global bound of the velocity. The key is to estimate the pressure locally in the annuli with radii ratio LL arbitrarily close to 1.

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@article{arxiv.2005.09691,
  title  = {Liouville type theorems for stationary Navier-Stokes equations},
  author = {Tai-Peng Tsai},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2005.09691},
  year   = {2020}
}

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Dedicated to Hideo Kozono on the occasion of his 60th birthday

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