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Non-Algebraic Decay for Solutions to the Navier-Stokes Equations

Analysis of PDEs 2026-05-19 v2

Abstract

Around forty years ago, Michael Wiegner provided, in a seminal paper, sharp algebraic decay rates for solutions of the Navier--Stokes equations, showing that these solutions behave asymptotically like the solutions of the heat equation with the same data as t+t\to+\infty, in the L2L^2-norm, up to some critical decay rate. In the present paper, we close a gap that appears in the conclusion of Wiegner's theorem in the 2D case, for solutions with non-algebraic decay rate.

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@article{arxiv.2512.21312,
  title  = {Non-Algebraic Decay for Solutions to the Navier-Stokes Equations},
  author = {Lorenzo Brandolese and Matthieu Pageard and Cilon F. Perusato},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.21312},
  year   = {2026}
}

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to appear in the Indiana University Mathematical Journal