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Transition threshold for the 3D Couette flow in Sobolev space

Analysis of PDEs 2018-03-06 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we study the transition threshold of the 3D Couette flow in Sobolev space at high Reynolds number Re\text{Re}. It was proved that if the initial velocity v0v_0 satisfies v0(y,0,0)H2c0Re1\|v_0-(y,0,0)\|_{H^2}\le c_0\text{Re}^{-1}, then the solution of the 3D Navier-Stokes equations is global in time and does not transition away from the Couette flow. This result confirms the transition threshold conjecture in physical literatures.

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@article{arxiv.1803.01359,
  title  = {Transition threshold for the 3D Couette flow in Sobolev space},
  author = {Dongyi Wei and Zhifei Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1803.01359},
  year   = {2018}
}

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49 pages

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