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OP-5373Status unassessedPartial differential equations

Global Existence and Smoothness of Navier–Stokes Solutions on ℝ³

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Problem statement

Let ν>0\nu > 0 be a real number (the viscosity), and let u0:R3→R3u_0 : \mathbb{R}^3 \to \mathbb{R}^3 be a smooth vector field satisfying the following conditions: u0u_0 is divergence-free, meaning ∇⋅u0=0\nabla \cdot u_0 = 0 everywhere; and u0u_0 and all of its derivatives decay faster than any polynomial at infinity, meaning for every non-negative integer mm and every real number KK, there exists a constant CC such that ∥∂mu0(x)∥≤C/(1+∥x∥)K\|\partial^m u_0(x)\| \leq C/(1 + \|x\|)^K for all x∈R3x \in \mathbb{R}^3. Prove that there exist a velocity field v:R3×[0,∞)→R3v : \mathbb{R}^3 \times [0,\infty) \to \mathbb{R}^3 and a pressure field p:R3×[0,∞)→Rp : \mathbb{R}^3 \times [0,\infty) \to \mathbb{R} such that:

∂v∂t+(v⋅∇)v=νΔv−∇p\frac{\partial v}{\partial t} + (v \cdot \nabla)v = \nu \Delta v - \nabla p

for all x∈R3x \in \mathbb{R}^3 and all t≥0t \geq 0; the velocity remains divergence-free, ∇⋅v(⋅,t)=0\nabla \cdot v(\cdot, t) = 0, for all t≥0t \geq 0; the initial condition v(x,0)=u0(x)v(x,0) = u_0(x) holds for all x∈R3x \in \mathbb{R}^3; both vv and pp are smooth (C∞C^\infty) on R3×[0,∞)\mathbb{R}^3 \times [0,\infty); for each t≥0t \geq 0, the kinetic energy ∫R3∥v(x,t)∥2 dx\int_{\mathbb{R}^3} \|v(x,t)\|^2 \, dx is finite; and there exists a uniform bound EE such that ∫R3∥v(x,t)∥2 dx<E\int_{\mathbb{R}^3} \|v(x,t)\|^2 \, dx < E for all t≥0t \geq 0.

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Formal statement

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theorem navier_stokes_existence_and_smoothness_R3 (nu : ℝ) (hnu : nu > 0)
    (u₀ : ℝ³ → ℝ³) (hu₀ : InitialVelocityConditionDecay u₀) :
    ∃ v p, NavierStokesExistenceAndSmoothnessRn nu u₀ (f := 0) v p

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