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We consider the axisymmetric Navier-Stokes equations with non-zero swirl component. By invoking the Hardy-Sobolev interpolation inequality, Hardy inequality and the theory of $*A_{\beta }$ (1 < β < ∞) weights, we establish regularity criteria involving $u^r$, ${\omega }^z$ or ${\omega }^{\theta }$ in some weighted Lebesgue spaces. This improves many previous results.

We consider the Cauchy problem for the three-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations, and provide an optimal regularity criterion in terms of $u_3$ and ${\omega }_3$, which are the third components of the velocity and vorticity, respectively. This gives an affirmative answer to an open problem in the paper by P. Penel, M. Pokorný (2004).

We study the Cauchy problem for the 3D MHD system with damping terms ${\epsilon \left|u\right|}^{\alpha -1}u$ and ${\delta \left|b\right|}^{\beta -1}b$ (ε, δ > 0 and α, β ≥ 1), and show that the strong solution exists globally for any α, β > 3. This improves the previous results significantly.

We consider the Cauchy problem for the 3D density-dependent incompressible flow of liquid crystals with vacuum, and provide a regularity criterion in terms of u and ∇d in the Besov spaces of negative order. This improves a recent result of Fan-Li [Comm. Math. Sci. 12 (2014), 1185-1197].

We study the Cauchy problem for the MHD system, and provide two regularity conditions involving horizontal components (or their gradients) in Besov spaces. This improves previous results.

As observed by Yamazaki, the third component $b_3$ of the magnetic field can be estimated by the corresponding component $u_3$ of the velocity field in $L^{\lambda }$ $(2\le \lambda \le 6)$ norm. This leads him to establish regularity criterion involving $u_3,j_3$ or $u_3,{\omega }_3$. Noticing that $\lambda$ can be greater than 6 in this paper, we can improve previous results.

We study the axisymmetric Navier-Stokes equations. In 2010, Loftus-Zhang used a refined test function and re-scaling scheme, and showed that $$|{\omega }^r(x,t)|+|{\omega }^z(r,t)|\le \frac{C}{r^{10}},0<r\le \frac{1}{2}.$$ By employing the dimension reduction technique by Lei-Navas-Zhang, and analyzing ${\omega }^r$, ${\omega }^z$ and ${\omega }^{\theta }/r$ on different hollow cylinders, we are able to improve it and obtain $$|{\omega }^r(x,t)|+|{\omega }^z(r,t)|\le \frac{C\left|\ln r\right|}{r^{17/2}},0<r\le \frac{1}{2}.$$

We review the developments of the regularity criteria for the Navier-Stokes equations, and make some further improvements.

This paper concerns improving Prodi-Serrin-Ladyzhenskaya type regularity criteria for the Navier-Stokes system, in the sense of multiplying certain negative powers of scaling invariant norms.