Regularity criterion for 3D Navier-Stokes equations in terms of the direction of the velocity
Alexis Vasseur (2009)
Applications of Mathematics
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In this short note we give a link between the regularity of the solution to the 3D Navier-Stokes equation and the behavior of the direction of the velocity . It is shown that the control of in a suitable norm is enough to ensure global regularity. The result is reminiscent of the criterion in terms of the direction of the vorticity, introduced first by Constantin and Fefferman. However, in this case the condition is not on the vorticity but on the velocity itself. The proof, based...