Abstract
This note shows that any solution u of the Navier-Stokes equations in a 3-D exterior domain which decays as O(|x|-1) at ∞ has the optimal decay ∇ku(x) = O(|x|-1-k) for k > 1, if the body force f satisfies ∇mf(x) = O(|x|-3-m) for all m < k. The main tool is an interior estimate for the Stokes system.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 2107-2117 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Communications in Partial Differential Equations |
Volume | 25 |
Issue number | 11-12 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2000 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We thank G. P. Galdi and T. Miyakawa for helpful remarks. Both authors were partially supported by NSF grant DhIS-9622795. The second author was also supported by a Sloan Foundation Dissertation Fellowship.