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Partial Differential Equations
On the regularity of the solutions to the 3D Navier–Stokes equations: a remark on the role of the helicity
[Sur la régularité des solutions des équations de Navier–Stokes 3D : une remarque sur le rôle de l'élicité]
Comptes Rendus. Mathématique, Volume 347 (2009) no. 11-12, pp. 613-618.

Nous démontrons que si la vélocité et le rotationnel sont perpendiculaires partout (avec une borne sur la vitesse avec laquelle ils deviennent perpendiculaires) alors les solutions des équations de Navier–Stokes 3D sont régulières. Cette condition implique que l'élicité est nulle et, dans un certain sens, que le flux ressemble à la situation géométrique bidimensionnelle.

We show that if velocity and vorticity are orthogonal at each point (and they become orthogonal fast enough) then solutions of the 3D Navier–Stokes equations are smooth. This condition implies that the helicity is identically zero and, in a certain sense, the flow resembles the 2D geometric situation.

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DOI : 10.1016/j.crma.2009.03.003
Luigi C. Berselli 1 ; Diego Córdoba 2

1 Dipartimento di Matematica Applicata “U. Dini,” Università di Pisa, Via F. Buonarroti 1/c, 56127 Pisa, Italy
2 Instituto de Ciencias Matemáticas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Serrano 123, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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