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The higher-order energy inequality and a common Galerkin lifespan with
Statement
Assume the Axiom of Countable Choice (The Axiom of Countable Choice ()), used through the Fourier-coefficient suppliers. Fix , and a real , and let be the maximal solution of the Galerkin system of The Galerkin coefficient system: finite-dimensional invariance, local Lipschitz property, and the unique maximal approximation on the torus with initial datum , where and .
- Energy inequality. For every real and every , where is the commutator constant of The transport term is orthogonal to itself and the tame commutator estimate (claim 2), and .
- Common lifespan. With one has and if then on . In particular the same interval length , depending only on and (and not on or on the finer profile of ), is a common interval of existence for all Galerkin approximations.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: The Galerkin solution of The Galerkin coefficient system: finite-dimensional invariance, local Lipschitz property, and the unique maximal approximation on the torus (whose values are trigonometric polynomials, hence belong to every ), the operators , , , and the weights of Periodic vector Sobolev spaces on the three-torus, the weight family, and the Leray projection.
is a real Hilbert space with weighted inner product and . Bare denotes the unweighted pairing, so for polynomials ; is self-adjoint and positive and ; (Periodic vector Sobolev spaces on the three-torus, the weight family, and the Leray projection).
and are self-adjoint orthogonal projections on , norm nonincreasing, commuting with ; is the identity on and (Periodic vector Sobolev spaces on the three-torus, the weight family, and the Leray projection, The Galerkin coefficient system: finite-dimensional invariance, local Lipschitz property, and the unique maximal approximation on the torus).
Claims 1-3 of The transport term is orthogonal to itself and the tame commutator estimate : for divergence-free and ; ; and for divergence-free.
If is differentiable with integrable derivative then (The second fundamental theorem: if is differentiable on with and is integrable, then ), and if pointwise then (If on and both are integrable then ; and ).
Proof
Given: The Galerkin solution and facts [F1]-[F5].
Since is differentiable in with derivative and the squared norm is the quadratic form , the derivative of is , and . By [F2], is self-adjoint and the identity on , and is self-adjoint with (as is divergence-free); by [F1], . Hence with one has the identity .
By claim 3 and claim 2 of [F3], . Inserting this into step 1.1 gives the energy inequality of claim 1 for every , the case being the hypothesis of [F3] and .
Put and . Step 2.1 with gives , that is . For define ; then because and .
Since on any interval where is defined, the fundamental theorem [F5] and monotonicity of the integral give for , , as long as the right-hand side is positive; hence whenever the denominator is positive.
Letting in step 4.1 (with and ; the function is increasing while its denominator is positive) gives, for with and , the bound . In particular, for the time of the statement with , the denominator at is , so for ; if , the zero field solves the IVP with the same initial datum, so IVP uniqueness gives on the whole maximal interval.
The bound on precludes a finite maximal right endpoint : by the blow-up alternative of The Galerkin coefficient system: finite-dimensional invariance, local Lipschitz property, and the unique maximal approximation on the torus (claim 3), would have to tend to as , contradicting the bound. Hence , that is, ; this proves claim 2.
Remarks
- The constant is the commutator constant of order ; the lifespan bound is therefore explicit in terms of the commutator estimate, with no hidden compactness.
- If then in , so the Galerkin solution is identically zero; the stated choice is a harmless convention to make the common-lifespan statement unconditional.
Depends on
Periodic vector Sobolev spaces on the three-torus, the weight family, and the Leray projection
The transport term is orthogonal to itself and the tame commutator estimate
The Galerkin coefficient system: finite-dimensional invariance, local Lipschitz property, and the unique maximal approximation on the torus
Discrete Young inequality, the Sobolev product bound, and the transport product bound on the torus
The Axiom of Countable Choice ()
The second fundamental theorem: if is differentiable on with and is integrable, then
If on and both are integrable then ; and
Intervals of : the nine order-convex forms, nondegeneracy, and length
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Sources
- E. Wiedemann (ed. J. Skipper), Lecture Notes: Navier-Stokes Equations (Universität Ulm, WS 2018/19), Section 4.2 and Theorem 4.14 with its proof (the H^m energy inequality for the Galerkin approximations and the resulting common lifespan)
- A. J. Majda and A. L. Bertozzi, Vorticity and Incompressible Flow (CUP 2002), Proposition 3.7 and estimate (3.59) (the a priori H^m bound d/dt||v_ε||_m ≤ c_m||v_ε||_m^2 and the bound ||v_0||_m/(1-c_mt||v_0||_m))