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5 - Quasi-invariance for the Navier–Stokes equations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 August 2019

Charles L. Fefferman
Affiliation:
Princeton University, New Jersey
James C. Robinson
Affiliation:
University of Warwick
José L. Rodrigo
Affiliation:
University of Warwick
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In this contribution we focus on a few results regarding the study of the three-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations with the use of vector potentials. These dependent variables are critical in the sense that they are scale invariant. By surveying recent results utilising criticality of various norms, we emphasise the advantages of working with scale-invariant variables. The Navier-Stokes equations, which are invariant under static scaling transforms, are not invariant under dynamic scaling transforms. Using the vector potential, we introduce scale invariance in a weaker form, that is, invariance under dynamic scaling modulo a martingale (Maruyama-Girsanov density) when the equations are cast into Wiener path-integrals. We discuss the implications of this quasi-invariance for the basic issues of the Navier-Stokes equations.

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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