On the anisotropic hyperdissipative Navier-Stokes equations

Abstract

We consider the global Cauchy problem for the generalized incompressible Navier- Stokes system in 3D whole space $$ u_t+u\cdot\nabla u+\nabla p=\mathcal{A}_h u, $$ \begin{equation}\label{main0} \nabla\cdot u=0, \end{equation} $$ u(x,0)=u_0(x), $$ where $u=(u_1, u_2, u_3)\in\mathbf{R}^3$ and $ p$ are the fluid velocity field and pressure. The initial data $u_0(x)$ is assumed to be smooth, rapidly decreasing and divergence free. Here $\mathcal{A}_h$ is the anisotropic hyperdissipative operator. When $\mathcal{A}_hu=-(-\Delta)^{5/4}$, it is called the critical case and the global smooth solution exists. We consider the anisotropic operator with $\mathcal{A}_hu= \left(\begin{array}{c} \partial_{x_1x_1} u_1+\partial_{x_2x_2} u_1- M_3^{2\alpha} u_1 \\partial_{x_1x_1} u_2+\partial_{x_2x_2} u_2-M_3^{2\alpha} u_2 \ - M_1^{2\gamma} u_3-M_2^{2\gamma} u_3-M_3^{2\alpha} u_3 \end{array} \right). $ and establish global regularity.