Navier--Stokes regularity criteria in sum spaces

Abstract

In this paper, we will consider regularity criteria for the Navier--Stokes equation in mixed Lebesgue sum spaces. In particular, we will prove regularity criteria that only require control of the velocity, vorticity, or the positive part of the second eigenvalue of the strain matrix, in the sum space of two scale critical spaces. This represents a significant step forward, because each sum space regularity criterion covers a whole family of scale critical regularity criteria in a single estimate. In order to show this, we will also prove a new inclusion and inequality for sum spaces in families of mixed Lebesgue spaces with a scale invariance that is also of independent interest.