Scaling Swirl Vertical Exponent #
Supporting results for the Constantin–Ignatova–Vicol axisymmetric regularity theorem.
Under the parabolic rescaling u → R u(R·, R²·), the swirl/vertical anisotropic bound
of eq:aniso:bounds (the angular-mean form is eq:interior:mean:bounds),
C * (-t)^(-1/2 - h - a/2 - (1/2-h)*b), is rescaled to
R^(1+a+b) * C * (-(R²*t))^(-1/2 - h - a/2 - (1/2-h)*b), and the residual power of R is exactly
(1+a+b) + 2*(-1/2 - h - a/2 - (1/2-h)*b) = 2*h*(b-1).
Under the parabolic rescaling u → R u(R·, R²·) with 0 < R ≤ 1, the swirl/vertical
conjunct of eq:aniso:bounds survives only with the enlarged constant R^(-(2*h)) * C: the
residual power of R is 2*h*(b-1) ≥ -(2*h), so the rescaling factor is at most R^(-(2*h)),
which is ≥ 1. Contrast the radial conjunct, whose residual power 2*h*b is nonnegative and whose
constant is therefore unchanged.
The constant R^(-(2*h)) is attained: at b = 0 the rescaled swirl/vertical bound equals
R^(-(2*h)) * C * (-t)^(-1/2 - h - a/2) exactly, so no smaller constant works. This is the
asymmetry with the radial conjunct, whose constant is unchanged.
For any C ≥ 0, 0 ≤ h, and 0 < R ≤ 1, the rescaled swirl/vertical anisotropic bound
holds with the constant C' = R^(-(2*h)) * C, for all t < 0 and all a, b : ℕ. Unlike the radial
conjunct, the constant is genuinely enlarged.