Local elliptic bounds on a time slice #
For a divergence-free velocity u smooth near the closed Euclidean ball |y - x| ≤ ρ of one time
slice, the velocity gradient and Hessian at the centre are controlled by the vorticity gradient
and Hessian on the ball and by the velocity itself:
∑ᵢⱼ |∂ⱼuᵢ(x)| ≤ C (ρ Λ₁ + M / ρ) (EL1_local) and
∑ᵢⱼₗ |∂ₗ∂ⱼuᵢ(x)| ≤ C (ρ Λ₂ + M / ρ²) (EL2_local), with an absolute constant C.
The proof applies the Newtonian representation ∂ₗv(x) = -∫ ∂ₗN(x - y) Δv(y) dy to
v = χ uᵢ (respectively v = χ ∂ⱼuᵢ), where χ is the ball cutoff, after replacing u by a
globally smooth field that agrees with it near the ball. The Leibniz rule splits Δv into
χ Δh, which is bounded through Δuᵢ = ∑ₖ ∂ₖ(∂ₖuᵢ - ∂ᵢuₖ) (divergence free) and the signed
vorticity form of the antisymmetric gradient, against ∫_{B_ρ} |∂ₗN| ≤ Cρ; and the cutoff
terms ∂ₖχ ∂ₖh and ∂ₖ∂ₖχ h, which are bounded by the annular kernel bound using only
|u| ≤ M. The level bounds EV1_velocity_gradient and EV2_velocity_hessian apply these at the
fixed radius min (a' - a, b - b', 1) / 2 on an annulus times a backward time interval. These are
the elliptic steps of the interior estimates in the proof of lem:aniso:annulus.
Part 1: a smooth extension of one time slice #
Part 2: calculus of spatialDeriv for smooth functions #
Part 3: the Newtonian representation split along the cutoff #
Part 4: the annular cutoff terms, through the annular kernel bound #
Part 5: the Laplacian of a divergence-free field through its curl #
Part 6: the pointwise bounds for a smooth divergence-free field #
Part 7: transfer from the velocity to its smooth extension #
Part 8: the local elliptic bounds EL1 and EL2 #
First-order local elliptic bound on a time slice: for a divergence-free velocity smooth near
the closed ball |y - x| ≤ ρ of the slice t, the velocity gradient at the centre is bounded by
C (ρ Λ + M / ρ), where M bounds the velocity and Λ the vorticity gradient on the ball.
Second-order local elliptic bound on a time slice: for a divergence-free velocity smooth near
the closed ball |y - x| ≤ ρ of the slice t, the velocity Hessian at the centre is bounded by
C (ρ Λ + M / ρ²), where M bounds the velocity and Λ the vorticity Hessian on the ball.
Part 9: the velocity level bounds EV1 and EV2 #
Velocity-gradient level bound: a bound on the vorticity gradient over an annulus times a backward time interval gives a bound on the velocity gradient over any inner annulus.
Velocity-Hessian level bound: a bound on the vorticity Hessian over an annulus times a backward time interval gives a bound on the velocity Hessian over any inner annulus.