Curl fields for the Leray data space #
The cutoff construction in lem:J-weak-div uses compactly supported curls
as divergence-free approximants.
The curl of a smooth vector field, in the native three-dimensional coordinates.
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The product rule for the curl of a scalar multiple of a vector field.
Splitting the cutoff curl error into the potential-gradient term and the tail of the original curl.
The curl preserves compact support.
A curl obtained from a compactly supported scalar cutoff has compact support even when the underlying vector field does not.
The curl of a smooth vector field is smooth.
The divergence of the curl of a smooth vector field vanishes pointwise.
Multiplying a smooth potential by a smooth scalar cutoff and taking its curl gives a smooth divergence-free vector field.
The cutoff curl is smooth whenever the cutoff and potential are smooth.
Cutting off an L² vector potential approximates its curl in L².
The first term is the curl tail and the second is the cutoff-gradient error.