The energy inequality for the Leray–Hopf limit #
This is the energy clause (LH4) of def:leray-hopf in the proof of
prop:leray-hopf-limit. The regularized energy equality of
thm:regularised bounds the slice energy plus twice the dissipation by the
energy of the mollified data, hence by the energy of the data. The weak
convergence of the slices and of the gradients then passes this bound to the
limit by weak lower semicontinuity of the two Hilbert norms, in the form of
the elementary inequality 2ab - b² ≤ a².
The squared Euclidean energy of a square-integrable coordinate field.
The squared L² norm of the Euclidean representative of a coordinate
field.
The Euclidean L² norm of a coordinate field is unchanged by passing to
the Euclidean carrier of the spatial variable.
The regularized dissipation up to time t₀ is the dissipation integral
over the slab ℝ³ × (0,t₀).
Measurability on every positive-time slab gives measurability on the slab reaching the initial time.
The elementary weak lower semicontinuity inequality 2 ∫ f g - ∫ g² ≤ ∫ f²,
together with the integrability of f g.
The energy inequality of the limit at a positive time, in real form: the slice energy plus twice the dissipation up to that time is bounded by the energy of the data.
The real energy inequality gives the energy clause (LH4) at a positive time.
The initial trace clause (LH5): the energy bound and weak continuity at
the initial time give strong L² convergence to the data.