The time derivative of a strong solution is bounded in L² after positive time #
prop:lps-smoothing: the Kiselev–Ladyzhenskaya argument. For h > 0 the energy
E_h(t) = ∫ |v_h(x, t)|² dx of the time-difference quotient v_h = (u(·, · + h) - u)/h of a
strong solution satisfies E_h' ≤ -∫ |∇v_h|² + κ_h E_h with
κ_h(t) = 6K (M(t) + M(t + h)), where M(t) is the squared H² norm of u(·, t) and K
the constant of the embedding H² ⊂ L^∞. The mean of E_h over [t₀, t₀ + δ] is controlled
by the L² norm of ∂ₜu, so Grönwall's inequality bounds E_h on [t₀ + δ, T - h] uniformly
in h; letting h → 0 bounds ∫ |∂ₜu(x, t)|² dx for almost every t ∈ (t₀ + δ, T).
The differential inequality for the energy of the time-difference quotients: at almost every
time τ of (t₀, T - h), -2 ∫ |∇v|² + 2 ∫ H : ∇v ≤ -∫ |∇v|² + 6K (M(τ) + M(τ + h)) ∫ |v|²,
given the pointwise bound uᵢ(x, t)² ≤ K M(t) (prop:lps-smoothing).
The dissipation ∫ |∇v|² and the flux pairing ∫ H : ∇v of the time-difference quotient
are integrable in time on (t₀, T - h) (prop:lps-smoothing).
The uniform bound of the energy of the time-difference quotients after the initial layer
(prop:lps-smoothing): if 0 < h, t₀ + δ ≤ T - h and uᵢ(x, t)² ≤ K M(t) almost everywhere
with M ≥ 0 integrable, then ∫ |v_h(x, t)|² dx ≤ (Θ/δ) e^Λ for every t ∈ [t₀ + δ, T - h],
where Θ = ∫ₜ₀ᵀ ∫ |∂ₜu|² and Λ = 12K ∫ₜ₀ᵀ M do not depend on h.
The time derivative of a strong solution is bounded in L² at almost every time after
t₀ + δ (prop:lps-smoothing): the uniform bound of the time-difference quotients passes to
the limit h → 0.