Existence of a weak solution to the Navier-Stokes equations enjoying the energy equality
To date, a Leray's weak solution to the Navier-Stokes equations enjoys an energy inequality. We prove the existence of a weak solution that enjoys the energy equality. The existence of the weak solution is achieved as limit of solutions to the mollified Navier-Stokes system (Leray's approach). Since no uniqueness result is known for weak solutions we are not able to claim that any weak solution in the sense of Leray-Hopf enjoys the energy equality.
Authors
- Alfonsina Tartaglione (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5931-7043)
- Paolo Maremonti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5423-4625)
Publication Details
- Journal
- arXiv (Cornell University)
- Published
- 2026-10-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2610.35517
- Primary Topic
- Navier-Stokes equation solutions
- Type
- preprint