On the non-uniqueness of solutions of the axi-symmetric swirl-free Navier-Stokes equations, I

Alexandru D. Ionescu; Hao Jia; Stan Palasek

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On the non-uniqueness of solutions of the axi-symmetric swirl-free Navier-Stokes equations, I

Alexandru D. Ionescu·Hao Jia·Stan Palasek

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In this paper we construct numerically a new class of unstable self-similar solutions of the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations in $\mathbb{R}^3$. Our solutions are axially symmetric and homogeneous of degree $-1$ at $\infty$, and are unstable in the sense that the linearization around these solutions contains unstable modes. Solutions of this type have been discovered numerically by Guillod and Šverák and Hou, Wang, and Yang, and have applications to proving non-uniqueness results. The main novelty in this paper is that we discover the existence of such solutions in the space of axially symmetric swirl-free (ASSF) vector fields. These approximate solutions are defined on all of $\mathbb R^3$ and achieve global pointwise residuals of order $10^{-10}$. We discuss the numerical construction of these solutions in detail, as well as their relevance to the problem of non-uniqueness of solutions of the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations in 3D, in the space of ASSF solutions.

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Alexandru D. Ionescu, Hao Jia, Stan Palasek. 2026-06-05. On the non-uniqueness of solutions of the axi-symmetric swirl-free Navier-Stokes equations, I. https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.07501

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