On a Serrin-type regularity criterion for the Navier-Stokes equations in terms of the pressure (Q2644270)

The author proves a regularity result for a weak solution (in the sense of Leray-Schauder) of the Navier-Stokes system posed in the space-time region \( \Omega \times (0,T)\), where \(T>0\) and \(\Omega \) is a domain of \(\mathbb R^{n}\), \( n\geq 3\). Homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions are imposed on the lateral boundary \(\partial \Omega \times (0,T)\). Here, the author restricts the study to the cases where \(\Omega \) is the whole \(\mathbb R^{n}\) or in a spatially periodic situation. He extends a previous result by \textit{L. C. Berselli} and \textit{G. P. Galdi} [Proc. Am. Math. Soc. 130, No. 12, 3585--3595 (2002; Zbl 1075.35031)]. Assuming that \(u\in L^{\infty }([0,T];L^{2}(\mathbb R^{n}))\cap L^{2}([0,T];H_{0}^{1}(\mathbb R^{n}))\) is a strong solution of the Navier-Stokes system and that the gradient of the pressure belongs to \(L_{x,t}^{r,s}\), with \(n/r+2/s\leq 3\), and \(n/3<r<+\infty \) and \( 2/3<s<+\infty \), the author proves that \(u\) is a smooth solution of the Navier-Stokes system. The proof of the regularity result is obtained using some properties of the spaces \(L_{x,t}^{r,s}\), through Sobolev embeddings, and interpolation tools.