The 3D time-dependent Oseen system: link between \(L^p\)-integrability in time and pointwise decay in space of the velocity (Q2036453)

The present paper deals with the volume and layer potentials related to the velocity part of the fundamental solution of the Oseen system \(\partial_t\mathbf{u}+\tau \partial_1\mathbf{u}-\Delta\mathbf{u}= -\nabla p+\mathbf{f}\), \(\nabla\cdot\mathbf{u} = 0\) in \((\mathbb{R}^3\setminus\overline\Omega )\times ]0,T[\), accomplished to the initial condition and the homogeneous Dirichlet boundary condition to velocity field \(\mathbf{u}\), where \(\tau>0\) and the domain \(\Omega\) being such that \(\overline\Omega\subset B_{R_0}\), for some \(R_0>0\). The potentials are constitutive elements of two derived representation formulas. One of the representation formulas is derived such that it has no pressure \(p\) due to the divergence theorem. For a bounded domain \(\Omega\) of class \(C^2\), the author concludes that the \(L^q\) strong solution decays a.e. in space under \(|\partial^\alpha_x \mathbf{u}(x,t)|\leq C(|x|(1+|x|-x_1))^{-(3+|\alpha|)/2+ 1/(2q')}\), for \(x\in\mathbb{R}^3\setminus B_{R_0}\), with \(\alpha\in\mathbb{N}_0^3\) being such that \(|\alpha |=\alpha_1+\alpha_2+\alpha_3\leq 1\) and for some constant \(C\). The proof relies on the asymptotic structure of the Oseen flow at the steady state in exterior domains [\textit{G. P. Galdi}, An introduction to the mathematical theory of the Navier-Stokes equations. Steady-state problems. 2nd ed. New York: Springer (2011; Zbl 1245.35002)] to provide that the integral \(\int_{\mathbb{R}^3\setminus \overline{B_{R_0}}} \left(|p(y,t)| ((1+|y|)\ln[2+|y|])^{-1}\right)^q\,\mathrm{d}y\) is finite for a.e. \(t\in ]0,T[\), which is an essential condition for the derivation of the representation formulas.