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The paper deals with the existence of solutions for the stationary Navier-Stokes system with a pressure dependent viscosity \(\nu=\nu(p)\). In general the viscosity is assumed to be \[ \nu\in C^{m+3}(\mathbb{R}),\qquad \nu(x)\geq \nu_0>0 \] (with \(m\) dependent on the dimension of the space in such a way that \(W^{m+1,s}(\Omega)\subset L^\infty\) for a suitable \(s\)). The model law the authors have in mind is the Eyring equation \[ \nu(p,T)=a\sqrt T e^{{b+cp}\over{T}}, \] with constant temperature \(T\). The authors show that, if the forcing term is close, in a suitable norm, with respect to the gradient of some function \(\psi\), then there exists a unique solution \((u,p)\) such that the velocity field \(u\) is small and the pressure \(p\) is close to \(\psi\). This result was used in another paper by \textit{F. Gazzola} [Z. Angew. Math. Phys. 48, No. 5, 760-773 (1997; Zbl 0895.76018)] to show an existence and uniqueness result for the evolutionary problem. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0927.00032].