Inviscid-limit convergence conjecture for steady Navier–Stokes flows

Let MR2M\subset\mathbb{R}^2 be any simply connected domain such that the constant-vorticity Euler solution uu_* on MM has a single eddy, meaning that its streamfunction has a single non-degenerate critical point. Suppose that Navier–Stokes is forced by a slip of the form specified in the paper, for example

f=uτ+εgf=u_*\cdot\tau+\varepsilon g

for some smooth function g:MRg:\partial M\to\mathbb{R}. Then there exists ε:=ε(M,g)\varepsilon_*:=\varepsilon_*(M,g) such that, for all ε<ε\varepsilon<\varepsilon_*, there is weak convergence in L2(M)L^2(M) along a sequence of steady Navier–Stokes solutions. Inviscid-limit convergence conjecture.

u0,uνω0uu\to0,\qquad u^\nu\rightharpoonup\omega_0u_*

Here ω0:=ω0(M,g)\omega_0:=\omega_0(M,g) is the constant selected by the paper's boundary-layer theorem. This conjecture proposes that the nonlinearly selected constant vorticity determines the leading-order inviscid limit for general simply connected domains, extending the result known in the disk case; the statement remains unresolved in the supplied source.

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Theodore D. Drivas, Sameer Iyer and Trinh T. Nguyen, “The Feynman-Lagerstrom criterion for boundary layers”, arXiv:2308.15447 (2023).

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