Landau-solution classification conjecture for critical stationary Navier–Stokes flows

Let uu be a vector field on R3{0}\boldsymbol{\mathbb{R}}^3\setminus\{0\} satisfying

u(x)Cx|u(x)|\leq \frac{C}{|x|}

for every x0x\neq 0, where CC is a sufficiently large constant. Suppose that uu is a very weak solution of the stationary incompressible Navier–Stokes equations on R3{0}\boldsymbol{\mathbb{R}}^3\setminus\{0\}, in the sense of the preceding definition with drift b=ub=u.

Landau-solution classification conjecture. Then uu is one of the Landau solutions, which are minus-one homogeneous and axisymmetric without swirl.

This is an open problem concerning the classification of critical, scale-invariant stationary Navier–Stokes solutions with an isolated singularity. Landau solutions provide the known explicit examples, while the conjecture asserts that no other solutions with the stated pointwise bound exist.

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Misha Chernobai and Tai-Peng Tsai, “Existence and regularity for perturbed Stokes system with critical drift”, arXiv:2410.01081 (2026).

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