Local boundedness conjecture for critical-drift Stokes solutions

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Let B2R3B_2\subset\boldsymbol{\mathbb{R}}^3 be the ball of radius 22, and let bL3,(B2)b\in L^{3,\infty}(B_2) be divergence free. Let uW1,(32,)(B2)u\in W^{1,(\frac{3}{2},\infty)}(B_2) be a very weak solution of the perturbed Stokes system with zero force in B2B_2, meaning that

B2(ubu):ζ=0\int_{B_2}(\nabla u-b\otimes u):\nabla\zeta=0

for every ζCc,σ(B2)\zeta\in C^\infty_{c,\sigma}(B_2). Then uu is essentially bounded on B1B_1.

Local boundedness conjecture. Under these hypotheses, uL(B1)u\in L^\infty(B_1).

This is a local regularity problem for the perturbed Stokes system at the critical drift integrability. It is presented as relevant to the Landau-solution classification problem; the source does not state a resolution.

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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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