Sharpness conjecture for the enstrophy dissipation rate of measure vorticities

Let δ∈(0,1)\delta\in(0,1) and p>1p>1. On the two-dimensional torus T2\mathbb{T}^2, let u0u_0 be a divergence-free vector field in L2(T2)L^2(\mathbb{T}^2) with vorticity ω0∈M(T2)\omega_0\in\mathcal M(\mathbb{T}^2) decomposed as

ω0=f0+μ0,\omega_0=f_0+\mu_0,

where f0∈Lp(T2)f_0\in L^p(\mathbb{T}^2) and μ0≥0\mu_0\geq0. Let {ων}ν\{\omega^\nu\}_\nu be the corresponding sequence of Leray solutions to the two-dimensional Navier–Stokes vorticity equation. Sharpness conjecture. There exists such initial data for which

ν∫δ1∥ων(τ)∥L22 dτ≳1∣log⁡ν∣\nu\int_\delta^1\|\omega^\nu(\tau)\|_{L^2}^2\,d\tau\gtrsim\frac{1}{\sqrt{|\log\nu|}}

for every 0<ν≪10<\nu\ll1. The conjecture proposes that the previously obtained upper bound for the enstrophy dissipation rate is essentially sharp, although constructing initial vorticities whose Navier–Stokes evolution attains this rate remains open.

References

Primary source

Luigi De Rosa and Margherita Marcotullio, “Quantitative enstrophy bounds for measure vorticities”, arXiv:2602.15670 (2026).

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