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On the energy equality of Navier–Stokes equations in general unbounded domains

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We present a sufficient condition for the energy equality of Leray–Hopf’s weak solutions to the Navier–Stokes equations in general unbounded 3-dimensional domains.

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Correspondence to Reinhard Farwig.

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The second author of this article greatly acknowledges the support of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation during his stay in 2009/10 at Technische Universität Darmstadt.

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Farwig, R., Taniuchi, Y. On the energy equality of Navier–Stokes equations in general unbounded domains. Arch. Math. 95, 447–456 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00013-010-0187-0

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