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Forward Discretely Self-Similar Solutions of the Navier–Stokes Equations

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Extending the work of Jia and Šverák on self-similar solutions of the Navier–Stokes equations, we show the existence of large, forward, discretely self-similar solutions.

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Tsai, TP. Forward Discretely Self-Similar Solutions of the Navier–Stokes Equations. Commun. Math. Phys. 328, 29–44 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00220-014-1984-2

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