We show that any smooth stationary solution of the 3D incompressible Navier-Stokes equations in the whole space, the half space, or a periodic slab must vanish under the condition that for some 0 d 1\L and q ¼ 6ð3 À dÞ=ð6 À dÞ,We also prove sufficient conditions allowing shrinking radii ratioSimilar results hold on a slab with zero boundary condition by assuming stronger decay rates. We do not assume global bound of the velocity. The key is to estimate the pressure locally in the annuli with radii ratio L arbitrarily close to 1.
IntroductionConsider the Liouville problem of 3D stationary incompressible Navier-Stokes equationswhere the domain X is either the whole space R 3 , the half space R 3 þ with zero boundary condition, or the slab X ¼ R 2 Â ð0; 1Þ with zero or periodic boundary condition (BC). In the classical setting X ¼ R 3 , one asks if the only H 1 loc solution satisfying Dedicated to Hideo Kozono on the occasion of his 60th birthday.