A minimum critical blowup rate for the high-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations

Abstract

We prove quantitative regularity and blowup theorems for the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations in $\mathbb R^d$, $d\geq4$ when the solution lies in the critical space $L_t^\infty L_x^d$. Explicit subcritical bounds on the solution are obtained in terms of the critical norm. A consequence is that $\|u(t)\|_{L_x^d(\mathbb R^d)}$ grows at a minimum rate of $(\log\log\log\log(T_*-t)^{-1})^c$ along a sequence of times approaching a hypothetical blowup at $T_*$. These results quantify a theorem of Dong and Du and extend the three-dimensional work of Tao.