Abstract:
We examine the Hopf lemma (Leray inequality) which is used in proving the existence of a solution to a nonhomogeneous boundary value problem for the stationary Navier–Stokes equations of an incompressible fluid in a bounded domain. We study a possibility of generalization of a weakened variant of the lemma to the case of nonzero flows through the connected components of the boundary of the domain.
Keywords:Navier–Stokes equations, Hopf's lemma, Leray inequality, solenoidal extension of a vector function.