# American Institute of Mathematical Sciences

January  2013, 12(1): 117-124. doi: 10.3934/cpaa.2013.12.117

## A Serrin-type regularity criterion for the Navier-Stokes equations via one velocity component

 1 School of Mathematics and Computer Science, Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou, 341000 Jiangxi, China

Received  September 2010 Revised  March 2011 Published  September 2012

We study the Cauchy problem for the 3D Navier-Stokes equations, and prove some scalaring-invariant regularity criteria involving only one velocity component.
Citation: Zujin Zhang. A Serrin-type regularity criterion for the Navier-Stokes equations via one velocity component. Communications on Pure & Applied Analysis, 2013, 12 (1) : 117-124. doi: 10.3934/cpaa.2013.12.117
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