A class of exact solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations in three and four dimensions

Abstract: A few basic, intuitive, properties of the Navier-Stokes system of equations for incompressible fluid flows are discussed in this paper. We present a rephrased interpretation of the Navier-Stokes equation in a space having an arbitrary number of dimensions. We then derive spatially periodic solutions for the velocity and pressure fields that span an unbounded domain in three and four dimensions, given a smooth solenoidal initial velocity vector field. In these solutions all velocity components depend non-trivially on all coordinate directions.