Continuous dependence on the time and spatial geometry for the navier-stokes equations

In this paper we derive explicit a priori inequalities which imply stability of the solution of the initial-boundary value problem for the Navier-Stokes equations under perturbations of the initial time geometry and of the spatial geometry. These inequalities bound the solution perturbation In L₂ in terms of some well defined measure of the perturbation in geometry. We establish continuous dependence on spatial geometry in both two and three dimensions and continuous dependence on initial geometry in two dimensions. In the latter problem the three dimensional case will be somewhat more complicated due to the different form of the Sobolev inequality.