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# On the convergence of statistical solutions of the 3D Navier-Stokes-$\alpha$ model as $\alpha$ vanishes

• In this paper statistical solutions of the 3D Navier-Stokes-$\alpha$ model with periodic boundary condition are considered. It is proved that under certain natural conditions statistical solutions of the 3D Navier-Stokes-$\alpha$ model converge to statistical solutions of the exact 3D Navier-Stokes equations as $\alpha$ goes to zero. The statistical solutions considered here arise as families of time-projections of measures on suitable trajectory spaces.
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 76D06, 35Q30, 76D05; Secondary: 35Q35.

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