Asymptotic behavior of solutions of the stationary Navier-Stokes equations in an exterior domain Ching-Lung LinGunther UhlmannJenn-Nan Wang 35Q30Navier Stokesexterior domainasymptotic behavior In this paper we are interested in the asymptotic behavior of an incompressible fluid around a bounded obstacle. The problem is described by the stationary Navier-Stokes equations in an exterior domain in $\mathbb{R}^n$ with $n \ge 2$. We will show that under some assumptions, any nontrivial velocity field obeys a minimal decaying rate $\exp(-Ct^2 \log t)$ at infinity. Our proof is based on appropriate Carleman estimates. Indiana University Mathematics Journal 2011 text pdf 10.1512/iumj.2011.60.4490 10.1512/iumj.2011.60.4490 en Indiana Univ. Math. J. 60 (2011) 2093 - 2106 state-of-the-art mathematics http://iumj.org/access/