For a on an open space-time set QQ, call zQz\in Q regular in the local boundedness sense if uu is on some neighborhood of zz contained in QQ. The singular set S(u)S(u) is the complement of these regular points. Neighborhoods may be taken as balls for the .

Regularity convention

The regular set is open and the singular set is relatively closed. Partial regularity statements must specify their regularity convention. Turning boundedness into further smoothness uses an equation-specific theorem and force and pressure hypotheses; it is not part of this set-theoretic definition.