1. On the approximation of vorticity fronts by the Burgers–Hilbert equation
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Qingtian Zhang, Ryan C. Moreno-Vasquez, John K. Hunter, and Jingyang Shu
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Physics ,symbols.namesake ,Nonlinear system ,General Mathematics ,Mathematical analysis ,symbols ,Energy method ,Euler's formula ,Motion (geometry) ,Incompressible euler equations ,Contour dynamics ,Vorticity ,Euler equations - Abstract
This paper proves that the motion of small-slope vorticity fronts in the two-dimensional incompressible Euler equations is approximated on cubically nonlinear timescales by a Burgers–Hilbert equation derived by Biello and Hunter (2010) using formal asymptotic expansions. The proof uses a modified energy method to show that the contour dynamics equations for vorticity fronts in the Euler equations and the Burgers–Hilbert equation are both approximated by the same cubically nonlinear asymptotic equation. The contour dynamics equations for Euler vorticity fronts are also derived.
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- 2022
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