Search

We establish a number of results that reveal a form of irreversibility (distinguishing arbitrarily long from finite time) in 2d Euler flows, by virtue of twisting of the particle trajectory map. Our main observation is that twisting in Hamiltonian flows on annular domains, which can be quantified by the differential winding of particles around the center of the annulus, is stable to perturbations. In fact, it is possible to prove the stability of the whole of the lifted dynamics to non-autonomous perturbations (though single particle paths are generically unstable). These all-time stability facts are used to establish a number of results related to the long-time behavior of inviscid fluid flows. In particular, we show that nearby general stable steady states (i) all Euler flows exhibit indefinite twisting and hence "age", (ii) vorticity generically becomes filamented and exhibits wandering in $L^\infty$. We also give examples of infinite time gradient growth for smooth solutions to the SQG equation and of smooth vortex patch solutions to the Euler equation that entangle and develop unbounded perimeter in infinite time., 32 pages, 7 figures

We investigate the well-posedness of $α$-SQG equations in the half-plane, where $α=0$ and $α=1$ correspond to the 2D Euler and SQG equations respectively. For $0, 20 pages, 1 figure

We study logarithmic spiraling solutions to the 2d incompressible Euler equations which solve a nonlinear transport system on $\mathbb{S}$. We show that this system is locally well-posed in $L^p, p\geq 1$ as well as for atomic measures, that is logarithmic spiral vortex sheets. In particular, we realize the dynamics of logarithmic vortex sheets as the well-defined limit of logarithmic solutions which could be smooth in the angle. Furthermore, our formulation not only allows for a simple proof of existence and bifurcation for non-symmetric multi branched logarithmic spiral vortex sheets but also provides a framework for studying asymptotic stability of self-similar dynamics. We give a complete characterization of the long time behavior of logarithmic spirals. We prove global well-posedness for bounded logarithmic spirals as well as data that admit at most logarithmic singularities. This is due to the observation that the local circulation of the vorticity around the origin is a strictly monotone quantity of time. We are then able to show a dichotomy in the long time behavior, solutions either blow up (either in finite or infinite time) or completely homogenize. In particular, bounded logarithmic spirals should converge to constant steady states. For logarithmic spiral sheets, the dichotomy is shown to be even more drastic where only finite time blow up or complete homogenization of the fluid can and does occur., Comment: 21 pages, 2 figures

We introduce an active vector system, which generalizes both the 3D Euler equations and the electron--magnetohydrodynamic equations (E--MHD). We may as well view the system as singularized systems for the 3D Euler equations, in which case the equations of (E--MHD) correspond to the order two more singular one than the 3D Euler equations. The generalized surface quasi-geostrophic equation (gSQG) can be also embedded into a special case of our system when the unknown functions are constant in one coordinate direction. We investigate some basic properties of this system as well as the conservation laws. In the case when the system corresponds up to order one more singular than the 3D Euler equations, we prove local well-posedness in the standard Sobolev spaces. The proof crucially depends on a sharp commutator estimate similar to the one used for (gSQG) in the work of Chae, Constantin, C\'{o}rdoba, Gancedo, and Wu. Since the system covers many areas of both physically and mathematically interesting cases, one can expect that there are various related problems to be investigated, parts of which are discussed here., Comment: 18 pages, to appear in Nonlinearity

We consider the Vlasov-Manev-Fokker-Planck (VMFP) system in three dimensions, which differs from the Vlasov-Poisson-Fokker-Planck in that it has the gravitational potential of the form $-1/r - 1/r^2$ instead of the Newtonian one. For the VMFP system, we establish the global-in-time existence of weak solutions. The proof extends to several related kinetic systems., 12 pages

We investigate the Cauchy problem for the Vlasov--Riesz system, which is a Vlasov equation featuring an interaction potential generalizing previously studied cases, including the Coulomb $\Phi = (-\Delta)^{-1}\rho$, Manev $(-\Delta)^{-1} + (-\Delta)^{-\frac12}$, and pure Manev $(-\Delta)^{-\frac12}$ potentials. For the first time, we extend the local theory of classical solutions to potentials more singular than that for the Manev. Then, we obtain finite-time singularity formation for solutions with various attractive interaction potentials, extending the well-known blow-up result of Horst for attractive Vlasov--Poisson for $d\ge4$. Our local well-posedness and singularity formation results extend to cases when linear diffusion and damping in velocity are present., Comment: 23 pages, 1 figure

We prove that the inviscid surface quasi-geostrophic (SQG) equations are strongly ill-posed in critical Sobolev spaces: there exists an initial data $H^{2}(\bbT^2)$ without any solutions in $L^\infty_{t}H^{2}$. Moreover, we prove strong critical norm inflation for $C^\infty$--smooth data. Our proof is robust and extends to give similar ill-posedness results for the family of modified SQG equations which interpolate the SQG with two-dimensional incompressible Euler equations., 35 pages

We perform asymptotic analysis for the Euler--Riesz system posed in either $\mathbb{T}^d$ or $\mathbb{R}^d$ in the high-force regime and establish a quantified relaxation limit result from the Euler--Riesz system to the fractional porous medium equation. We provide a unified approach for asymptotic analysis regardless of the presence of pressure, based on the modulated energy estimates, the Wasserstein distance of order $2$, and the bounded Lipschitz distance., Comment: 19 pages

We provide a simple proof that the Cauchy problem for the incompressible Euler equations in $\mathbb{R}^{d}$ with any $d\ge3$ is ill-posed in critical Sobolev spaces, extending an earlier work of Bourgain and Li in the case $d = 3$. The ill-posedness is shown for certain critical Lorentz spaces as well., Comment: To appear in J. Funct. Anal

We show that the log-H��lder coefficients of a solution to the transport equation is preserved in time., 8 pages

We consider axisymmetric incompressible inviscid flows without swirl in $\mathbb{R}^3$, under the assumption that the axial vorticity is non-positive in the upper half space and odd in the last coordinate, which corresponds to the flow setup for head-on collision of anti-parallel vortex rings. For any such data, we establish monotonicity and infinite growth of the vorticity impulse on the upper half-space. As an application, we achieve infinite growth of Sobolev norms for certain classical/smooth and compactly supported vorticity solutions in $\mathbb{R}^{3}$., Comment: 33 pages, 1 figure; several results have been improved from the previous version

For the axisymmetric incompressible Euler equations, we prove linear in time filamentation near Hill's vortex: there exists an arbitrary small outward perturbation growing linearly for all times. This is based on combining the recent nonlinear orbital stability obtained in [13] with a dynamical bootstrapping scheme for particle trajectories. These results rigorously confirm numerical simulations by Pozrikidis [45] in 1986., Comment: 32 pages, 1 figure, minor corrections

We consider the 3D incompressible Navier-Stokes equations under the following $2+\frac{1}{2}$-dimensional situation: vertical vortex blob (quasi-streamwise vortices) being stretched by two-dimensional shear flow. We prove enhanced dissipation induced by such quasi-streamwise vortices.

In this paper, we investigate the initial value problem for the Euler-Riesz system, where the interaction forcing is given by $\nabla(-\Delta)^{s}\rho$ for some $-1

We consider the 3D incompressible Navier-Stokes equations under the following $2+\frac{1}{2}$-dimensional situation: small-scale horizontal vortex blob being stretched by large-scale, anti-parallel pairs of vertical vortex tubes. We prove anomalous dissipation induced by such vortex-stretching., Comment: To appear in Math. Annal

We consider vortex patch solutions of the incompressible Euler equations in the plane. It is shown that the winding number around the origin for most particles in the patch grows linearly in time when the initial patch is close to a disk enough., Comment: 11 pages, the condition for the origin to be fixed was removed

By direct numerical simulation to the two-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations with small-scale forcing and large-scale damping, Xiao-Wan-Chen-Eyink (2009) found an evidence that inverse energy cascade may proceed with the vortex thinning mechanism. On the other hand, Alexakis-Doering (2006) calculated upper bound of the bulk averaged enstrophy dissipation rate of the steady-state two dimensional turbulence. {In this paper, we show that vortex thinning induces enhanced dissipation with strictly slower vanishing order of the enstrophy dissipation than $Re^{-1}$.}, 13 pages. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1902.02032

The purpose of this work is to discuss the well-posedness theory of singular vortex patches. Our main results are of two types: well-posedness and ill-posedness. On the well-posedness side, we show that globally $m-$fold symmetric vortex patches with corners emanating from the origin are globally well-posed in natural regularity classes as long as $m\geq 3$. In this case, all of the angles involved solve a \emph{closed} ODE system which dictates the global-in-time dynamics of the corners and only depends on the initial locations and sizes of the corners. {Along the way we obtain a global well-posedness result for a class of symmetric patches with boundary singular at the origin, which includes logarithmic spirals.} On the ill-posedness side, we show that \emph{any} other type of corner singularity in a vortex patch cannot evolve continuously in time except possibly when all corners involved have precisely the angle $\frac{\pi}{2}$ for all time. Even in the case of vortex patches with corners of angle $\frac{\pi}{2}$ or with corners which are only locally $m-$fold symmetric, we prove that they are generically ill-posed. We expect that in these cases of ill-posedness, the vortex patches actually cusp immediately in a self-similar way and we derive some asymptotic models which may be useful in giving a more precise description of the dynamics. In a companion work, we discuss the long-time behavior of symmetric vortex patches with corners and use them to construct patches on $\mathbb{R}^2$ with interesting dynamical behavior such as cusping and spiral formation in infinite time., Comment: 80 pages, 8 figures, to appear in Memoirs of the AMS

By DNS of Navier-Stokes turbulence, Goto-Saito-Kawahara (2017) showed that turbulence consists of a self-similar hierarchy of anti-parallel pairs of vortex tubes, in particular, stretching in larger-scale strain fields creates smaller-scale vortices. Inspired by their numerical result, we examine the Goto-Saito-Kawahara type of vortex-tubes behavior using the 3D incompressible Euler equations, and show that such behavior induces energy cascade in the absence of nonlinear scale-interaction. From this energy cascade, we prove a modified version of the zeroth-law. In the Appendix, we derive Kolmogorov's $-5/3$-law from the GSK point of view., 23 pages

In this paper and the companion paper [EJE2], we establish finite-time singularity formation for finite-energy strong solutions to the axi-symmetric $3D$ Euler equations in the domain $\{(x,y,z)\in\mathbb{R}^3:z^2\leq c(x^2+y^2)\}$ for some $c>0$. In the spirit of our previous works, [EJSI] and [EJB], we do this by first studying scale-invariant solutions which satisfy a one dimensional PDE system and proving that they may become singular in finite time for properly chosen initial data. We then prove local well-posedness for the $3D$ Euler equations in a natural regularity class which includes scale-invariant solutions. While these solutions have uniformly bounded vorticity from time zero until right before the blow-up time, they do not have finite energy. To remedy this, we cut off the scale-invariant data to ensure finite energy and prove that the corresponding local solution must also become singular in finite time. This paper focuses only on the analysis of the scale-invariant solutions themselves and the proof that they can become singular in finite time. The local well-posedness theorem and the cut-off argument are very close to those in [JSI] and [EJB] and are left for the companion paper [EJE2]. It is important to remark that while the fluid domain is the exterior of a cone, we prove global regularity for the axi-symmetric $3D$ Euler equations without swirl in the exact same regularity classes and in the same domain. It is quite possible that the methods we use can be adapted to establish finite-time singularity formation for $C^\infty$ finite-energy solutions to the $3D$ Euler equations on $\mathbb{R}^3_+$., There was a sign error in the version of the axi-symmetric Euler equations that we have adopted. While Theorems A and D remain valid as stated, it is unclear whether finite-time singularity formation results hold for the systems with correct signs

This work is a companion to [EJE1] and its purpose is threefold: first, we will establish local well-posedness for the axi-symmetric $3D$ Euler equation in the domains $\{(x_1,x_2,x_3) \in \mathbb{R}^3 : x_3^2 \le \mathfrak{c}(x_1^2 + x_2^2) \}$ for $\mathfrak{c}$ sufficiently small in a scale of critical spaces. Second, we will prove that if the vorticity at $t=0$ can be decomposed into a scale-invariant part and a smoother part vanishing at $x=0$, then this decomposition remains valid for $t>0$ so long as the solution exists. This will then immediately imply singularity formation for finite-energy solutions in those critical spaces using that there are scale-invariant solutions which break down in finite time (this was proved in the companion paper [EJE1]). Third, we establish global regularity in the same domain and in the same scale of critical spaces for $0-$swirl solutions to the system. This implies that the finite-time singularity is not coming from the domain or the critical regularity of the data (though, these are important for the present construction), they are coming from a genuine vorticity growth mechanism due to the presence of the swirl. This work and the companion work seem to be the first case when this mechanism has been effectively used to establish finite-time singularity formation for the actual $3D$ Euler system., There was a sign error in the version of the axi-symmetric Euler equations that we have adopted, and therefore there are corresponding sign errors in the 1D system that we have derived

For the $2D$ Euler equation in vorticity formulation, we construct localized smooth solutions whose critical Sobolev norms become large in a short period of time, and solutions which initially belong to $L^\infty \cap H^1$ but escapes $H^1$ immediately for $t>0$. Our main observation is that a localized chunk of vorticity bounded in $L^\infty \cap H^1$ with odd-odd symmetry is able to generate a hyperbolic flow with large velocity gradient at least for a short period of time, which stretches the vorticity gradient., 16 pages, 2 figures