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We investigate the inviscid compressible flow (Euler) equations constrained by an isentropic equation of state (EOS), whose functional form in pressure is an arbitrary function of density alone. Under the aforementioned condition, we interrogate using symmetry methods the scale-invariance of the homentropic inviscid Euler equations. We find that under general conditions, we can reduce the inviscid Euler equations into a system of two coupled ordinary differential equations. To exemplify the utility of these results, we formulate two example scale-invariant, self-similar solutions. The first example includes a shock-free expanding bubble scenario, featuring a modified Tait EOS. The second example features the classical Noh problem, coupled to an arbitrary isentropic EOS. In this case, in order to satisfy the conditions set forth in the classical Noh problem, we find that the solution for the flow is given by a transcendental algebraic equation in the shocked density.
In the first part of this paper we establish a uniqueness result for continuity equations with velocity field whose derivative can be represented by a singular integral operator of an $L^1$ function, extending the Lagrangian theory in cite{BouchutCrippa13}. The proof is based on a combination of a stability estimate via optimal transport techniques developed in cite{Seis16a} and some tools from harmonic analysis introduced in cite{BouchutCrippa13}. In the second part of the paper, we address a question that arose in cite{FilhoMazzucatoNussenzveig06}, namely whether 2D Euler solutions obtained via vanishing viscosity are renormalized (in the sense of DiPerna and Lions) when the initial data has low integrability. We show that this is the case even when the initial vorticity is only in~$L^1$, extending the proof for the $L^p$ case in cite{CrippaSpirito15}.
This paper addresses the construction and the stability of self-similar solutions to the isentropic compressible Euler equations. These solutions model a gas that implodes isotropically, ending in a singularity formation in finite time. The existence of smooth solutions that vanish at infinity and do not have vacuum regions was recently proved and, in this paper, we provide the first construction of such smooth profiles, the first characterization of their spectrum of radial perturbations as well as some endpoints of unstable directions. Numerical simulations of the Euler equations provide evidence that one of these endpoints is a shock formation that happens before the singularity at the origin, showing that the implosion process is unstable.
Through a simple and elegant argument, we prove that the norm of the derivative of the solution operator of Euler equations posed in the Sobolev space $H^n$, along any base solution that is in $H^n$ but not in $H^{n+1}$, is infinite. We also review the counterpart of this result for Navier-Stokes equations at high Reynolds number from the perspective of fully developed turbulence. Finally we present a few examples and numerical simulations to show a more complete picture of the so-called rough dependence upon initial data.
Consider Yudovich solutions to the incompressible Euler equations with bounded initial vorticity in bounded planar domains or in $mathbb{R}^2$. We present a purely Lagrangian proof that the solution map is strongly continuous in $L^p$ for all $pin [1, infty)$ and is weakly-$*$ continuous in $L^infty$.
For the generalized surface quasi-geostrophic equation $$left{ begin{aligned} & partial_t theta+ucdot abla theta=0, quad text{in } mathbb{R}^2 times (0,T), & u= abla^perp psi, quad psi = (-Delta)^{-s}theta quad text{in } mathbb{R}^2 times (0,T) , end{aligned} right. $$ $0<s<1$, we consider for $kge1$ the problem of finding a family of $k$-vortex solutions $theta_varepsilon(x,t)$ such that as $varepsilonto 0$ $$ theta_varepsilon(x,t) rightharpoonup sum_{j=1}^k m_jdelta(x-xi_j(t)) $$ for suitable trajectories for the vortices $x=xi_j(t)$. We find such solutions in the special cases of vortices travelling with constant speed along one axis or rotating with same speed around the origin. In those cases the problem is reduced to a fractional elliptic equation which is treated with singular perturbation methods. A key element in our construction is a proof of the non-degeneracy of the radial ground state for the so-called fractional plasma problem $$(-Delta)^sW = (W-1)^gamma_+, quad text{in } mathbb{R}^2, quad 1<gamma < frac{1+s}{1-s}$$ whose existence and uniqueness have recently been proven in cite{chan_uniqueness_2020}.