Incompressible Euler Blowup at the $C^{1,\frac{1}{3}}$ Threshold
Abstract
We prove finite-time Type-I blowup for the three-dimensional incompressible Euler equations in the axisymmetric no-swirl class, with initial velocity in , odd symmetry in , and , for an explicit class of finite-energy initial data. The singularity forms at a stagnation point on the symmetry axis. The on-axis axial strain and the global vorticity norm blow up at the Type-I rates and , while the meridional Jacobian collapses according to . The proof introduces a Lagrangian clock-and-strain framework that replaces the Eulerian self-similar ansatz used in prior work with a Lagrangian flow decomposition. The collapse dynamics are governed by a Riccati law for the on-axis axial strain, coupled to a clock ODE for the meridional Jacobian. The decisive step is a non-perturbative strain-pressure comparison showing that the pressure Hessian cannot cancel the quadratic compressive strain responsible for collapse. This gives a dynamical explanation of the threshold . The blowup mechanism is structurally stable and persists for an open set of admissible angular profiles in a weighted H\"older topology.
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@article{arxiv.2603.10945,
title = {Incompressible Euler Blowup at the $C^{1,\frac{1}{3}}$ Threshold},
author = {Steve Shkoller},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.10945},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
187 pages, corrected notational overload for cylindrical/spherical radius, and made the stability argument fully Lagrangian