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Non-conservation of a generalized helicity in the Euler equations

Analysis of PDEs 2026-01-12 v1

Abstract

For a Ct,x1C^1_{t,x} solution uu to the incompressible 3D Euler equations, the helicity H(u(t))=T3ucurluH(u(t))=\int_{\mathbb{T}^3} u \cdot \textrm{curl}\, u is constant in time. For general low-regularity weak solutions, it is not always clear how to define the helicity, or whether it must be constant in time in the case that there is a clear definition. In this paper, we define a generalized helicity which extends the classical definitions and construct weak solutions of Euler of almost Onsager-critical regularity in L3L^3 with prescribed generalized helicity and kinetic energy.

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@article{arxiv.2601.05869,
  title  = {Non-conservation of a generalized helicity in the Euler equations},
  author = {Vikram Giri and Hyunju Kwon and Matthew Novack},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.05869},
  year   = {2026}
}

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59 pages

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