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Stability for multiple Lamb dipoles

Analysis of PDEs 2025-07-23 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

In the class of nonnegative vorticities on the half-plane, we establish the Lyapunov stability of finite sums of Lamb dipoles under the initial assumptions that the dipoles are sufficiently separated and that the faster dipoles are positioned to the right of the slower ones. Our approach combines sharp energy estimates near the Lamb dipoles with a Lagrangian bootstrapping scheme, enabling us to quantify the exchanges of circulation, enstrophy, impulse, and energy between various parts of the solution. The strategy of the proof is robust, and we present several potential extensions of the result.

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@article{arxiv.2507.16474,
  title  = {Stability for multiple Lamb dipoles},
  author = {Ken Abe and In-Jee Jeong and Yao Yao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.16474},
  year   = {2025}
}

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37 pages, 7 figures

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