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We consider a nonlinear, spatially-nonlocal initial value problem in one space dimension on $\mathbb{R}$ that describes the motion of surface quasi-geostrophic (SQG) fronts. We prove that the initial value problem has a unique local smooth…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-03-09 John K. Hunter , Jingyang Shu , Qingtian Zhang

We introduce and analyze a class of Surface Quasi-Geostrophic (SQG) equations in the presence of moving rigid obstacles. The model is motivated both by vortex-wave type asymptotics for singular structures in active scalar equations and by…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-25 Ludovic Godard-Cadillac , Arnab Roy

In this work, we investigate the blow-up of solutions to the generalized surface quasi-geostrophic (gSQG) equation in $\mathbb{R}^{2}$, within the more singular range $\beta\in(1,2)$ for the coupling of the velocity field. This behavior is…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-11-18 Lucas C. F. Ferreira , Ricardo M. M. Guimarães

In this article, we study the critical dissipative surface quasi-geostrophic equation (SQG) in $ \mathbb{R}^2$. Motivated by the study of the homogeneous statistical solutions of this equation, we show that for any large initial data…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-06-11 Omar Lazar

This paper aims to study the existence of asymmetric solutions for the two-dimensional generalized surface quasi-geostrophic (gSQG) equations of simply connected patches for $\alpha\in[1,2)$ in the whole plane, where $\alpha=1$ corresponds…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-12-13 Edison Cuba , Lucas C. F. Ferreira

In this paper, we study the existence of global classical solutions to the generalized surface quasi-geostrophic equation. By using the variational method, we provide some new families of global classical solutions for to the generalized…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-04-23 Daomin Cao , Guolin Qin , Weicheng Zhan , Changjun Zou

In this paper, we prove local existence and uniqueness of analytic sharp-front solutions to a generalised SQG equation by the use of an abstract Cauchy--Kowalevskaya theorem. Here, the velocity is determined by $u =…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-02-13 Calvin Khor , José L. Rodrigo

We use a nonlocal maximum principle to prove the global existence of smooth solutions for a slightly supercritical surface quasi-geostrophic equation. By this we mean that the velocity field $u$ is obtained from the active scalar $\theta$…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-05-28 Michael Dabkowski , Alexander Kiselev , Vlad Vicol

We prove non-uniqueness of weak solutions to the forced $\alpha$-SQG equation with Sobolev regularity $W^{s,p}$ in the supercritical regime $s < \alpha + \frac{2}{p}$, covering the 2D Euler equation ($\alpha = 0$), the Surface…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-02-17 Ángel Castro , Daniel Faraco , Francisco Mengual , Marcos Solera

In this paper, we consider the following modified quasi-geostrophic equations $\partial_t\theta +\Lambda^\alpha\theta +u\vec\nabla\theta =0$, $u=\Lambda ^{\alpha-1}\mathcal{R}^\perp(\theta)$ where $\alpha \in ]0,1[$ is a fixed parameter.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2009-10-07 Ramzi May

The problem of regularity and uniqueness are open for the supercritically dissipative surface quasi-geostrophic equations in certain classes. In this note we examine the extent to which small or large scales are necessarily active both for…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-11-25 Zachary Akridge , Zachary Bradshaw

It is well known that the incompressible Euler equations in two dimensions have globally regular solutions. The inviscid surface quasi-geostrophic (SQG) equation has a Biot-Savart law which is one derivative less regular than in the Euler…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-09-01 Alexander Kiselev , Lenya Ryzhik , Yao Yao , Andrej Zlatos

This paper examines the global regularity problem on the two-dimensional incompressible Boussinesq equations with fractional dissipation, given by $\Lambda^\alpha u$ in the velocity equation and by $\Lambda^\beta \theta$ in the temperature…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-03-03 Atanas Stefanov , Jiahong Wu

This monograph addresses an important problem in mathematical fluid dynamics: constructing stable, long-term solutions to certain quasilinear evolution equations. We implement an elaborate scheme for building global quasiperiodic solutions…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-06-27 Javier Gómez-Serrano , Alexandru D. Ionescu , Jaemin Park

We study patch solutions of a family of transport equations given by a parameter $\alpha$, $0< \alpha <2$, with the cases $\alpha =0$ and $\alpha =1$ corresponding to the Euler and the surface quasi-geostrophic equations respectively. In…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-08-06 Francisco Gancedo , Neel Patel

Point vortex models are presented for the generalized Euler equations, which are characterized by a fractional Laplacian relation between the active scalar and the streamfunction. Special focus is given to the case of the surface…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2018-09-19 Gualtiero Badin , Anna M. Barry

We study the patch dynamics on the whole plane and on the half-plane for a family of active scalars called modified SQG equations. These involve a parameter $\alpha$ which appears in the power of the kernel in their Biot-Savart laws and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-09-01 Alexander Kiselev , Yao Yao , Andrej Zlatos

We develop a theory of self-similar solutions to the critical surface quasi-geostrophic equations. We construct self-similar solutions for arbitrarily large data in various regularity classes and demonstrate, in the small data regime,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-11-16 Dallas Albritton , Zachary Bradshaw

This article is devoted to the study of the critical dissipative surface quasi-geostrophic $(SQG)$ equation in $\mathbb{R}^2$. For any initial data $\theta_{0}$ belonging to the space $\Lambda^{s} ( H^{s}_{uloc}(\mathbb{R}^2)) \cap…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-06-04 Omar Lazar

We study solutions to the $\alpha$-SQG equations, which interpolate between the incompressible Euler and surface quasi-geostrophic equations. We extend prior results on existence of bounded patches, proving propagation of $H^k$-regularity…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-04-25 David M. Ambrose , Fazel Hadadifard , James P. Kelliher