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In this paper we report on numerical studies of the Cauchy problem for equivariant wave maps from 2+1 dimensional Minkowski spacetime into the two-sphere. Our results provide strong evidence for the conjecture that large energy initial data…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Piotr Bizoń , Tadeusz Chmaj , Zbislaw Tabor

We consider the Euler-Poincar\'e equation on $\mathbb R^d$, $d\ge 2$. For a large class of smooth initial data we prove that the corresponding solution blows up in finite time. This settles an open problem raised by Chae and Liu \cite{Chae…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-06-12 Dong Li , Xinwei Yu , Zhichun Zhai

Consider the equivariant wave map equation from Minkowski space to a rotationnally symmetric manifold which has an equator (example: the sphere). In dimension 3, this article gives a necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2008-06-26 Pierre Germain

We consider the wave maps problem with domain $\mathbb{R}^{2+1}$ and target $\mathbb{S}^{2}$ in the 1-equivariant, topological degree one setting. In this setting, we recall that the soliton is a harmonic map from $\mathbb{R}^{2}$ to…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-10-20 Mohandas Pillai

Using mixed analytical and numerical methods we investigate the development of singularities in the heat flow for corotational harmonic maps from the $d$-dimensional sphere to itself for $3\leq d\leq 6$. By gluing together shrinking and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-05-20 Paweł Biernat , Piotr Bizoń

We construct a blowing-up solution for the energy critical focusing biharmonic nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation in infinite time in dimension $N\geq 13$. Our solution is radially symmetric and converges asymptotically to the sum of two…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-10-10 Jean-Baptiste Casteras , Ilkka Holopainen , Léonard Monsaingeon

We construct a two-parameter continuum of type II blow up solutions for the energy-critical focusing NLS in dimension $ d = 3$. The solutions collapse to a single energy bubble in finite time, precisely they have the form $ u(t,x) = e^{i…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-10-03 Tobias Schmid

In this paper, we will consider the $L^2$-critical fractional Schr\"odinger equation $iu_t-|D|^{\beta}u+|u|^{2\beta}u=0$ with initial data $u_0\in H^{\beta/2}(\mathbb{R})$ and $\beta$ close to $2$. We will show that the solution blows up in…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-03-31 Yang Lan

In this paper we use formal asymptotic arguments to understand the stability proper- ties of equivariant solutions to the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert model for ferromagnets. We also analyze both the harmonic map heatflow and Schrodinger map…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2011-07-14 Jan Bouwe van den Berg , JF Williams

We fully revisit the near soliton dynamics for the mass critical (gKdV) equation. In Part I, for a class of initial data close to the soliton, we prove that only three scenario can occur: (BLOW UP) the solution blows up in finite time $T$…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2012-04-24 Yvan Martel , Frank Merle , Pierre Raphael

We show that the energy critical Wave Maps equation from $\mathbb{R}^{2+1}$ into $\mathbb{S}^2$, restricted to the $k=2$ co-rotational setting, admits arbitrarily large numbers of concentrating concentric $n$ bubble profiles. For any…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-03-11 Joachim Krieger , José M. Palacios

We consider the blow up problem in the energy space for the critical (gKdV) equation in the continuation of part I and part II. We know from part I that the unique and stable blow up rate for solutions close to the solitons with strong…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2012-09-13 Yvan Martel , Frank Merle , Pierre Raphael

It has been known for a long time that the equivariant 2+1 wave map into the 2-sphere blows up if the initial data are chosen appropriately. Here, we present numerical evidence for the stability of the blow-up phenomenon under explicit…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2012-05-15 Jörg Frauendiener , Ralf Peter

We consider the energy critical four dimensional semi linear heat equation \partial tu-\Deltau-u3 = 0. We show the existence of type II finite time blow up solutions and give a sharp description of the corresponding singularity formation.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-02-22 Rémi Schweyer

We consider the energy super critical nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation $$i\pa_tu+\Delta u+u|u|^{p-1}=0$$ in large dimensions $d\geq 11$ with spherically symmetric data. For all $p>p(d)$ large enough, in particular in the super critical…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-07-08 Frank Merle , Pierre Raphael , Igor Rodnianski

We consider the energy supercritical defocusing nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation $i\partial_tu+\Delta u-u|u|^{p-1}=0$ in dimension $d\ge 5$. In a suitable range of energy supercritical parameters $(d,p)$, we prove the existence of $\mathcal…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-12-24 Frank Merle , Pierre Raphael , Igor Rodnianski , Jeremie Szeftel

We fully revisit the near soliton dynamics for the mass critical (gKdV) equation. In Part I, for a class of initial data close to the soliton, we prove that only three scenario can occur: (BLOW UP) the solution blows up in finite time $T$…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-09-30 Yvan Martel , Frank Merle , Pierre Raphael

We consider 1-equivariant wave maps from 1+2 dimensions to the 2-sphere of finite energy. We establish a classification of all degree 1 global solutions whose energies are less than three times the energy of the harmonic map Q. In…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-08-03 Raphael Cote , Carlos Kenig , Andrew Lawrie , Wilhelm Schlag

We consider the harmonic map heat flow for maps from the plane taking values in the sphere, under equivariant symmetry. It is known that solutions to the initial value problem can exhibit bubbling along a sequence of times -- the solution…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-10-28 Jacek Jendrej , Andrew Lawrie

We consider 1-equivariant wave maps from 1+2 dimensions to the 2-sphere. For wave maps of topological degree zero we prove global existence and scattering for energies below twice the energy of harmonic map, Q, given by stereographic…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-03-20 Raphael Cote , Carlos Kenig , Andrew Lawrie , Wilhelm Schlag