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We focus on a class of solutions of the binormal flow, model of the evolution of vortex filaments, that generate several corner singularities in finite time. This phenomenon has been studied earlier in the regular case, which in this…
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The binormal flow is a model for the dynamics of a vortex filament in a 3-D inviscid incompressible fluid. The flow is also related with the classical continuous Heisenberg model in ferromagnetism, and the 1-D cubic Schr\"odinger equation.…
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In this paper we use bifurcation methods to construct a new family of solutions of the binormal flow, also known as the vortex filament equation, which do not change their form. Our examples are complementary to those obtained by S. Kida in…
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We prove the generalized induction equation and the generalized local induction equation (GLIE), which replaces the commonly used local induction approximation (LIA) to simulate the dynamics of vortex lines and thus superfluid turbulence.…
In this paper we study the stability of the self-similar solutions of the binormal flow, which is a model for the dynamics of vortex filaments in fluids and super-fluids. These particular solutions $\chi_a(t,x)$ form a family of evolving…
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We review some recent results concerning the evolution of a vortex filament and its relation to the cubic non-linear Schr\"odinger equation. Selfsimilar solutions and questions related to their stability are studied.
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The binormal (or vortex filament) equation provides the localized induction approximation of the 3D incompressible Euler equation. We present explicit solutions of the binormal equation in higher-dimensions that collapse in finite time. The…
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The Skew Mean Curvature Flow(SMCF) is a Schr\"odinger-type geometric flow canonically defined on a co-dimension two submanifold, which generalizes the famous vortex filament equation in fluid dynamics. In this paper, we prove the local…
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We consider a nonlinear model equation, known as the Localized Induction Equation, describing the motion of a vortex filament immersed in an incompressible and inviscid fluid. We prove the unique solvability of an initial-boundary value…
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