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Does three-dimensional incompressible Euler flow with smooth initial conditions develop a singularity with infinite vorticity after a finite time? This blowup problem is still open. After briefly reviewing what is known and pointing out…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2007-05-23 U. Frisch , T. Matsumoto , J. Bec

We provide numerical evidence for a potential finite-time self-similar singularity of the 3D axisymmetric Euler equations with no swirl and with $C^\alpha$ initial vorticity for a large range of $\alpha$. We employ a highly effective…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-07-03 Thomas Y. Hou , Shumao Zhang

Whether singularities can form in fluids remains a foundational unanswered question in mathematics. This phenomenon occurs when solutions to governing equations, such as the 3D Euler equations, develop infinite gradients from smooth initial…

This paper deals with the longstanding quest of the possible existence of finite-time singularities in the equations governing the dynamics of inviscid fluids, namely, Euler equations. Here, two contributions are brought for the case of…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-05-19 Mokhtar Adda-Bedia , Sergio Rica

We introduce a local-in-time existence and uniqueness class for solutions to the 2d Euler equation with unbounded vorticity. Furthermore, we show that solutions belonging to this class can develop stronger singularities in finite time,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-01-01 Tarek M. Elgindi , Ryan W. Murray , Ayman R. Said

Singular vorticty solutions of the incompressible 3D-Euler equation are constructed which satisfy the BKM criterion (cf. [2]). The construction is done by inviscid limits of vorticity solutions of transformed incompressible Navier Stokes…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-04-06 Joerg Kampen

We prove the uniqueness and finite-time existence of bounded-vorticity solutions to the 2D Euler equations having velocity growing slower than the square root of the distance from the origin, obtaining global existence for more slowly…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-09-22 Elaine Cozzi , James P. Kelliher

In this paper, we present strong numerical evidences that the incompressible axisymmetric Euler equations with degenerate viscosity coefficients and smooth initial data of finite energy develop a potential finite-time locally self-similar…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-05-30 Thomas Y. Hou , De Huang

Let $v$ be a solution of the axially symmetric Euler equations (ASE) in a finite cylinder in $\mathbb{R}^3$. We show that suitable blow-up limits of possible velocity singularity and most self similar vorticity singularity near maximal…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-10-13 Qi S. Zhang

We prove the global existence of a helical weak solution of the 3D Euler equations, in full space, for an initial velocity with helical symmetry, without swirl and whose initial vorticity is compactly supported in the axial plane and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-09-03 Anne C. Bronzi , Milton C. Lopes Filho , Helena J. Nussenzveig Lopes

We show that particle trajectories for positive vorticity solutions to the 2D Euler equations on fairly general bounded simply connected domains cannot reach the boundary in finite time. This includes domains with possibly nowhere $C^1$…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-06-06 Zonglin Han , Andrej Zlatos

In this paper, we consider axisymmetric, swirl-free solutions of the Euler equation in four and higher dimensions. We show that in dimension $d\geq 4$, axisymmetric, swirl-free solutions of the Euler equation have properties which could…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-04-20 Evan Miller , Tai-Peng Tsai

A review of analyses based upon anti-parallel vortex structures suggests that structurally stable vortex structures with eroding circulation may offer a path to the study of rapid vorticity growth in solutions of Euler's equations in $…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2016-11-03 Stephen Childress , Andrew D. Gilbert , Paul Valiant

We prove an extension theorem for local solutions of the 3d incompressible Euler equations. More precisely, we show that if a smooth vector field satisfies the Euler equations in a spacetime region $\Omega\times(0,T)$, one can choose an…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-10-01 Alberto Enciso , Javier Peñafiel-Tomás , Daniel Peralta-Salas

Whether the 3D incompressible Euler equations can develop a finite time singularity from smooth initial data is one of the most challenging problems in nonlinear PDEs. In this paper, we present some new numerical evidence that the 3D…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-05-30 Thomas Y. Hou

The question of spontaneous apparition of singularity in the 3D incompressible Euler equations is one of the most important and challenging open problems in mathematical fluid mechanics. In this survey article we review some of recent…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Dongho Chae

In connection with the recent proposal for possible singularity formation at the boundary for solutions of 3d axi-symmetric incompressible Euler's equations (Luo and Hou, 2013), we study models for the dynamics at the boundary and show that…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-09-15 Kyudong Choi , Thomas Y. Hou , Alexander Kiselev , Guo Luo , Vladimir Sverak , Yao Yao

The problem we are concerned with is whether singularities form in finite time in incompressible fluid flows. It is well known that the answer is ``no'' in the case of Euler and Navier-Stokes equations in dimension two. In dimension three…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-09-07 Diego Cordoba

We prove finite-time vorticity blowup for smooth solutions of the 2D compressible Euler equations with smooth, localized, and non-vacuous initial data. The vorticity blowup occurs at the time of the first singularity, and is accompanied by…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-07-10 Jiajie Chen , Giorgio Cialdea , Steve Shkoller , Vlad Vicol

In this paper, we mainly investigate the tridimensional incompressible axisymmetric Euler equations without swirl in the whole space. Specifically, we prove the global existence of weak solutions if the swirl component of initial vorticity…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-08-16 Quansen Jiu , Jitao Liu , Dongjuan Niu