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We consider the finite-time blow-up dynamics of solutions to the self-dual Chern-Simons-Schr\"odinger (CSS) equation (also referred to as the Jackiw-Pi model) near the radial soliton $Q$ with the least $L^{2}$-norm (ground state). While a…
In this paper, we will study the existence of finite time singularity to harmonic heat flow and their formation patterns. After works of Coron-Ghidaglia, Ding and Chen-Ding, one knows blow-up solutions under smallness of initial energy for…
We study the vanishing viscosity limit of the one-dimensional Burgers equation near nondegenerate shock formation. We develop a matched asymptotic expansion that describes small-viscosity solutions to arbitrary order up to the moment the…
In this work we establish the formation of singularities of classical solutions with finite energy of the forced fractional Navier Stokes equations where the dissipative term is given by $|\nabla|^{\alpha}$ for any $\alpha\in [0, \alpha_0)$…
We consider the 1D nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation (NLS) with focusing \emph{point nonlinearity}, $$i\partial_t\psi + \partial_x^2\psi + \delta|\psi|^{p-1}\psi = 0$$ where $\delta=\delta(x)$ is the delta function supported at the origin.…
We construct finite time blow-up solutions to the 2-dimensional harmonic map flow into the sphere $S^2$, \begin{align*} u_t & = \Delta u + |\nabla u|^2 u \quad \text{in } \Omega\times(0,T) \\ u &= \varphi \quad \text{on } \partial…
We analyze the blowup (finite-time singularity) in inviscid shell models of convective turbulence. We show that the blowup exists and its internal structure undergoes a series of bifurcations under a change of shell model parameter. Various…
We shed light on a long-standing open question for the semilinear heat equation $u_t = \Delta u + |u|^{p-1} u$. Namely, without any restriction on the exponent $p>1$ nor on the smooth domain~$\Omega$, we prove that the critical $L^q$ norm…
We present a detailed numerical study of solutions to the (generalized) Zakharov-Kuznetsov equation in two spatial dimensions with various power nonlinearities. In the $L^{2}$-subcritical case, numerical evidence is presented for the…
The aim of this paper is to study the finite space blow up of the solutions for a class of fourth order differential equations. Our results answer a conjecture in [F. Gazzola and R. Pavani. Wide oscillation finite time blow up for solutions…
In this paper, we revisit the problem of finite-time blowup for a multi-dimensional nonlocal transport equation studied in [Dong, Adv. Math. 264 (2014) 747-761]. Inspired by a one-dimensional analogous model considered in [Li-Rodrigo, Adv.…
We construct finite energy blow-up solutions for the radial self-dual Chern-Simons-Schr\"odinger equation with a continuum of blow-up rates. Our result stands in stark contrast to the rigidity of blow-up of $H^{3}$ solutions proved by the…
The Keller-Segel equation, a classical chemotaxis model, and many of its variants have been extensively studied for decades. In this work, we focus on 3D Keller-Segel equation with a quadratic logistic damping term $-\mu \rho^2$ (modeling…
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…
We show that the 1D Hou-Luo model on the real line admits exact self-similar finite-time blowup solutions with smooth self-similar profiles. The existence of these profiles is established via a fixed-point method that is purely analytic. We…
We consider the blow-up of solutions for a semilinear reaction diffusion equation with exponential reaction term. It is know that certain solutions that can be continued beyond the blow-up time possess a nonconstant selfsimilar blow-up…
We consider a nonlinear heat equation with a gradient term. We construct a blow-up solution for this equation with a prescribed blow-up profile. For that, we translate the question in selfsimilar variables and reduce the problem to a finite…
In this article, we study the local existence of solutions for a wave equation with a nonlocal in time nonlinearity. Moreover, a blow-up results are proved under some conditions on the dimensional space, the initial data and the nonlinear…
We study singularity formation for the pressureless Euler-Poisson system of cold ion dynamics. In contrast to the Euler-Poisson system with pressure, when its smooth solutions experience $C^1$ blow-up, the $L^\infty$ norm of the density…
It is well known that the solutions to the non-viscous Burgers equation develop a gradient catastrophe at a critical time provided the initial data have a negative derivative in certain points. We consider this equation assuming that the…