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We are concerned with spherically symmetric solutions of the Euler equations for multidimensional compressible fluids, which are motivated by many important physical situations. Various evidences indicate that spherically symmetric…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-06-11 Gui-Qiang G. Chen , Mikhail Perepelitsa

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

We establish rigorously the existence of a three-parameter family of self-similar,globally bounded, and continuous weak solutions in two space dimensions to the compressible Euler equations with axisymmetry for gamma-law polytropic gases…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Yuxi Zheng , Tong Zhang

Whether the 3D incompressible Euler equations can develop a singularity in finite time from smooth initial data is one of the most challenging problems in mathematical fluid dynamics. This work attempts to provide an affirmative answer to…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2015-06-17 Guo Luo , Thomas Y. Hou

We study the 2D isentropic Euler equations with the ideal gas law. We exhibit a set of smooth initial data that give rise to shock formation at a single point near the planar symmetry. These solutions are associated with non-zero vorticity…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-03-01 Wenze Su

We consider a special class of infinite energy solutions to the inviscid incompressible porous medium equations (IPM), introduced in Castro-C\'ordoba-Gancedo-Orive [9]. The (IPM) equations then reduce to a one-dimensional nonlocal nonlinear…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-07-24 Charles Collot , Christophe Prange , Jin Tan

In this paper, we rigorously prove the existence of self-similar converging shock wave solutions for the non-isentropic Euler equations for $\gamma\in (1,3]$. These solutions are analytic away from the shock interface before collapse, and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-10-31 Juhi Jang , Jiaqi Liu , Matthew Schrecker

We prove that Guderley's self-similar imploding shock solution for the compressible Euler equations with ideal--gas law ($\gamma>1$) arises from classical, radially symmetric, shock--free data. For such data prescribed at initial time…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-11-10 Giorgio Cialdea , Steve Shkoller , Vlad Vicol

In this paper we construct unstable shocks in the context of 2D isentropic compressible Euler in azimuthal symmetry. More specifically, we construct initial data that when viewed in self-similar coordinates, converges asymptotically to the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-12-22 Tristan Buckmaster , Sameer Iyer

We study the Cauchy problem for the compressible Euler equations in two spatial dimensions under any physical barotropic equation of state except that of a Chaplygin gas. We prove that the well-known phenomenon of shock formation in simple…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-10-05 Jonathan Luk , Jared Speck

In this paper we construct smooth, non-radial solutions of the compressible Euler and Navier-Stokes equation that develop an imploding finite time singularity. Our construction is motivated by the works [Merle, Rapha\"{e}l, Rodnianski, and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-04-22 Gonzalo Cao-Labora , Javier Gómez-Serrano , Jia Shi , Gigliola Staffilani

We show the existence of a new class of initially smooth spherically symmetric self-similar solutions to the non-isentropic Euler-Poisson system. These solutions exhibit supersonic gravitational implosion in the sense that the density…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-03-18 Christopher Alexander , Mahir Hadžić , Matthew Schrecker

We establish the existence and uniqueness of smooth solutions with large vorticity and weak solutions with vortex sheets/entropy waves for the steady Euler equations for both compressible and incompressible fluids in arbitrary infinitely…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-02-19 Gui-Qiang G. Chen , Fei-Min Huang , Tian-Yi Wang , Wei Xiang

We investigate the axisymmetric incompressible Euler equations without swirl in $\mathbb R^d$ with $d\geq 3$. For any $\alpha\in(0, \alpha_d)$, where $\alpha_d=1-2/d$, we construct a self-similar blow-up solution whose initial velocity…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-20 Feng Shao , Dongyi Wei , Ping Zhang , Zhifei Zhang

We are concerned with the formation of singularities and the existence of global continuous solutions of the Cauchy problem for the one-dimensional non-isentropic Euler equations for compressible fluids. For the isentropic Euler equations,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-11-09 Geng Chen , Gui-Qiang G. Chen , Shengguo Zhu

We consider the Cauchy problem for the isentropic compressible Euler equations in a three-dimensional periodic domain under general pressure laws. For any smooth initial density away from the vacuum, we construct infinitely many entropy…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-07-13 Vikram Giri , Hyunju Kwon

We consider the Cauchy problem with smooth data for compressible Euler equations in many dimensions and concentrate on two cases: solutions with finite mass and energy and solutions corresponding to a compact perturbation of a nontrivial…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-10-30 Olga Rozanova

We study the interaction between the stability, and the propagation of regularity, for solutions to the incompressible 3D Euler equation. It is still unknown whether a solution with smooth initial data can develop a singularity in finite…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-07-15 Alexis Vasseur , Misha Vishik

This is Part II of our paper in which we prove finite time blowup of the 2D Boussinesq and 3D axisymmetric Euler equations with smooth initial data of finite energy and boundary. In Part I of our paper [ChenHou2023a], we establish an…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-06-18 Jiajie Chen , Thomas Y. Hou

We show that the multi-dimensional compressible Euler system for isothermal flow of an ideal, polytropic gas admits global-in-time, radially symmetric solutions with unbounded amplitudes due to wave focusing. The examples are similarity…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-05-26 Helge Kristian Jenssen , Charis Tsikkou