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We construct smooth axisymmetric-with-swirl initial data in a periodic cylinder for which the three-dimensional incompressible Euler evolution develops a finite-time boundary singularity. The construction is carried out in the dynamically…
In this paper we explore the extent to which discretely self-similar (DSS) solutions to the 3D Navier-Stokes equations with rough data almost have the same asymptotics as DSS flows with smoother data. In a previous work, we established…
In this paper, we consider the Cauchy problem for pressureless gases in two space dimensions with generic smooth initial data (density and velocity). These equations give rise to singular curves, where the mass has positive density…
This paper is devoted to the well-posedness theory of piston problem for compressible {combustion} Euler flows with physical ignition condition. A significant combustion phenomena called detonation will occur provided the reactant is…
In this expository note we discuss our recent work [arXiv:1306.5028] on the nonlinear asymptotic stability of shear flows in the 2D Euler equations of ideal, incompressible flow. In that work it is proved that perturbations to the Couette…
The wavefronts from a point source in a solid with cubic symmetry are examined with particular attention paid to the contribution from the conical points of the slowness surface. An asymptotic solution is developed that is uniform across…
We consider a one-parameter family of 1D models for the 3D axisymmetric incompressible Euler equation with $C^{\alpha}$ vorticity and without swirl near the symmetry axis. For $\alpha = \frac13$, we impose a crucial normalization and…
The problem of collisionless shocks is posed as the problem of understanding how in a completely collisionless streaming high-temperature plasma shocks can develop at all, forming discontinuous transition layers of thickness much less than…
Solutions of the Navier-Stokes and Euler equations with initial conditions for 2D and 3D cases were obtained in the form of converging series, by an analytical iterative method using Fourier and Laplace transforms \cite{TT10,TT11}. There…
The existence, uniqueness, and asymptotic behavior of steady transonic flows past a curved wedge, involving transonic shocks, governed by the two-dimensional full Euler equations are established. The stability of both weak and strong…
A detailed study of complex-space singularities of the two-dimensional incompressible Euler equation is performed in the short-time asymptotic r\'egime when such singularities are very far from the real domain; this allows an exact…
We investigate the equation $(u_t + (f(u))_x)_x = f''(u) (u_x)^2/2$ where $f(u)$ is a given smooth function. Typically $f(u)= u^2/2$ or $u^3/3$. This equation models unidirectional and weakly nonlinear waves for the variational wave…
Shock waves in molecular clouds should evolve into continuous or C-type structures due to the magnetic field and ion-neutral friction. We here determine whether and how this is achieved through plane-parallel numerical simulations using an…
A fundamental open problem in the theory of the multidimensional compressible Navier-Stokes equations is whether smooth solutions can develop singularities in finite time. For constant viscosity coefficients, recent remarkable results show…
Studies on singular flows in which either the velocity fields or the vorticity fields change dramatically on small regions are of considerable interests in both the mathematical theory and applications. Important examples of such flows…
We exhibit smooth initial data for the 2D water wave equation for which we prove that smoothness of the interface breaks down in finite time. Moreover, we show a stability result together with numerical evidence that there exist solutions…
The behavior of a class of solutions of the shallow water Airy system originating from initial data with discontinuous derivatives is considered. Initial data are obtained by splicing together self-similar parabolae with a constant…
This paper resolves the characteristic initial data problem for the three-dimensional compressible Euler equations - an open problem analogous to Christodoulou's characteristic initial value formulation for the vacuum Einstein field…
We present a preliminary study of a new phenomena associated with the Euler-Poisson equations -- the so called critical threshold phenomena, where the answer to questions of global smoothness vs. finite time breakdown depends on whether the…
Inspired by the numerical evidence of a potential 3D Euler singularity by Luo-Hou [30,31] and the recent breakthrough by Elgindi [11] on the singularity formation of the 3D Euler equation without swirl with $C^{1,\alpha}$ initial velocity,…