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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,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-06-06 Jiajie Chen , Thomas Y. Hou

In Part II of this sequence to our previous paper for the 3-dimensional Euler equations \cite{zhang2022potential}, we investigate potential singularity of the $n$-diemnsional axisymmetric Euler equations with $C^\alpha$ initial vorticity…

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

Singularity formation of the 3D incompressible Euler equations is known to be extremely challenging. In [18], Elgindi proved that the 3D axisymmetric Euler equations with no swirl and $C^{1,\alpha}$ initial velocity develops a finite time…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-06-06 Jiajie Chen , Thomas Y. Hou

We consider the 3D isentropic compressible Euler equations with the ideal gas law. We provide a constructive proof of shock formation from smooth initial datum of finite energy, with no vacuum regions, with nontrivial vorticity present at…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-06-24 Tristan Buckmaster , Steve Shkoller , Vlad Vicol

We prove that the 3-D free-surface incompressible Euler equations with regular initial geometries and velocity fields have solutions which can form a finite-time "splash" (or "splat") singularity first introduced in [9], wherein the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-06-03 Daniel Coutand , Steve Shkoller

We prove by an explicit construction that solutions to incompressible 3D Euler equations defined in the periodic cube can be mapped bijectively to a new system of equations whose solutions are globally regular. We establish that the usual…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2011-07-08 Miguel D. Bustamante

It has been established that solutions to the inviscid Proudman-Johnson equation subject to a homogeneous three-point boundary condition can develop singularities in finite time. In this paper, we consider the possibility of singularity…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-06-26 Ikechukwu Obi-Okoye , Alejandro Sarria

We introduce a novel mechanism that reveals finite time singularities within the 1D De Gregorio model and the 3D incompressible Euler equations. Remarkably, we do not construct our blow up using self-similar coordinates, but build it from…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-10-25 Diego Córdoba , Luis Martínez-Zoroa , Fan Zheng

We study blow-up rates and the blow-up profiles of possible asymptotically self-similar singularities of the 3D Euler equations, where the sense of convergence and self-similarity are considered in various sense. We extend much further, in…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-11-20 Dongho Chae

In this paper and the companion paper [EJE2], we establish finite-time singularity formation for finite-energy strong solutions to the axi-symmetric $3D$ Euler equations in the domain $\{(x,y,z)\in\mathbb{R}^3:z^2\leq c(x^2+y^2)\}$ for some…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-12-27 Tarek M. Elgindi , In-Jee Jeong

We establish the first complete classification of finite-time blow-up scenarios for strong solutions to the three-dimensional incompressible Euler equations with surface tension in a bounded domain possessing a closed, moving free boundary.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-07-15 Chengchun Hao , Tao Luo , Siqi Yang

We give an extremely short proof that the free-surface incompressible, irrotational Euler equations with regular initial condition can form a finite time singularity in 2D or 3D. Thus, we provide a simple view of the problem studied by…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2012-12-24 Yi Zhou

We investigate the singularity formation of a 3D model that was recently proposed by Hou and Lei in [16] for axisymmetric 3D incompressible Navier-Stokes equations with swirl. The main difference between the 3D model of Hou and Lei and the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2012-02-29 Thomas Y. Hou , Zuoqiang Shi , Shu Wang

It is still not known whether a solution to the incompressible Euler equation, endowed with a smooth initial value, can blow-up in finite time. In [{\em Comm. Math. Phys.}, 378:557--568, 2020] it has been shown that, if it exists, such a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-01-12 Laurent Lafleche , Alexis F. Vasseur , Misha Vishik

This paper contributes to the study of large data problems for $C^1$ solutions of the relativistic Euler equations. In the $(1+1)$-dimensional spacetime setting, if the initial data are away from vacuum, a key difficulty in proving the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-03-19 Nikolaos Athanasiou , Shengguo Zhu

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 consider the question whether starting from a smooth initial condition 3D inviscid Euler flows on a periodic domain $\mathbb{T}^3$ may develop singularities in a finite time. Our point of departure is the well-known result by Kato…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-02-20 Xinyu Zhao , Bartosz Protas

We study the singularity formation of a quasi-exact 1D model proposed by Hou-Li in \cite{hou2008dynamic}. This model is based on an approximation of the axisymmetric Navier-Stokes equations in the $r$ direction. The solution of the 1D model…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-01-24 Thomas Y. Hou , Yixuan Wang

T. Tao constructed an averaged Navier-Stokes equations which obey an energy identity. Nevertheless, he proved that smooth solutions can blow up in finite time. This demonstrates that any proposed positive solution to the famous regularity…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-12-18 Zhentao Jin , Yi Zhou

This article concerns the formation of finite-time singularities in solutions to quasilinear hyperbolic systems with small initial data. By constructing a special test function, we first present a simpler proof of the main result in…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-08-26 Zhentao Jin , Yi Zhou