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The global regularity problem for the Boussinesq system is a well known open problem in mathematical fluid dynamics. As a follow up to our work \cite{EJSI}, we give examples of finite-energy and Lipschitz continuous velocity field and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-02-27 Tarek M. Elgindi , In-Jee Jeong

The 2d Boussinesq equations model large scale atmospheric and oceanic flows. Whether its solutions develop a singularity in finite-time remains a classical open problem in mathematical fluid dynamics. In this work, blowup from smooth…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-04-08 Alejandro Sarria , Jiahong Wu

We establish the existence of compactly supported solutions of the inviscid incompressible 2D Boussinesq equation with $C^{1,\sqrt{\frac{4}{3}}-1-\varepsilon}\cap L^{2}$ force that develop a singularity in finite time. Importantly, the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-09-03 Diego Córdoba , Andrés Laín-Sanclemente , Luis Martínez-Zoroa

We establish the existence of solutions of the 2D incompressible non-homogeneous Euler equations with $C^{0}_{t}C^{1,\,\sqrt{\frac{4}{3}}-1-\varepsilon}_{x}\cap C^{0}_{t}L^{2}_{x}$ source terms that develop a singularity in finite time. In…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-29 Diego Córdoba , Andrés Laín-Sanclemente , Luis Martínez-Zoroa

We study the formation of singularity for the isothermal Euler-Poisson system arising from plasma physics. Contrast to the previous studies yielding only limited information on the blow-up solutions, for instance, sufficient conditions for…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-05-07 Junsik Bae , Yunjoo Kim , Bongsuk Kwon

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

For all $\epsilon>0$, we prove the existence of finite-energy strong solutions to the axi-symmetric $3D$ Euler equations on the domains $ \{(x,y,z)\in\mathbb{R}^3: (1+\epsilon|z|)^2\leq x^2+y^2\}$ which become singular in finite time. We…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-02-28 Tarek M. Elgindi , In-Jee Jeong

The three-dimensional incompressible Boussinesq system is one of the important equations in fluid dynamics. The system describes the motion of temperature-dependent incompressible flows. And the temperature naturally has diffusion.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-07-15 Chen Gao , Liqun Zhang , Xianliang 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…

To investigate the finite time singularity in three-dimensional (3D) Euler flows, the simplified model of 3D axisymmetric incompressible fluids (i.e., two-dimensional Boussinesq approximation equations) is studied numerically. The system…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2007-05-23 Z. Yin , Tao Tang

Recently, a new singularity formation scenario for the 3D axi-symmetric Euler equation and the 2D inviscid Boussinesq system has been proposed by Hu and Luo based on extensive numerical simulations [15, 16]. As the firrst step to understand…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-08-20 Alexander Kiselev , Hang Yang

We show that the constructions of $C^{1,\alpha}$ asymptotically self-similar singularities for the 3D Euler equations by Elgindi, and for the 3D Euler equations with large swirl and 2D Boussinesq equations with boundary by Chen-Hou can be…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-09-07 Jiajie Chen

This paper addresses the construction and the stability of self-similar solutions to the isentropic compressible Euler equations. These solutions model a gas that implodes isotropically, ending in a singularity formation in finite time. The…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-09-17 Anxo Biasi

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

We study the stability of recently constructed self-similar blow-up solutions to the incompressible Euler equation. A consequence of our work is the existence of finite-energy $C^{1,\alpha}$ solutions that become singular in finite time in…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-11-01 Tarek M. Elgindi , Tej-Eddine Ghoul , Nader Masmoudi

The primitive equations (PEs) model planetary large-scale oceanic and atmospheric dynamics. While it has been shown that there are smooth solutions to the inviscid PEs (also called the hydrostatic Euler equations) with constant temperature…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-04-14 Slim Ibrahim , Quyuan Lin , Lingjun Qian , Edriss S. Titi

Rayleigh-Taylor instability occurs when a heavier fluid overlies a lighter fluid, and the two seek to exchange positions under the effect of gravity. We present linearized theory for arbitrary 3D initial disturbances that grow in time, and…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2019-09-18 S. J. Walters , L. K. Forbes

We study the formation of singularity for the Euler-Poisson system equipped with the Boltzmann relation, which describes the dynamics of ions in an electrostatic plasma. In general, it is known that smooth solutions to nonlinear hyperbolic…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-06-07 Junsik Bae , Junho Choi , Bongsuk Kwon

Some classical and recent results on the Euler equations governing perfect (incompressible and inviscid) fluid motion are collected and reviewed, with some small novelties scattered throughout. The perspective and emphasis will be given…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-09-28 Theodore D. Drivas , Tarek M. Elgindi

In this paper we investigate analytically the formation of finite time singularities in the three dimensional incompressible Euler equations under the model of Gibbon, Fokas, and Doering for vorticity stretching within a bounded cylindrical…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-03-11 Yinshen Xu , Miguel D. Bustamante
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