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It is shown that the self-similar ansatz proposed by T. Hou and G. Luo to describe a singular solution of the 3D axisymmetric Euler equations leads, without assuming any asymptotic condition on the self-similar profiles, to an…
This paper concerns the finite-time blow-up and asymptotic behaviour of solutions to nonlinear Volterra integrodifferential equations. Our main contribution is to determine sharp estimates on the growth rates of both explosive and…
We consider the energy supercritical heat equation with the $(n-3)$-th Sobolev exponent \begin{equation*} \begin{cases} u_t=\Delta u+u^{3},~&\mbox{ in } \Omega\times (0,T),\\ u(x,t)=u|_{\partial\Omega},~&\mbox{ on } \partial\Omega\times…
Motivated by recent breakthrough on smooth imploding solutions of compressible Euler, we construct self-similar smooth imploding solutions of isentropic relativistic Euler equations with isothermal equation of state $p=\frac1\ell\varrho$…
In this paper, we consider the compressible Euler equations with time-dependent damping \frac{\a}{(1+t)^\lambda}u in one space dimension. By constructing 'decoupled' Riccati type equations for smooth solutions, we provide some sufficient…
We consider the energy super critical semilinear heat equation $$\partial_t u=\Delta u+u^{p}, \ \ x\in \mathbb R^3, \ \ p>5.$$ We first revisit the construction of radially symmetric backward self similar solutions and propose a bifurcation…
For the first order 1D $n\times n$ quasilinear strictly hyperbolic system $\partial_tu+F(u)\partial_xu=0$ with $u(x, 0)=\varepsilon u_0(x)$, where $\varepsilon>0$ is small, $u_0(x)\not\equiv 0$ and $u_0(x)\in C_0^2(\mathbb R)$, when at…
We consider the semilinear heat equation with Sobolev subcritical power nonlinearity in dimension $N=2$, and $u(x,t)$ a solution which blows up in finite time $T$. Given a non isolated blow-up point $a$, we assume that the Taylor expansion…
In this paper we study classification of homogeneous solutions to the stationary Euler equation with locally finite energy. Written in the form $u = \nabla^\perp \Psi$, $\Psi(r,\theta) = r^{\lambda} \psi(\theta)$, for $\lambda >0$, we show…
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…
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…
Let $G=(V,E)$ be a locally finite, connected and weighted graph. We prove that, for a graph satisfying curvature dimension condition $CDE'(n,0)$ and uniform polynomial volume growth of degree $m$, all non-negative solutions of the equation…
We prove finite-time vorticity blowup in the compressible Euler equations in $\mathbb{R}^d$ for any $d \geq 3$, starting from smooth, localized, and non-vacuous initial data. This is achieved by lifting the vorticity blowup result from…
Does three-dimensional incompressible Euler flow with smooth initial conditions develop a singularity with infinite vorticity after a finite time? This blowup problem is still open. After briefly reviewing what is known and pointing out…
We study singularity formation in two one-dimensional nonlinear wave models with quadratic time-derivative nonlinearities. The non-null model violates the null condition and typically develops finite-time blow-up; the null-form model is…
We prove that negative energy solutions of the complex Ginzburg-Landau equation $e^{-i\theta} u_t = \Delta u+ |u|^{\alpha} u$ blow up in finite time, where \alpha >0 and \pi /2<\theta <\pi /2. For a fixed initial value $u(0)$, we obtain…
We consider self-similar solutions to the full compressible Euler system for an ideal gas in two and three space dimensions. The system admits a 2-parameter family of similarity solutions depending on parameters $\lambda$ and $\kappa$.…
In this work, we study the behavior of blow-up solutions to the multidimensional restricted Euler--Poisson equations which are the localized version of the full Euler--Poisson system. We provide necessary conditions for the existence of…
We consider the initial boundary value problem in exterior domain for semilinear wave equations with power-type nonlinearity |u| p. We will establish blow-up results when p is less than or equal to Strauss' exponent which is the same one…
A 1934 paper by Leray posed the question of the regularity of solutions of the dynamical equations for incompressible inviscid fluids with smooth initial data. Since there has been many attempts to answer this question. Leray examined the…