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We classify all spherically symmetric perfect fluid solutions of Einstein's equations with equation of state p/mu=a which are self-similar in the sense that all dimensionless variables depend only upon z=r/t. For a given value of a, such…

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We consider the focusing energy subcritical nonlinear wave equation $\partial_{tt} u - \Delta u= |u|^{p-1} u$ in ${\mathbb R}^N$, $N\ge 1$. Given any compact set $ E \subset {\mathbb R}^N $, we construct finite energy solutions which blow…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-10-28 Thierry Cazenave , Yvan Martel , Lifeng Zhao

In these proceedings, we discuss the recent approach of Ref. [1] for the construction of compact Ans\"atze for scattering amplitudes. The method builds powerful constraints on the analytic structure of the rational functions in amplitudes…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-07-22 Giuseppe De Laurentis , Ben Page

In this paper, we prove the soliton resolution conjecture for general type II solutions to the focusing energy critical wave equation, in space dimension 3,4 or 5, along a sequence of times. This is an important step towards the full…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-06-08 Thomas Duyckaerts , Hao Jia , Carlos Kenig , Frank Merle

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

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

We prove global existence of smooth solutions of the 3D loglog energy-supercritical wave equation $\partial_{tt} u - \triangle u = -u^{5} \log^{c} (log(10+u^{2})) $ with $0 < c < {8/225}$ and smooth initial data $(u(0)=u_{0}, \partial_{t}…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2009-09-04 Tristan Roy

We consider solutions to the Euler equations in the whole space from a certain class, which can be characterized, in particular, by finiteness of mass, total energy and momentum. We prove that for a large class of right-hand sides,…

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For $0<\alpha<\frac{1}{3}$ we construct unique solutions to the fractal Burgers equation $\partial_t u + u\partial_xu + (-\Delta)^\alpha u = 0$ which develop a first shock in finite time, starting from smooth generic initial data. This…

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We construct a class of stationary, axisymmetric, horizonless spacetimes whose curvature is generated entirely by smooth, localised differential rotation $\Omega(r)$, while the spatial geometry remains exactly flat. Despite vanishing ADM…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-14 Francisco S. N. Lobo , Tiberiu Harko

We study the 2D incompressible Boussinesq equation without thermal diffusion, and aim to construct rigorous examples of small scale formations as time goes to infinity. In the viscous case, we construct examples of global smooth solutions…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-12-18 Alexander Kiselev , Jaemin Park , Yao Yao

In recent times it has been paid attention to the fact that (linear) wave equations admit of "soliton-like" solutions, known as Localized Waves or Non-diffracting Waves, which propagate without distortion in one direction. Such Localized…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-05-18 Michel Zamboni-Rached , Erasmo Recami

We consider a simplified Boltzmann equation: spatially homogeneous, two-dimensional, radially symmetric, with Grad's angular cutoff, and linearized around its initial condition. We prove that for a sufficiently singular velocity cross…

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We prove quantitative scattering for the three-dimensional defocusing energy-critical quintic wave equation on a class of asymptotically flat, possibly non-stationary perturbations of Minkowski space, by establishing the first explicit…

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We consider the nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation \[ u_t = i \Delta u + | u |^\alpha u \quad \mbox{on ${\mathbb R}^N $, $\alpha>0$,} \] for $H^1$-subcritical or critical nonlinearities: $(N-2) \alpha \le 4$. Under the additional technical…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-01-01 Thierry Cazenave , Yvan Martel , Lifeng Zhao

We study a variant of the Strang splitting for the time integration of the semilinear wave equation under the finite-energy condition on the torus $\mathbb{T}^3$. In the case of a cubic nonlinearity, we show almost second-order convergence…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-19 Maximilian Ruff

For the 5D energy-critical wave equation, we construct excited $N$-solitons with collinear speeds, i.e. solutions $u$ of the equation such that \begin{equation*}…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-01-01 Xu Yuan

We consider equations of the type: \[\partial_t \omega = \omega R(\omega),\] for general linear operators $R$ in any spatial dimension. We prove that such equations almost always exhibit finite-time singularities for smooth and localized…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-07-24 Roberta Bianchini , Tarek M. Elgindi

We consider equations of M\"uller-Israel-Stewart type describing a relativistic viscous fluid with bulk viscosity in four-dimensional Minkowski space. We show that there exists a class of smooth initial data that are localized perturbations…

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