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Clustered vortex helices with compactly supported cross-sectional vorticity in the 3D Euler equations

Analysis of PDEs 2026-04-13 v1

Abstract

We consider the three-dimensional incompressible Euler equations for helical flows without swirl. By adapting gluing techniques, we construct the first smooth multi-vortex solution in the whole space R3\mathbb{R}^3 exhibiting a cluster of collapsing helical filaments, with the associated cross-sectional vorticity remaining compactly supported in R2\mathbb{R}^2 for all times. Our result generalises previous collapsing configurations in R3\mathbb{R}^3 with rapidly decaying vorticity cores, and extends related variational solutions obtained in infinite cylindrical domains.

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@article{arxiv.2604.09546,
  title  = {Clustered vortex helices with compactly supported cross-sectional vorticity in the 3D Euler equations},
  author = {Averkios Averkiou and Monica Musso and Fang Yu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.09546},
  year   = {2026}
}

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32 pages

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