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Finite time singularities for water waves with surface tension

Analysis of PDEs 2015-06-04 v2

Abstract

Here we consider the 2D free boundary incompressible Euler equation with surface tension. We prove that the surface tension does not prevent a finite time splash or splat singularity, i.e. that the curve touches itself either in a point or along an arc. To do so, the main ingredients of the proof are a transformation to desingularize the curve and a priori energy estimates.

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@article{arxiv.1204.6633,
  title  = {Finite time singularities for water waves with surface tension},
  author = {Angel Castro and Diego Córdoba and Charles Fefferman and Francisco Gancedo and Javier Gómez-Serrano},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1204.6633},
  year   = {2015}
}

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32 pages, 2 figures

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