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Title: Small scale creation in active scalars
The focus of the course is on small scale formation in solutions of the incompressible Euler equation of fluid dynamics and associated models. We first review the regularity results and examples of small scale growth in two dimensions. Then we discuss a specific singular scenario for the three-dimensional Euler equation discovered by Hou and Luo, and analyze some associated models. Finally, we will also talk about the surface quasi-geostrophic (SQG) equation, and construct an example of singularity formation in the modified SQG patch solutions as well as examples of unbounded growth of derivatives for the smooth solutions.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
2006372
PAR ID:
10325823
Author(s) / Creator(s):
Editor(s):
Berselli, Luigi G; Ruzicka, Michael
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Progress in mathematical fluid dynamics, Lecture Notes in Mathematics
Volume:
2272
Page Range / eLocation ID:
125-161
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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