Abstract Consider two half-spaces$$H_1^+$$ and$$H_2^+$$ in$${\mathbb {R}}^{d+1}$$ whose bounding hyperplanes$$H_1$$ and$$H_2$$ are orthogonal and pass through the origin. The intersection$${\mathbb {S}}_{2,+}^d:={\mathbb {S}}^d\cap H_1^+\cap H_2^+$$ is a spherical convex subset of thed-dimensional unit sphere$${\mathbb {S}}^d$$ , which contains a great subsphere of dimension$$d-2$$ and is called a spherical wedge. Choosenindependent random points uniformly at random on$${\mathbb {S}}_{2,+}^d$$ and consider the expected facet number of the spherical convex hull of these points. It is shown that, up to terms of lower order, this expectation grows like a constant multiple of$$\log n$$ . A similar behaviour is obtained for the expected facet number of a homogeneous Poisson point process on$${\mathbb {S}}_{2,+}^d$$ . The result is compared to the corresponding behaviour of classical Euclidean random polytopes and of spherical random polytopes on a half-sphere. 
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                            Stability and Large-Time Behavior on 3D Incompressible MHD Equations with Partial Dissipation Near a Background Magnetic Field
                        
                    
    
            Abstract Physical experiments and numerical simulations have observed a remarkable stabilizing phenomenon: a background magnetic field stabilizes and dampens electrically conducting fluids. This paper intends to establish this phenomenon as a mathematically rigorous fact on a magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) system with anisotropic dissipation in$$\mathbb R^3$$ . The velocity equation in this system is the 3D Navier–Stokes equation with dissipation only in the$$x_1$$ -direction, while the magnetic field obeys the induction equation with magnetic diffusion in two horizontal directions. We establish that any perturbation near the background magnetic field (0, 1, 0) is globally stable in the Sobolev setting$$H^3({\mathbb {R}}^3)$$ . In addition, explicit decay rates in$$H^2({\mathbb {R}}^3)$$ are also obtained. For when there is no presence of a magnetic field, the 3D anisotropic Navier–Stokes equation is not well understood and the small data global well-posedness in$$\mathbb R^3$$ remains an intriguing open problem. This paper reveals the mechanism of how the magnetic field generates enhanced dissipation and helps to stabilize the fluid. 
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                            - Award ID(s):
- 2104682
- PAR ID:
- 10582172
- Publisher / Repository:
- Springer Science + Business Media
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis
- Volume:
- 249
- Issue:
- 3
- ISSN:
- 0003-9527
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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