In this article we consider the asymptotic stability of the two-dimensional Boussinesq equations with partial dissipation near a combination of Couette flow and temperature profiles $T(y)$. As a first main result we show that if $T'$ is of size at most $ν^{1/3}$ in a suitable norm, then the linearized Boussinesq equations with only vertical dissipation of the velocity but not of the temperature are stable. Thus, mixing enhanced dissipation can suppress Rayleigh-Bénard instability in this linearized case. We further show that these results extend to the (forced) nonlinear equations with vertical dissipation in both temperature and velocity.
Quantitative stability of the 2D Monotone shear flow for Boussinesq equation in a finite channel
Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics（应用物理与计算数学研究所）；School of Mathematical Sciences, Key Laboratory of Mathematics and Complex Systems, Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University（北京师范大学数学科学学院，教育部数学与复杂系统重点实验室）
We compute the sharp time decay rates of the solutions of the IVP for quasi-geostrophic equation and the Boussinesq model, subject to fractional dissipation. Moreover, we explicitly identify the asymptotic profiles, the kernel of the $α$ stable processes, which are analogues of the Oseen vortices.
On the Profile of Singularity Formation for the Incompressible Hydrostatic Boussinesq system
University of Victoria（维多利亚大学）；Pacific Institute for Mathematical Sciences（太平洋数学科学研究所）；Clemson University（克莱姆森大学）；University of Cambridge（剑桥大学）；Texas A&M University（德克萨斯农工大学）；Weizmann Institute of Science（魏茨曼科学研究所）
In this paper, we study the viscous Boussinesq equation in the whole space $\mathbb{R}^n$, which describes the propagation of small amplitude and long waves on the surface of water with viscous effects. Concerning the linearized Cauchy problem, some qualitative properties of solutions including $L^m-L^q$ estimates with $1\leqslant m\leqslant q\leqslant \infty$, inviscid limits and asymptotic profiles of solution with respect to the small viscosity are investigated by means of the Fourier analysis and the WKB method. For another, by applying some fractional order interpolations in the harmonic …
We consider an initial boundary value problem of the multi-dimensional Boussinesq equations in the absence of thermal diffusion with velocity damping or velocity diffusion under the stress free boundary condition in horizontally periodic strip domain. We prove the global-in-time existence of classical solutions in high order Sobolev spaces satisfying high order compatibility conditions around the linearly stratified equilibrium, the convergence of the temperature to the asymptotic profile, and sharp decay rates of the velocity field and temperature fluctuation in all intermediate norms based o…
Singularity formation of the 3D incompressible Euler equations is known to be extremely challenging. In [18], Elgindi proved that the 3D axisymmetric Euler equations with no swirl and $C^{1,α}$ initial velocity develops a finite time singularity. Inspired by Elgindi's work, we proved that the 3D axisymmetric Euler and 2D Boussinesq equations with $C^{1,α}$ initial velocity and boundary develop a stable asymptotically (or approximately) self-similar finite time singularity [8]. On the other hand, the authors of [35,52] recently showed that blowup solutions to the 3D Euler equations are hydrodyn…
On the baroclinic instability of inviscid non-conducting Boussinesq equations with rotation in 3-D
School of Science, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology（浙江科技学院理学院）；School of Mathematical Sciences, Zhejiang University of Technology（浙江工业大学数学科学学院）
In this paper the permanent profile waves governed by a Boussinesq-type wave equation are analysed. The model involves displacement-type nonlinearities and dispersion terms. Physically such a model equation describes longitudinal waves (density change) in biomembranes which have an internal structure composed by lipid molecules. The possible solutions are constructed and analysed. The phase plane analysis and numerical simulation reveal a novel phenomenon: the possible existence of a soliton doublet.
In this paper, we address for the 2D Euler equations the existence of rigid time periodic solutions close to stationary radial vortices of type $f_0(|x|){\bf 1}_{\mathbb{D}}(x)$, with $\mathbb{D}$ the unit disc and $f_0$ being a strictly monotonic profile with constant sign. We distinguish two scenarios according to the sign of the profile: defocusing and focusing. In the first regime, we have scarcity of the bifurcating curves associated with lower symmetry. However in the focusing case we get a countable family of bifurcating solutions associated with large symmetry. The approach developed i…
The stability threshold for Boussinesq equations around stratified Couette flow with unequal viscosity and thermal diffusivity on $\mathbb{T}\times\mathbb{R}^2$
School of Mathematical Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University（上海交通大学数学科学学院）
Inspired by the numerical evidence of a potential 3D Euler singularity by Luo-Hou [30,31] and the recent breakthrough by Elgindi [11] on the singularity formation of the 3D Euler equation without swirl with $C^{1,α}$ initial velocity, we prove the finite time singularity for the 2D Boussinesq and the 3D axisymmetric Euler equations with boundary and $C^{1,α}$ initial data for the velocity (and density in the case of Boussinesq equations). Our finite time blowup solution for the 3D Euler equations and the singular solution considered in [30,31] share many essential features, including the symme…
Stable nearly self-similar blowup of the 2D Boussinesq and 3D Euler equations with smooth data I: Analysis
Courant Institute, New York University（纽约大学柯朗数学科学研究所）；Department of Mathematics, University of Chicago（芝加哥大学数学系）；Applied and Computational Mathematics, Caltech（加州理工学院应用与计算数学系）
We consider a parabolic partial differential equation that can be understood as a simple model for crowds flows. Our main assumption is that the diffusivity and the source/sink term vanish at the same point; the nonhomogeneous term is different from zero at any other point and so the equation is not monostable. We investigate the existence, regularity and monotone properties of semi-wavefront solutions as well as their convergence to wavefront solutions.
We determine the asymptotic spreading speed of the solutions of a Fisher-KPP reaction-diffusion equation, starting from compactly supported initial data, when the diffusion coefficient is a fixed bounded monotone profile that is shifted at a given forcing speed and satisfies a general uniform ellipticity condition. Depending on the monotony of the profile, we are able to characterize this spreading speed as a function of the forcing speed and the two linear spreading speeds associated to the asymptotic problems. Most notably, when the profile of the coefficient diffusion is increasing we show …
We study Ginzburg--Landau equations for a complex vector order parameter Psi=(psi_+,psi_-). We consider symmetric (equivariant) vortex solutions in the plane R^2 with given degrees n_\pm, and prove existence, uniqueness, and asymptotic behavior of solutions for large r. We also consider the monotonicity properties of solutions, and exhibit parameter ranges in which both vortex profiles |psi_+|, |psi_i| are monotone, as well as parameter regimes where one component is non-monotone. The qualitative results are obtained by means of a sub- and supersolution construction and a comparison theorem fo…
Stable nearly self-similar blowup of the 2D Boussinesq and 3D Euler equations with smooth data II: Rigorous Numerics
Courant Institute, New York University（纽约大学柯朗数学科学研究所）；Department of Mathematics, University of Chicago（芝加哥大学数学系）；Applied and Computational Mathematics, Caltech（加州理工学院应用与计算数学）
We study an integro-differential equation that describes the slow erosion of granular flow. The equation is a first order non-linear conservation law where the flux function includes an integral term. We show that there exist unique traveling wave solutions that connect profiles with equilibrium slope at $\pm\infty$. Such traveling waves take very different forms from those in standard conservation laws. Furthermore, we prove that the traveling wave profiles are locally stable, i.e., solutions with monotone initial data approaches the traveling waves asymptotically as $t\to+\infty$.
We consider the follow-the-leader model for traffic flow. The position of each car $z_i(t)$ satisfies an ordinary differential equation, whose speed depends only on the relative position $z_{i+1}(t)$ of the car ahead. Each car perceives a local density $ρ_i(t)$. We study a discrete traveling wave profile $W(x)$ along which the trajectory $(ρ_i(t),z_i(t))$ traces such that $W(z_i(t))=ρ_i(t)$ for all $i$ and $t>0$; see definition 2.2. We derive a delay differential equation satisfied by such profiles. Existence and uniqueness of solutions are proved, for the two-point boundary value problem wher…
2D inviscid Boussinesq equations and 3D axisymmetric Euler equations: (1) A unification ($Em$), (2) Finite-time blow-up of two unified $(1+1)$D systems rigorously derived from ($Em$)
This paper shows that in second-order hyperbolic systems of partial differential equations proposed in authors' earlier paper (J. Math. Phys. 59 (2018)) for modelling the relativistic dynamics of barotropic fluids in the presence of viscosity and heat conduction, shock waves of arbitrary strength have smooth, monotone dissipation profiles. The results and arguments extend classical considerations of Weyl (Comm. Pure Appl. Math. 2 (1949)) and Gilbarg (Amer. J. Math. 73 (1951)) to the relativistic setting.
Critical $p$-Laplace equations with monotone coefficients: Liouville classification and a Schoen-type Harnack inequality
Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences（中国科学院数学与系统科学研究院）；Institute of Mathematics, Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences（中国科学院数学与系统科学研究院数学研究所）
This paper is concerned with the eigenvalues and linear inviscid damping of the 2D capillary gravity water waves of finite depth $x_2\in(-h,0)$ linearized at a monotone shear flow $U(x_2)$. Unlike the linearized Euler equation in a fixed channel where eigenvalues exist only in low horizontal wave number $k$, we first prove the linearized capillary gravity wave has two branches of eigenvalues $-ikc^\pm(k)$, where the wave speeds $c^\pm(k)=O(\sqrt{|k|})$ for $|k|\gg1$ have the same asymptotics as the those of the linear irrotational capillary gravity waves. Under the additional assumption of $U"…
We consider the incompressible Euler equations in the half cylinder $ \mathbb{R}_{>0}\times\mathbb{T}$. In this domain, any vorticity which is independent of $x_2$ defines a stationary solution. We prove that such a stationary solution is nonlinearly stable in a weighted $L^{1}$ norm involving the horizontal impulse, if the vorticity is non-negative and non-increasing in $x_1$. This includes stability of cylindrical patches $\{x_{1}<α\},\; α>0$. The stability result is based on the fact that such a profile is the unique minimizer of the horizontal impulse among all functions with the same dist…
Asymptotic self-similar blow-up profile for three-dimensional axisymmetric Euler equations using neural networks
Princeton University（普林斯顿大学）；Brown University（布朗大学）；Universitat de Barcelona（巴塞罗那大学）；Centre de Recerca Matemàtica（数学研究中心）；Institute for Advanced Study（高等研究院）
We prove $m$-dimensional symmetry results, that we call $m$-Liouville theorems, for stable and monotone solutions of the following nonuniformly elliptic equation \begin{eqnarray*}\label{mainequ} - div(γ(\mathbf x') \nabla u(\mathbf x)) =λ(\mathbf x' ) f(u(\mathbf x)) \ \ \text{for}\ \ \mathbf x=(\mathbf x',\mathbf x'')\in\mathbf{R}^d\times\mathbf{R}^{s}=\mathbf{R}^n, \end{eqnarray*} where $0\le m<n$ and $0<λ,γ$ are smooth functions and $f\in C^1(\mathbf R)$. The interesting fact is that the decay assumptions on the weight function $γ(\mathbf x') $ play the fundamental role in deriving $m$-Liou…
