Abstract
We consider certain singularities of hydrodynamic equations that have been proposed in the literature. We present a kinematic argument that shows that if a volume preserving field presents these singularities, certain integrals related to the vector field have to diverge. We also show that if the vector fields satisfy certain partial differential equations (Navier-Stokes, Boussinesq), then the integrals have to be finite. As a consequence, these singularities are absent in the solutions of the above equations.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 204-213 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2005 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Analysis
- Computational Mathematics
- Applied Mathematics
Keywords
- Boussinesq equations
- Navier-Stokes equations
- Singularities