Potato chip singularities of 3D flows

Diego Cordoba; Charles Fefferman

doi:10.1137/S0036141001384995

Potato chip singularities of 3D flows

Diego Cordoba, Charles Fefferman

Mathematics

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Abstract

A "potato chip singularity" forms when two distinct surfaces moving with a three-dimensional (3D) fluid coincide at a finite time. Potato chip singularities were suggested by a numerical study of 3D ideal magnetohydrodynamics. We prove that an incompressible flow satisfying a mild assumption on velocity growth cannot form a potato chip singularity.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	786-789
Number of pages	4
Journal	SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis
Volume	33
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1137/S0036141001384995
State	Published - 2001

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Analysis
Computational Mathematics
Applied Mathematics

Keywords

Incompressible flow
Magnetohydrodynamics
Potato chip
Singularity

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Potato chip singularities of 3D flows

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