We consider the evolution of sharp fronts and almost-sharp fronts for the ↵-equation, where for an active scalar q the corresponding velocity is defined by u = r?(−#)−(2 − ↵)/2q for 0 < ↵ < 1. This system is introduced as a model interpolating between the two-dimensional Euler equation (↵ = 0) and the surface quasi-geostrophic (SQG) equation (↵ = 1). The study of such fronts for the SQG equation was introduced as a natural extension when searching for potential singularities for the three-dimensional Euler equation due to similarities between these two systems, with sharp-fronts corresponding to vortex-lines in the Euler case (Constantin et al., 1994b). Almost-sharp fronts were introduced in C´ordoba et al. (2004) as a regularisation of a sharp front with thickness $, with interest in the study of such solutions as $ ! 0, in particular those that maintain their structure up to a time independent of $. The construction of almost-sharp front solutions to the SQG equation is the subject of current work (Fe↵erman and Rodrigo, 2012). The existence of exact solutions remains an open problem. For the ↵-equation we prove analogues of several known theorems for the SQG equations and extend these to investigate the construction of almost-sharp front solutions. Using a version of the Abstract Cauchy Kovalevskaya theorem (Safonov, 1995) we show for fixed 0 < ↵ < 1, under analytic assumptions, the existence and uniqueness of approximate solutions and exact solutions for short-time independent of $; such solutions take a form asymptotic to almost-sharp fronts. Finally, we obtain the existence and uniqueness of analytic almost-sharp front solutions.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bl.uk/oai:ethos.bl.uk:582211 |
| Date | January 2012 |
| Creators | Atkins, Zoe |
| Publisher | University of Warwick |
| Source Sets | Ethos UK |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Source | http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/55759/ |
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