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Horizontally periodic generalized surface quasigeostrophic patches and layers
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Horizontally periodic generalized surface quasigeostrophic patches and layers

David M Ambrose, Fazel Hadadifard and James P Kelliher
23 Apr 2025
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https://arxiv.org/pdf/2504.17199View
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Mathematics - Analysis of PDEs
We study solutions to the $\alpha$-SQG equations, which interpolate between the incompressible Euler and surface quasi-geostrophic equations. We extend prior results on existence of bounded patches, proving propagation of $H^k$-regularity of the patch boundary, $k \ge 3$, for finite time for patches that are periodic in one spatial dimension. Such periodic patches also encompass layers, or two-sided fronts. As the authors have treated the Euler case in prior work, we now primarily focus on the range of $\alpha$ for which $\alpha$-SQG lies strictly between the Euler and SQG equations.

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