Speaker: Dallas Albritton (New York University)
In PDE analyses of fluid models, often we may identify a so-called critical space that lives precisely at the borderline between well-posedness and ill-posedness. What happens at this borderline? We explore this question in two active scalar equations with critical dissipation. In the critical surface quasi-geostrophic equations, we investigate the connection between non-uniqueness and large self-similar solutions that was established by Jia, Sverak, and Guillod in the Navier-Stokes equations. This is joint work with Zachary Bradshaw. In the critical Burgers equation, and more generally in critical scalar conservation laws, the analogous self-similar solutions are unique, and we show that all front-like solutions converge to a self-similar solution at the diffusive rates. This is joint work with Raj Beekie.
Time: November 13, 2020 2:30pm-3:30pm
Location: Virtually via Zoom
Host: Changhui Tan
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