Analytic structure of solutions of the Euler equations.
Analytic structure of solutions of the Euler equations.
The motion of the ideal incompressible fluid is described by the Euler equations. Their solution $u(x,t)$ exists for any initial velocity field $u_0$ provided it is regular enough. The solution has the same regularity as the initial velocity $u_0$. However, all the particle trajectories are analytic curves! This striking fact was proved in 2013 (Frisch&Zheligowsky, Nadirashvili, Shnirelman), while it could be proved back in 1925 by Lichtenstein who had all the necessary ideas. In fact, this result is a consequence of an analytic structure on the group of volume preserving diffeomorphisms. Other related subject is the structure of complex singularities of real-analytic solutions of the Euler equations. Using appropriate functional spaces, we are able to construct simple complex singularities of stationary and non-stationary solutions.