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Claudia García

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Uniformly Rotating Euler Configurations with Multiple Vorticity Holes

We construct new families of uniformly rotating vortex-patch solutions of the two-dimensional incompressible Euler equations consisting of a simply connected outer patch and multiple interior interfaces, which can be interpreted geometrically as holes. More precisely, each solution consists of a single outer vortex patch enclosing $\mathbf m\geq2$ identical, highly concentrated inner components arranged at the vertices of a regular $\mathbf m$-gon; the entire configuration rotates rigidly in the clockwise direction. As the concentration parameter tends to zero, the inner components shrink and collapse simultaneously toward the origin, while the outer boundary converges to the unit circle. The corresponding vorticities converge, in the sense of measures, to a Rankine vortex supplemented by a point vortex of circulation $-\mathbf m$ at its center. The proof is based on a contour-dynamics formulation, a symmetry reduction to two nonlinear boundary equations, and a suitable singular rescaling. We then apply an implicit function theorem with a continuous parameter in symmetry-adapted Hölder spaces. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first analytical construction of a desingularization regime in which several concentrated inner components are contained in a common outer patch and collapse simultaneously toward its center.

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Smooth nonradial stationary solutions to SQG via the half-Yamabe equation

We prove the existence of infinitely many smooth nonradial stationary solutions to the surface quasi-geostrophic (SQG) equation with finite kinetic energy. Our construction is based on a family of nonradial sign-changing solutions to the two-dimensional half-Yamabe equation, obtained via a Lyapunov--Schmidt reduction and concentrated at the vertices of a regular polygon. As the number of vertices tends to infinity, the associated stationary SQG solutions converge to a radial stationary profile centered at the origin, together with a lower-order vortex sheet correction.

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Survey on periodic vortex patches

This survey revisits classical results on the existence of periodic solutions in incompressible fluid dynamics. Owing to the breadth of the subject, we restrict our attention to the simplest and most illustrative framework: the two-dimensional Euler equations and vortex patch solutions. The aim is not to present new results, but rather to provide a unified and streamlined exposition of several classical constructions by combining ideas from the original works with more recent developments.

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On stationary Quasi-Geostrophic Shallow-Water flows

In this paper, we prove the existence of $\mathbf{m}$-fold doubly-connected stationary vortex patches for the quasi-geostrophic shallow-water equations. The solutions are obtained through a bifurcation analysis based on the Crandall-Rabinowitz theorem, with either the inner radius of an annulus or the Rossby deformation length serving as the bifurcation parameter. A central feature of the work is the highly nontrivial analysis of modified Bessel functions arising in the spectral study of the linearized operator. The proof requires delicate and extensive manipulations of these special functions, including precise asymptotic expansions, differentiation formulas, recurrence identities, monotonicity properties and the analysis of singular quantities governing the bifurcation mechanism. These ingredients are essential for characterizing the bifurcation points and establishing the transversality conditions. Finally, we investigate the radial symmetry of stationary and uniformly rotating simply-connected vortex patch solutions, therefore motivating the previous bifurcation results.

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Time-periodic leapfrogging vortex rings in the 3D Euler equations

We prove the existence of time-periodic leapfrogging vortex rings for the three-dimensional incompressible Euler equations, thereby providing a rigorous realization of a phenomenon first conjectured by Helmholtz (1858). In the leapfrogging motion, two coaxial vortex rings periodically exchange positions, a striking behavior repeatedly observed in experiments and numerical simulations, yet lacking complete mathematical justification. Our construction relies on a desingularization of two interacting vortex filaments within the contour dynamics formulation, which yields a Hamiltonian description of nearly concentric vortex rings. The main difficulty stems from a singular small-divisor problem arising in the linearized transport dynamics, where the effective time scale degenerates with the ring thickness parameter. To overcome this obstruction, we develop a degenerate KAM-type analysis combined with pseudo-differential operator techniques to control the linearized dynamics around symmetric configurations. Combining these tools with a Nash-Moser iteration scheme, we construct families of nontrivial time-periodic solutions in an almost uniformly translating frame. This establishes the first rigorous construction of classical leapfrogging motion for axisymmetric Euler flows without swirl, with no restriction on the time interval of existence.

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Kinks and solitons in linear and nonlinear-diffusion Keller-Segel type models with logarithmic sensitivity

This paper investigates the existence of traveling--wave--type patterns in the Keller--Segel model with logarithmic sensitivity. We consider both the linear diffusion case and the nonlinear, flux-saturated diffusion of relativistic heat--equation type, providing a detailed comparison between the two regimes. Particular attention is devoted to traveling waves exhibiting compact support or support restricted to a half-line. We rigorously establish the existence of such patterns and highlight the qualitative differences arising from the choice of diffusion mechanism.

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Traveling Motility of Actin Lamellar Fragments Under spontaneous symmetry breaking

Cell motility is connected to the spontaneous symmetry breaking of a circular shape. In https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.078102, Blanch-Mercader and Casademunt perfomed a nonlinear analysis of the minimal model proposed by Callan and Jones https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.258106 and numerically conjectured the existence of traveling solutions once that symmetry is broken. In this work, we prove analytically that conjecture by means of nonlinear bifurcation techniques.

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Global bifurcation for corotating and counter-rotating vortex pairs

The existence of a local curve of corotating and counter-rotating vortex pairs was proven by Hmidi and Mateu in via a desingularization of a pair of point vortices. In this paper, we construct a global continuation of these local curves. That is, we consider solutions which are more than a mere perturbation of a trivial solution. Indeed, while the local analysis relies on the study of the linear equation at the trivial solution, the global analysis requires on a deeper understanding of topological properties of the nonlinear problem. For our proof, we adapt the powerful analytic global bifurcation theorem due to Buffoni and Toland, to allow for the singularity at the bifurcation point. For both the corotating and the counter-rotating pairs, along the global curve of solutions either the angular fluid velocity vanishes or the two patches self-intersect.

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Steady solutions for the Schrödinger map equation

In this paper we use bifurcation methods to construct a new family of solutions of the binormal flow, also known as the vortex filament equation, which do not change their form. Our examples are complementary to those obtained by S. Kida in 1981, and therefore they are also related, thanks to the so-called Hasimoto transformation, to travelling wave solutions of the 1d cubic non-linear Schrödinger equation.

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Time periodic solutions close to localized radial monotone profiles for the 2D Euler equations

In this paper, we address for the 2D Euler equations the existence of rigid time periodic solutions close to stationary radial vortices of type $f_0(|x|){\bf 1}_{\mathbb{D}}(x)$, with $\mathbb{D}$ the unit disc and $f_0$ being a strictly monotonic profile with constant sign. We distinguish two scenarios according to the sign of the profile: defocusing and focusing. In the first regime, we have scarcity of the bifurcating curves associated with lower symmetry. However in the focusing case we get a countable family of bifurcating solutions associated with large symmetry. The approach developed in this work is new and flexible, and the explicit expression of the radial profile is no longer required as in [41] with the quadratic shape. The alternative for that is a refined study of the associated spectral problem based on Sturm-Liouville differential equation with a variable potential that changes the sign depending on the shape of the profile and the location of the time period. Deep hidden structure on positive definiteness of some intermediate integral operators are also discovered and used in a crucial way. Notice that a special study will be performed for the linear problem associated with the first mode founded on Prüfer transformation and Kneser's Theorem on the non-oscillation phenomenon.

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Self-similar spirals for the generalized surface quasi-geostrophic equations

In this paper we construct a large class of non-trivial (non-radial) self-similar solutions of the generalized surface quasi-geostrophic equation (gSQG). To the best of our knowledge, this is the first rigorous construction of any self-similar solution for these equations. The solutions are of spiral type, locally integrable, and may have mixed sign. Moreover, they bear some resemblance with the finite time singularity scenario numerically proposed by Scott and Dritschel [R. K. Scott, D. G. Dritschel., Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 863:R2, 2019] in the SQG patch setting.

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Time periodic solutions for 3D quasi-geostrophic model

This paper aims to study time periodic solutions for 3D inviscid quasi-geostrophic model. We show the existence of non trivial rotating patches by suitable perturbation of stationary solutions given by generic revolution shapes around the vertical axis. The construction of those special solutions are done through bifurcation theory. In general, the spectral problem is very delicate and strongly depends on the shape of the initial stationary solutions. More specifically, the spectral study can be related to an eigenvalue problem of a self-adjoint compact operator. We are able to implement the bifurcation only from the largest eigenvalues of the operator, which are simple. Additional difficulties generated by the singularities of the poles are solved through the use of suitable function spaces with Dirichlet boundary condition type and refined potential theory with anisotropic kernels.

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Kármán Vortex Street in incompressible fluid models

This paper aims to provide a robust model for the well-known phenomenon of Kármán Vortex Street arising in Fluid Mechanics. The first theoretical attempt to model this pattern was given by von Kármán [22, 23]. He considered two parallel staggered rows of point vortices, with opposite strength, that translate at the same speed. Following the ideas of Saffman and Schatzman [36], we propose to study this phenomenon in the Euler equations by considering two infinite arrows of vortex patches. The key idea is to desingularize the point vortex model proposed by von Kármán. Our construction is flexible and can be extended to more general incompressible models.

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Non uniform rotating vortices and periodic orbits for the two-dimensional Euler Equations

This paper concerns the study of some special ordered structures in turbulent flows. In particular, a systematic and relevant methodology is proposed to construct non trivial and non radial rotating vortices with non necessarily uniform densities and with different $m$--fold symmetries, $m\ge 1$. In particular, a complete study is provided for the truncated quadratic density $(A|x|^2+B){\bf{1}}_{\mathbb{D}}(x)$, with $\mathbb{D}$ the unit disc. We exhibit different behaviors with respect to the coefficients $A$ and $B$ describing the rarefaction of bifurcating curves.

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