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Corentin Gentil

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arXiv2026

A linear model of separation for western boundary currents with bathymetry and stratification

This paper is devoted to the asymptotic analysis of strongly rotating and stratified fluids, under a $\beta$-plane approximation, and within a three-dimensional spatial domain with strong topography. Our purpose is to propose a linear idealized model, which is able to capture one of the key features of western boundary currents, in spite of its simplicity: the separation of the currents from the coast. Our simplified framework allows us to perform explicit computations, and to highlight the intricate links between rotation, stratification and bathymetry. In fact, we are able to construct approximate solutions at any order for our system, and to justify their validity. Each term in the asymptotic expansion is the sum of an interior part and of two boundary layer parts: a ``Munk'' type boundary layer, which is quasi-geostrophic, and an ``Ekman part'', which is not. Even though the Munk part of the approximation bears some similarity with previously studied 2D models, the analysis of the Ekman part is completely new, and several of its properties differ strongly from the ones of classical Ekman layers. Our theoretical analysis is supplemented with numerical illustrations, which exhibit the desired separation behavior.

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arXiv2024

Strichartz estimates for geophysical fluid equations using Fourier restriction theory

We prove Strichartz estimates for the semigroups associated to stratified and/or rotating inviscid geophysical fluids using Fourier restriction theory. We prove new results for rotating stratified fluids, and recover results from [16] for rotation only, and from [17] for stratification only. Our restriction estimates are obtained by the slicing method [20], which relies on the well-known Tomas-Stein theorem for 2-dimensional spheres. To our knowledge, such a method has never been used in this setting. Moreover, when the fluid is stratified, our approach yields sharp estimates, showing that the slicing method captures all the available curvature of the surfaces of interest.

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arXiv2021

A remark on restriction theorems and their application to Strichartz estimates

We present an elementary approach to prove restriction theorems for particular surfaces for which the Tomas-Stein theorem does not apply, which in turn provide short proofs for well-known Strichartz estimates for associated PDEs. The method consists in applying simple restriction theorems to the level sets of the surfaces studied (for instance, spheres in the case of the cone) and then integrating the inequalities over all level sets. This allows for a different proof of sharp estimates for the wave equation, and of some estimates related to the Euler equations in the rotational framework.

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