Evolution of fronts for the surface quasi-geostrophic equation


José Luis Rodrigo,


(ICMAT-CSIC MADRID)


Martes 17 de abril 2012



In this talk I will describe recent work with Charles Fefferman on the construction of almost-sharp fronts solutions for the surface quasi-geostrophic equation. These are solutions with arbitrarily large gradient and simple geometry whose time of existence is independent of their gradient. The motivation for constructing these objects is that they are analogous to (arbitrarily thin) vortex tubes for 3D Euler, with the understanding of an isolating vortex line as a final goal.