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Stability in $ L^1$ of circular vortex patches

Author(s): Thomas C. Sideris; Luis Vega
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 137 (2009), 4199-4202.
MSC (2000): Primary 35Q35; Secondary 76B47
Posted: July 27, 2009
MathSciNet review: 2538580
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Abstract: The motion of incompressible and ideal fluids is studied in the plane. The stability in $ L^1$ of circular vortex patches is established among the class of all bounded vortex patches of equal strength.


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Additional Information:

Thomas C. Sideris
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106
Email: sideris@math.ucsb.edu

Luis Vega
Affiliation: Departamento de Matemáticas, Universidad del País Vasco, Apartado 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain
Email: luis.vega@ehu.es

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-09-10048-5
PII: S 0002-9939(09)10048-5
Received by editor(s): April 13, 2009
Posted: July 27, 2009
Additional Notes: The first author was supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation.
The second author was supported by a grant from the Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia, MTM2007-62186.
The authors thank the anonymous referee for helpful comments.
Communicated by: Walter Craig
Copyright of article: Copyright 2009, American Mathematical Society




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