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Level Set Dynamics and the Non-blowup of the 2D Quasi-geostrophic Equation

Abstract

In this article we apply the technique proposed in Deng-Hou-Yu [7] to study the level set dynamics of the 2D quasi-geostrophic equation. Under certain assumptions on the local geometric regularity of the level sets of θ, we obtain global regularity results with improved growth estimate on │∇^⊥θ│. We further perform numerical simulations to study the local geometric properties of the level sets near the region of maximum │∇^⊥θ│. The numerical results indicate that the assumptions on the local geometric regularity of the level sets of θ in our theorems are satisfied. Therefore these theorems provide a good explanation of the double exponential growth of │∇^⊥θ│ observed in this and past numerical simulations.

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Submitted on 18 Jan 2006 (v1), last revised 11 Apr 2006 (this version, v2). This work was in part supported by NSF under the NSF FRG grant DMS-0353838 and ITR Grant ACI-0204932.

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