Existence of water waves evolving from a graph to a splash singularity

Let z0(α)z_0(\alpha) and ω0(α)\omega_0(\alpha) be initial data for solutions of the water wave equations. At time 00, the curve z0(α)z_0(\alpha) may be parameterized as a graph; the interface can then turn over at a finite time T1>0T_1>0 and produce a splash at a finite time T2>T1T_2>T_1.

Graph-to-splash existence conjecture. There exist initial data z0(α),ω0(α)z_0(\alpha),\omega_0(\alpha) of solutions of the water wave equations such that at time 00 the curve z0(α)z_0(\alpha) can be parameterized as a graph, the interface then turns over at a finite time T1>0T_1>0, and finally produces a splash at a finite time T2>T1T_2>T_1.

The statement concerns the existence of water-wave interfaces that evolve from an initially graphical configuration through overturning and then develop a splash singularity. The surrounding discussion places it alongside known constructions of splash singularities and results on their absence in internal waves; the supplied text does not establish whether this particular statement has been resolved.

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Angel Castro, Diego Córdoba, Charles Fefferman, Francisco Gancedo and Javier Gómez-Serrano, “Structural stability for the splash singularities of the water waves problem”, arXiv:1401.6419 (2014).

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