Existence of water waves evolving from a graph to a splash singularity
Existence of water waves evolving from a graph to a splash singularity
Let and be initial data for solutions of the water wave equations. At time , the curve may be parameterized as a graph; the interface can then turn over at a finite time and produce a splash at a finite time .
Graph-to-splash existence conjecture. There exist initial data of solutions of the water wave equations such that at time the curve can be parameterized as a graph, the interface then turns over at a finite time , and finally produces a splash at a finite time .
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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