Circularity conjecture for bounded Euler flows in a disk

Let DD be an open non-empty disk and let zDz\in D. Let vv be a C2(D ⁣ ⁣{z})C^2(\overline{D}\!\setminus\!\{z\}) and bounded flow solving the Euler equations and satisfying vn=0v\cdot n=0 on D\partial D, where nn denotes the outward unit normal on D\partial D. Assume that v>0|v|>0 in D ⁣ ⁣{z}\overline{D}\!\setminus\!\{z\}. Circularity conjecture. Then zz is the center of the disk and the flow is circular with respect to zz. This conjecture concerns rigidity of stationary Euler flows in annular domains: under the stated regularity, boundary, boundedness, and non-vanishing assumptions, it predicts that the possible flow must be circular and centered at the puncture. The supplied text gives no evidence of resolution.

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Francois Hamel and Nikolai Nadirashvili, “Circular flows for the Euler equations in two-dimensional annular domains”, arXiv:1909.01666 (2021).

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