McKean-type blowup criterion for radial EPDiff equations

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Let ω0\omega_0 be the initial radial momentum, let r≥0r\geq 0, and consider a C1C^1 radial solution of the Euler–Arnold equation with parameter kk.

McKean-type blowup conjecture. If

∫r∞ω0(s) ds<0\int_r^{\infty}\omega_0(s)\,ds<0

for some r≥0r\geq 0, then a C1C^1 solution with k=1k=1, corresponding to the H˙1\dot H^1 or H1H^1 metric, breaks down in finite time. If instead

∫r∞s2ω0(s) ds<0\int_r^{\infty}s^2\omega_0(s)\,ds<0

for some r≥0r\geq 0, then a C1C^1 solution with k=2k=2 breaks down in finite time.

This proposes a higher-dimensional radial analogue of McKean-type sign criteria known for the Hunter–Saxton and Camassa–Holm equations. The source motivates the two weighted integral conditions but does not establish them, so the criterion remains open.

References

Primary source

Martin Bauer, Stephen C. Preston and Justin Valletta, “Liouville comparison theory for blowup of Euler-Arnold equations”, arXiv:2306.09748 (2024).

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