McKean-type blowup criterion for radial EPDiff equations

Let ω0\omega_0 be the initial radial momentum, let r0r\geq 0, and consider a C1C^1 radial solution of the Euler–Arnold equation with parameter kk.

McKean-type blowup conjecture. If

rω0(s)ds<0\int_r^{\infty}\omega_0(s)\,ds<0

for some r0r\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

rs2ω0(s)ds<0\int_r^{\infty}s^2\omega_0(s)\,ds<0

for some r0r\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.

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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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