Cohen–Danchin logarithmic-sharpness conjecture for acute-corner cusps

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Consider a vortex patch whose boundary has a single corner of acute angle, and define the order of a cusp at x=x0x=x_0 by

sup⁡{β>0:lim sup⁡x→x0∣(f1−f2)(x)∣∣x−x0∣β<∞},\sup\left\{\beta>0:\limsup_{x\to x_0}\frac{|(f_1-f_2)(x)|}{|x-x_0|^{\beta}}<\infty\right\},

where f1f_1 and f2f_2 represent the graphs of the two sides of the cusping boundary near x=x0x=x_0. Cohen–Danchin's conjecture. Any acute single corner would immediately evolve into a cusp of order 11 with logarithmic sharpness. The conjecture refines the prediction that an acute corner immediately forms a cusp, using the fact stated in the source that cusps of order one are preserved in time.

References

Primary source

Tarek M. Elgindi and Min Jun Jo, “Cusp Formation in Vortex Patches”, arXiv:2504.02705 (2025).

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