Abstract
We prove existence of maximizers for a variational problem for a steady vortex anomaly of bounded extent in a shear flow, past an obstacle, in a planar exterior domain. Kinetic energy is maximized subject to the vorticity being a rearrangement of a prescribed function.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 399-411 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Journal of Computational Analysis and Applications |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue number | 4 |
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| Publication status | Published - Oct 2003 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Green's functions
- Rearrangements of functions
- Semilinear elliptic partial differential equations
- Variational problems
- Vortex anomaly
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computational Mathematics