Abstract
We prove existence of Steiner symmetric maximizers for a constrained variational problem in ℝ2. Solutions represent steady geophysical flows over a surface of variable height. The kinetic energy is maximized with respect to the set formed by intersecting a set of rearrangements of a given function with an affine subspace of codimension one.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 663-674 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Communications on Pure and Applied Analysis |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Sept 2004 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Free Keywords
- Barotropic vorticity equation
- Rearrangements
- Semilinear elliptic equation
- Steiner symmetrization
- Variational problems
- Vortices
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Analysis
- Applied Mathematics