Rigidity of singularities of 2D gravity water waves

TL;DR

This paper investigates the properties of singular solutions in 2D gravity water waves, demonstrating that certain initial singularities like angled crests are preserved over time and exhibit rigid behavior.

Contribution

It proves the rigidity of singularities such as angled crests in 2D gravity water waves, showing their properties remain invariant during evolution.

Findings

Angled crests remain angled crested over time.

The Euler equation holds point-wise on the boundary.

The tip particle stays at the tip and the acceleration is due to gravity.

Abstract

We consider the Cauchy problem for the 2D gravity water wave equation. Recently Wu \cite{Wu15, Wu18} proved the local well-posedness of the equation in a regime which allows interfaces with angled crests as initial data. In this work we study properties of these singular solutions and prove that the singularities of these solutions are "rigid". More precisely we prove that an initial interface with angled crests remains angled crested, the Euler equation holds point-wise even on the boundary, the particle at the tip stays at the tip, the acceleration at the tip is the one due to gravity and the angle of the crest does not change nor does it tilt. We also show that the existence result of Wu \cite{Wu15} applies not only to interfaces with angled crests, but also allows certain types of cusps.