Published August 23, 2025 | Version Published
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Regularity of Trajectories and Smooth Observables in Rough Euler Flows

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Abstract

For any Euler flow that is C^α uniformly in time, we show that all particle trajectories are of class C¹/(1-α) when 1/(1-α) is not an integer. This result holds despite the ill-posedness of the Euler equations and the expected nonuniqueness of trajectories. We discuss the implications for pair dispersion of particle trajectories. We also show that the Fourier coefficients and more generally the integral of velocity against any smooth function is C(1+α)/(1-α) in time when (1+α)/(1-α) is not an integer.

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Acknowledgement

The author thanks V. Šverak for conversations motivating the study of smooth observables.

Funding

The author acknowledges the support of a Sloan Fellowship and the NSF grant DMS 2346799.

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National Science Foundation
DMS-2346799

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