Existence of homogeneous Euler flows of degree $-α\notin [-2,0]$
Abstract: We consider ($-\alpha$)-homogeneous solutions to the stationary incompressible Euler equations in $\mathbb{R}{3}\backslash{0}$ for $\alpha\geq 0$ and in $\mathbb{R}{3}$ for $\alpha<0$. Shvydkoy (2018) demonstrated the nonexistence of ($-1$)-homogeneous solutions and ($-\alpha$)-homogeneous solutions in the range $0\leq \alpha\leq 2$ for the Beltrami and axisymmetric flows. The nonexistence result of the Beltrami ($-\alpha$)-homogeneous solutions holds for all $\alpha<1$. We show the nonexistence of axisymmetric ($-\alpha$)-homogeneous solutions without swirls for $-2\leq \alpha<0$. The main result of this study is the existence of axisymmetric ($-\alpha$)-homogeneous solutions in the complementary range $\alpha\in \mathbb{R}\backslash [0,2]$. More specifically, we show the existence of axisymmetric Beltrami ($-\alpha$)-homogeneous solutions for $\alpha\in \mathbb{R}\backslash [0,2]$ and axisymmetric ($-\alpha$)-homogeneous solutions with a nonconstant Bernoulli function for $\alpha\in \mathbb{R}\backslash [-2,2]$. This is the first existence result on ($-\alpha$)-homogeneous solutions with no explicit forms. For $2<\alpha<3$, constructed ($-\alpha$)-homogeneous solutions provide new examples of the Beltrami/Euler flows in $\mathbb{R}{3}\backslash{0}$ whose level sets of the proportionality factor/Bernoulli surfaces are nested surfaces created by the rotation of the sign $``\infty"$.
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