The Semigeostrophic--Euler Limit via Perturbative Monge--Ampère Estimates
Abstract
We study the two-dimensional semigeostrophic system on the flat torus in the small-amplitude regime. We formulate the rescaled dynamics as the Lie--Poisson flow of a renormalized optimal-transport energy and expand this Hamiltonian in \(C^1\). The leading term is the Euler Hamiltonian, while the first correction is an explicit cubic Monge--Ampère functional. We then derive quantitative consequences for the semigeostrophic--Euler limit: a perturbative scale-uniform endpoint Monge--Ampère estimate under Hessian pinching, an explicit logarithmic perturbative lifespan for the strong branch, fixed-slow-time \(O(\eps)\) velocity convergence for canonically prepared strong branches, a conditional weak--strong rate-transfer corollary, and an \(O(\eps^2)\) Wasserstein comparison for the physical densities.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Navier-Stokes equation solutions
Geometry and complex manifolds
Geometric Analysis and Curvature Flows
Publication details
- Journal / source
- arXiv (Cornell University)
- Publication date
- 8 January 2026
- Document type
- Preprint