Stability of the Shape for Circular Vortex Filaments under Non-Symmetric Perturbations

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Authors: Masashi Aiki, Mitsuo Higaki
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Abstract

We establish the nonlinear orbital stability of circular vortex filaments governed by the Localized Induction Equation (LIE) under non-symmetric perturbations, within the framework of [Tani-Nishiyama, 1997]. This result extends the first author's recent work [Aiki, 2025] by removing symmetry assumptions on perturbations. While the circular filaments are known to be Lyapunov unstable due to linear growth of the translational mode, we prove that their shape remains globally stable modulo spatial translations and rotations about the symmetry axis. The crucial ingredient is a geometric stability estimate derived from the conservation of vector fluid impulse, which constrains the low-frequency modulations that are not covered by the relative energy. Finally, we relate the fluid impulse to an isoperimetric inequality, yielding a geometric constraint for closed filaments.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Navier-Stokes equation solutions Advanced Mathematical Physics Problems Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows

Publication details

Journal / source
arXiv (Cornell University)
Publication date
20 February 2026
Language
EN
Document type
Preprint