Bifurcation analysis of Stokes waves with piecewise smooth vorticity in deep water
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| author | Gui, Changfeng Wang, Jun Yang, Wen Zhang, Yong |
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| contents | In this paper, we establish the existence of Stokes waves with piecewise smooth vorticity in a two-dimensional, infinitely deep fluid domain. These waves represent traveling water waves propagating over sheared currents in a semi-infinite cylinder, where the vorticity may exhibit discontinuities. The analysis is carried out by applying a hodograph transformation, which reformulates the original free boundary problem into an abstract elliptic boundary value problem. Compared to previously studied steady water waves, the present setting introduces several novel features: the presence of an internal interface, an unbounded spatial domain, and a non-Fredholm linearized operator. To address these difficulties, we introduce a height function formulation, casting the problem as a transmission problem with suitable transmission conditions. A singular bifurcation approach is then employed, combining global bifurcation theory with Whyburns topological lemma. Along the global bifurcation branch, we show that the resulting wave profiles either attain arbitrarily large wave speed or approach horizontal stagnation. |
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| spellingShingle | Bifurcation analysis of Stokes waves with piecewise smooth vorticity in deep water Gui, Changfeng Wang, Jun Yang, Wen Zhang, Yong Analysis of PDEs In this paper, we establish the existence of Stokes waves with piecewise smooth vorticity in a two-dimensional, infinitely deep fluid domain. These waves represent traveling water waves propagating over sheared currents in a semi-infinite cylinder, where the vorticity may exhibit discontinuities. The analysis is carried out by applying a hodograph transformation, which reformulates the original free boundary problem into an abstract elliptic boundary value problem. Compared to previously studied steady water waves, the present setting introduces several novel features: the presence of an internal interface, an unbounded spatial domain, and a non-Fredholm linearized operator. To address these difficulties, we introduce a height function formulation, casting the problem as a transmission problem with suitable transmission conditions. A singular bifurcation approach is then employed, combining global bifurcation theory with Whyburns topological lemma. Along the global bifurcation branch, we show that the resulting wave profiles either attain arbitrarily large wave speed or approach horizontal stagnation. |
| title | Bifurcation analysis of Stokes waves with piecewise smooth vorticity in deep water |
| topic | Analysis of PDEs |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.03973 |