The annulus-confined cutoff of lem:aniso:closure #
The closure argument tests the vorticity equation against a cutoff χ that is 1 on an inner
ball B(ρ) and supported in B(Rstar), so that ∇χ is carried by the closed annulus
{ρ ≤ |x| ≤ Rstar}. Every consumer of the tested enstrophy balance eq:aniso:closure:tested
asks for a closed set A carrying fderiv χ and contained in the open annulus
{Rlo < |x| < Rhi} on which lem:aniso:annulus bounds the velocity; a cutoff that is 1 at
the origin can never have A be a ball, so the closed annulus is the only shape that fits.
CKN.canonicalBallCutoff 0 ρ Rstar is such a cutoff: its derivative vanishes on the inner ball,
where it is constantly 1, and off B(Rstar), where it vanishes on a neighbourhood of every
point; what is left is exactly the closed annulus. Since χ 0 = 1, the data below is not the
degenerate χ ≡ 0, which satisfies every clause about fderiv χ.
Outside the closed annulus {ρ ≤ |x| ≤ Rstar} the canonical ball cutoff has vanishing
derivative: on the inner ball it is constantly 1, and beyond B(Rstar) it is constantly 0
on a neighbourhood.
The canonical ball cutoff takes the value 1 at the centre of its inner ball.
The cutoff data of lem:aniso:closure's energy setup, with ∇χ confined to the closed
annulus {ρ ≤ |x| ≤ Rstar}: the canonical ball cutoff is smooth and compactly supported inside
B(Rstar), equals 1 on the inner ball B(ρ) — hence at the origin, so it is not identically
zero — and its derivative vanishes off that closed annulus.
The tested enstrophy balance eq:aniso:closure:tested for the canonical ball cutoff.
With radii Rlo < ρ < Rstar < Rhi and Rstar ≤ 1, the gradient of
CKN.canonicalBallCutoff 0 ρ Rstar is carried by the closed annulus {ρ ≤ |x| ≤ Rstar}, which
sits inside the open annulus {Rlo < |x| < Rhi} of lem:aniso:annulus. The order-≤ 2
velocity bound there therefore discharges the pointwise velocity and vorticity hypotheses of
cutoff_enstrophy_balance, and the balance holds for a cutoff that is 1 on B(ρ).