Circulation bounds from pointwise and annulus bounds #
The circulation Γ = x₁ u₂ − x₂ u₁ of a vector field u on a parabolic point z
satisfies a plain bound 2RM whenever |u| ≤ M on a ball of radius R. On a
sub‑annulus of the regular annulus where only the order‑0 derivative is bounded,
the circulation is controlled by 2 R⋆ M for any R⋆ < Rₚ.
The circulation Γ = x₁ u₂ − x₂ u₁ of a field bounded by M on a ball of
radius R is itself bounded by 2RM there.
On a sub‑annulus Rm < |x| < R⋆ of the regular annulus of lem:aniso:annulus,
the circulation of u is bounded, using only the order‑0 case of the annulus's
derivative bound.
The circulation bound of the previous theorem, quantified over every radius
R⋆ ∈ Ioo Rm Rp.
The conclusion is confined to the open sub-annulus Rm < |x| < R⋆. It asserts nothing at
|x| ≤ Rm, hence nothing on the symmetry axis or on the inner ball, so it is weaker than the
circulation clause of lem:aniso:annulus, which bounds Γ on the whole ball B(R⋆). The
whole-ball statement is CIV.forall_Rstar_exists_circulation_bound_ball_of_annulus_bound; it
needs the maximum principle to fill in the inner ball and does not follow from the algebraic
bound used here.