Meridional Norm #
Supporting results for the Constantin–Ignatova–Vicol axisymmetric regularity theorem.
The Euclidean norm of a meridional vector (x₁, 0, x₃) reduces to the 2D Euclidean norm
of (x₁, x₃).
A meridional vector lies in the Euclidean ball of radius r centred at the origin iff
x₁² + x₃² < r² and r > 0. For r ≤ 0 the ball is empty, so the equivalence holds
vacuously on both sides.