The lifted finite-axis equation off the axis #
Off the axis X = 0, the lifted potential vorticity Ω_tilde_n = Ω_n ∘ L of
eq:aniso:zoom:lifted,
with L(X, Z, τ) = (|X|, Z, τ), is smooth and satisfies pointwise
∂_τ Ω_tilde_n + B_n · ∇Ω_tilde_n = Δ_X Ω_tilde_n + δ_n² ∂_ZZ Ω_tilde_n + ∂_Z F_tilde_n + G_tilde_n, where B_n is the drift of
eq:drift:Bn:def, F_n = S_n² / R² is the swirl flux and G_n the force term of
eq:aniso:zoom:finite:equation (finLift_pde); the divergence of B_n there is
2 V_n / R = finDriftDiv (finLift_div). This is the lift to ℝ⁴: the radial operator
∂_RR + 3 R⁻¹ ∂_R is the Laplacian of ℝ⁴ acting on the lift. Integrating by parts
(integral_liftedResidual_eq) turns the equation into the identity
integral_finResidual_eq_of_subset_finLiftDomain for test functions supported off the axis.
The lift maps the off-axis lifted domain into the off-axis meridional domain.
The potential vorticity of a smooth field, read through the zoom map, is smooth off the axis.
A component of a smooth field, read through the zoom map, is smooth off the axis.
The swirl flux S_n² / R² is smooth off the axis.
A function smooth off the axis in the meridional variables lifts to a function smooth off the axis in the lifted variables.
A function smooth off the axis is differentiable at the lift of an off-axis point.
The radial components of the lifted drift, as functions.
The vertical component of the lifted drift, as a function.
The components of the lifted drift are smooth off the axis.
The two radial sums produced by the lift.
The divergence of the lifted drift off the axis is 2 V_n / R.
The lifted potential vorticity is the lift of zoomOmega.
The lifted equation eq:aniso:zoom:lifted off the axis: the lift to ℝ⁴ applied to
eq:aniso:zoom:finite:equation.
The residual identity off the axis: against a test function supported in a compact subset of
the off-axis lifted domain, the pairing of Ω_tilde_n with the adjoint operator of
eq:aniso:zoom:finite:limit equals δ_n² ∫ Ω_tilde_n ∂_ZZ ψ - ∫ F_tilde_n ∂_Z ψ + ∫ G_tilde_n ψ.