Locally uniform extraction for the rescaled potential vorticity #
Step 2 of the finite-h zoom-in argument of Section sec:aniso:zoom, the compactness
statement eq:aniso:zoom:finite:compactness: the rescaled potential vorticities Ω_n of
eq:aniso:zoom:fields converge, along a subsequence, locally uniformly on
{R > 0} × ℝ × (-∞, -1].
The route is the one recorded for prop:aniso:small. Instead of a negative-order Sobolev norm
of ∂_τ Ω_n, the regularity in time is carried by a pairing bound
|∫ (Ω_n(·, τ) - Ω_n(·, τ')) ψ| ≤ Cₒ B |τ - τ'|,
for every test function ψ supported in the interior of a closed rectangle K ⊆ {R > 0} and
every bound B for ψ and its first two derivatives. Together with a uniform Lipschitz bound
in space this gives equicontinuity in time through
CIV.equicontinuous_of_lipschitz_of_pairings, hence a space–time modulus of continuity on
K ×ˢ J; Arzelà–Ascoli and a diagonal extraction over the rectangles
[1/(j+1), j+1] × [-(j+1), j+1] and the time intervals [-(j+1), -1] then produce one
subsequence converging uniformly on every compact subset of {R > 0} × ℝ × (-∞, -1].
The file contains, in this order:
- the transport term of
eq:aniso:zoom:finite:equationin divergence form, namelyV_n ∂_R Ω_n + W_n ∂_Z Ω_n = ∂_R (V_n Ω_n) + ∂_Z (W_n Ω_n) + (V_n / R) Ω_n, which comes from the divergence identity∂_R V_n + V_n / R + ∂_Z W_n = 0ofeq:aniso:zoom:finite:identities, and the whole equation rewritten in that form; - integration by parts on the plane against a smooth compactly supported test function — the
step which moves the derivatives of the equation onto
ψ— together with the elementary bound for a pairing against a coefficient bounded on a set of finite measure; - the space–time modulus of continuity on a rectangle, Arzelà–Ascoli on a compact set of a
metric space, the extraction on a single rectangle, an abstract diagonal extraction, and
their combination on
{R > 0} × ℝ × (-∞, -1].
The uniform Lipschitz bound in space and the pairing bound itself enter as hypotheses: the
first is supplied by the first-derivative bounds on Ω_n, the second by integrating the
equation in τ and integrating by parts with the lemmas of the second group above.
The transport term in divergence form #
The transport term of eq:aniso:zoom:finite:equation in divergence form: off the axis
V_n ∂_R Ω_n + W_n ∂_Z Ω_n = ∂_R (V_n Ω_n) + ∂_Z (W_n Ω_n) + (V_n / R) Ω_n, the zeroth-order
term being -Ω_n times the divergence ∂_R V_n + ∂_Z W_n = -V_n / R of
eq:aniso:zoom:finite:identities. This is the form in which the derivatives are moved onto a
test function in the passage to the limit.
The rescaled potential vorticity equation eq:aniso:zoom:finite:equation with its transport
term in divergence form, off the axis. Every term on both sides is at most two derivatives of a
quantity bounded on a rectangle of {R ≥ ε}, which is what the passage to the limit uses.
Integration by parts against a compactly supported test function #
Integration by parts in the first variable of the plane: if Gp is the partial derivative
of F in that variable on an open set U, both continuous on U, and ψ is smooth with
compact support inside U, then ∫ (∂₁F) ψ = -∫ F (∂₁ψ). This is the step which moves a
derivative off the coefficient and onto the test function.
Integration by parts in the second variable of the plane, the companion of
CIV.integral_partial_fst_mul_add_eq_zero.
Integration by parts in the first variable, in the form in which the pairing estimate uses it: the derivative moves from the coefficient onto the test function, at the cost of a sign.
Integration by parts in the second variable, in the form in which the pairing estimate uses it.
The pairing of a function bounded on a set of finite measure with a test function supported
in that set is bounded by the product of the two bounds and the measure: this is the estimate
which collects the constant Cₒ of the pairing hypothesis from the bounds on the individual
terms of the equation.
A uniform modulus of continuity #
A function with a uniform modulus of continuity on a set is continuous on it.
Arzelà–Ascoli on a compact set of a metric space #
Arzelà–Ascoli: a sequence of real functions that is uniformly bounded on a compact set S
of a metric space and shares one modulus of continuity on S has a subsequence converging
uniformly on S to a function continuous on S.
The space–time modulus on a rectangle #
The space–time modulus of continuity of the sequence on K' ×ˢ J, uniform in n: the
spatial Lipschitz bound hlip controls a move in space, and the pairing bound hpair
controls a move in time through CIV.equicontinuous_of_lipschitz_of_pairings.
Extraction on a single rectangle #
Step 2 on a single closed rectangle: from the uniform bound, the uniform spatial Lipschitz
bound, and the pairing bound on K, a subsequence of Θ converges uniformly on K' ×ˢ J for
every compact K' in the interior of K, and the limit is continuous there.
The diagonal extraction #
Diagonal extraction over a countable family of sets: if from every subsequence one can
extract a further subsequence converging uniformly on S j, then a single subsequence
converges uniformly on every S j, with one limit function.
Exhaustion of the region by closed rectangles #
Enclosing a compact set in a rectangle #
A compact subset of the open half-plane {R > 0} lies in a closed rectangle whose radial
side starts at a positive radius. This is the bridge between the hypotheses below, stated for
compact sets, and the bounds on Ω_n, which are proved on rectangles [Ra, Rb] × [Za, Zb]
contained in {R ≥ ε}.
The locally uniform limit on {R > 0} × ℝ × (-∞, -1] #
Step 2 of the finite-axis zoom-in argument, eq:aniso:zoom:finite:compactness: a sequence
which on every closed rectangle of the open half-plane and every compact time interval in
(-∞, -1] is uniformly bounded, uniformly Lipschitz in space, and obeys the pairing bound in
time, has a subsequence converging uniformly on every compact subset of
{R > 0} × ℝ × (-∞, -1], to a limit continuous there.