First-derivative and Lipschitz bounds for the rescaled potential vorticity #
Step 2 of the finite-h zoom-in argument, away from the axis. On a rectangle contained in
{R ≥ ε} the rescaled potential vorticity Ω_n of eq:aniso:zoom:fields has first spatial
derivatives bounded uniformly in the zoom scale.
Off the axis Ω_n = (δ² ∂_Z V_n − ∂_R W_n)/R (eq:aniso:zoom:finite:identities), so the
quotient rule
expresses ∂_R Ω_n and ∂_Z Ω_n through the first and second derivatives of V_n and W_n,
each of which obeys one of the twelve rescaled bounds of eq:aniso:zoom:derivatives. Every
exponent appearing there is at most -1/2 when 0 ≤ h ≤ 1/2, so for τ ≤ -1 all six inputs
are bounded by C (-τ)^{-1/2}, and R ≥ ε turns the two denominators into the constants
ε^{-1} and ε^{-2}:
|∂_R Ω_n| ≤ 2C(ε⁻¹ + ε⁻²)(-τ)^{-1/2}, |∂_Z Ω_n| ≤ 2Cε⁻¹(-τ)^{-1/2}.
The vertical derivative needs the mixed second derivative ∂_Z ∂_R W_n, which the second-order
chain rules produce in the opposite order ∂_R ∂_Z W_n; the two agree by the symmetry of the
Cartesian mixed spatial partials of the velocity, which is why the smoothness hypothesis here is
C^∞ rather than C² (a classical solution supplies exactly this).
Integrating these two bounds along the two coordinate edges of a rectangle gives the
Lipschitz-in-space bound with the τ-independent constant 2C(2ε⁻¹ + ε⁻²), which is the input
of the equicontinuity argument.
Elementary inequalities #
The two pieces of the numerator, differentiated along a coordinate slice #
The rescaled potential vorticity differentiated along a coordinate slice #
Off the axis, Ω_n restricted to a radial slice is differentiable, with the derivative the
quotient rule applied to eq:aniso:zoom:finite:identities.
Off the axis, Ω_n restricted to a vertical slice is differentiable.
The quotient rule for ∂_R Ω_n off the axis.
The quotient rule for ∂_Z Ω_n off the axis.
The uniform first-derivative bounds #
The radial derivative of Ω_n on {R ≥ ε}, uniformly in the zoom scale, with the
exponent -1/2 of eq:aniso:zoom:derivatives.
The vertical derivative of Ω_n on {R ≥ ε}, uniformly in the zoom scale, with the
exponent -1/2 of eq:aniso:zoom:derivatives.
The first-derivative bound of Ω_n on {R ≥ ε}: the sum of the two spatial derivatives is
bounded by 2C(2ε⁻¹ + ε⁻²)(-τ)^{-1/2}, uniformly in the zoom scale.
The Lipschitz bound on a rectangle #
The two-point bound on a rectangle [Ra, Rb] × [Za, Zb] ⊆ {R ≥ ε} at a fixed rescaled time
τ ≤ -1: joining the two points by the two coordinate edges through (y₂₁, y₁₂) and applying the
mean value inequality on each edge.
The Lipschitz-in-space bound on a rectangle [Ra, Rb] × [Za, Zb] ⊆ {R ≥ ε}, at every
rescaled time τ ≤ -1, with a constant independent of the zoom scale and of τ.