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On the approximation of vorticity fronts by the Burgers–Hilbert equation

On the approximation of vorticity fronts by the Burgers–Hilbert equation

This paper proves that the motion of small-slope vorticity fronts in the two-dimensional incompressible Euler equations is approximated on cubically nonlinear timescales by a Burgers–Hilbert equation derived by Biello and Hunter (2010) using formal asymptotic expansions. The proof uses a modified energy method to show that the contour dynamics equations …