Log-Lipschitz modulus 2026-10-07
Set and extend for . This positive, nondecreasing modulus of continuity is weaker than a linear Lipschitz continuity bound but still has . At small distances it is equivalent to . A signed cannot be an upper modulus at distances less than one. The planar vorticity velocity kernel maps into velocity fields with this modulus.
The planar vorticity velocity kernel has magnitude . Split its defining integral into and for any . The singular part is absolutely integrable in two dimensions:
In particular proves
When both norms are nonzero, optimization in also gives . If either norm is zero, almost everywhere. Absolute convergence supplies a well-defined velocity at every , with these uniform bounds.
For , . The printed upper bound is negative whenever , so it cannot bound a nonnegative difference. The correct small-distance modulus is , and the radius in the hint must also be positive.
Write , , and . Then . Denote the planar vorticity velocity kernel by . It satisfies and . Split the integral at radii and about .
On , every point of the segment joining and remains at least from . The mean value theorem bounds the kernel difference by , giving a contribution at most .
On , the same estimate holds because . Polar integration gives
Here because .
On , use the sum of the two kernel magnitudes instead of their derivatives. This disk lies inside a disk of radius about either . Hence its contribution is bounded by . Combining the three regions yields
At coincident points the difference is zero. At larger distances use the boundedness from part (d). A convenient global log-Lipschitz modulus is
giving . This is positive, continuous and nondecreasing. It also proves continuity of .
For a planar Euler velocity obtained from vorticity in , the planar vorticity velocity kernel gives a locally integrable speed bound and log-Lipschitz modulus. Spatial mollification gives existence of global trajectories; the Osgood uniqueness criterion gives uniqueness and continuous dependence. Measurability in time and an initial trace are needed. This establishes the flow for a fixed Euler solution; nonlinear uniqueness of the Euler solution itself requires further comparison arguments.