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Asymptotic stability of explicite infinite energy blowup solutions for three dimensional incompressible Magnetohydrodynamics equations

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keywords magnetohydrodynamicsfinite time blowupasymptotic stabilityexplicit solutionsinfinite energyfree boundaryincompressible fluids3D MHD
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The paper finds explicit finite-time blowup solutions for 3D MHD equations that are asymptotically stable in a shrinking free-surface domain.

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The authors first construct a family of explicit solutions to the three-dimensional incompressible magnetohydrodynamics equations that develop a singularity in finite time. These solutions have smooth initial data but infinite total energy when considered over all space. They then establish that these explicit blowup solutions are asymptotically stable when the equations are solved inside a bounded, time-dependent domain that shrinks toward a point as time approaches the blowup time. A reader would care because this gives concrete, stable examples of how smooth solutions to ideal fluid equations can break down in finite time. The stability result holds for small perturbations of the smooth initial data within this specific domain.

Core claim

We find a family of explicit finite time blowup solutions admitted smooth initial data and infinite energy in whole space R^3. After that, we prove asymptotic stability of those explicit finite time blowup solutions for 3D incompressible Magnetohydrodynamics equations in a smooth bounded domain with free surface Ω_t defined by 0 ≤ x_i ≤ sqrt(T* - t) for t in (0, T*), i=1,2,3. This means we construct a family of stable blowup solutions for 3D incompressible Magnetohydrodynamics equations with smooth initial data in Ω_t.

What carries the argument

The family of explicit finite time blowup solutions with infinite energy, together with the time-dependent domain Ω_t that shrinks self-similarly to the origin.

Load-bearing premise

The analysis applies only to solutions inside the pre-specified shrinking domain Ω_t with fixed blowup time T*, assuming smooth initial data there.

What would settle it

Finding a smooth initial perturbation inside Ω_t for which the corresponding solution either remains regular past T* or blows up at a different time would falsify the stability claim.

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This paper is denoted to the study of dynamical behavior near explicit finite time blowup solutions for three dimensional incompressible Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) equations. More precisely, we find a family of explicit finite time blowup solutions admitted smooth initial data and infinite energy in whole space $\mathbb{R}^3$. After that, we prove asymptotic stability of those explicit finite time blowup solutions for $3$D incompressible Magnetohydrodynamics equations in a smooth bounded domain with free surface $$ \Omega_{t}:=\Big\{(t,x_1,x_2,x_3):0\leq x_i\leq\sqrt{\overline{T}^*-t},\quad t\in(0,\overline{T}^*),\quad i=1,2,3\Big\}, $$ where $\overline{T}^*$ denotes the blowup time. This means we construct a family of \textbf{stable} blowup solutions for $3$D incompressible Magnetohydrodynamics equations with smooth initial data in $\Omega_t$.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript constructs a family of explicit finite-time blowup solutions to the 3D incompressible MHD equations in whole-space R^3 that admit smooth initial data and have infinite energy. It then claims to establish the asymptotic stability of these solutions when the MHD system is posed in the time-dependent bounded domain Ω_t = {(t,x) : 0 ≤ x_i ≤ √(T*−t), i=1,2,3} with a free surface.

Significance. If the stability result holds after the boundary-compatibility issue is resolved, the work would supply the first explicit examples of asymptotically stable blowup solutions for the free-boundary 3D MHD system. The explicit character of the background profiles and the infinite-energy whole-space construction are potentially valuable, but the restriction to the shrinking cube Ω_t introduces a non-standard free-boundary setting whose compatibility with the whole-space ansatz must be verified before the stability statement can be regarded as applicable.

major comments (1)
  1. The explicit blowup solutions are constructed in R^3 (abstract, first paragraph). The subsequent stability analysis is performed inside the time-dependent domain Ω_t whose boundary moves according to x_i = √(T*−t). The manuscript supplies no verification that the whole-space profiles satisfy the kinematic free-surface condition or the appropriate magnetic/stress boundary conditions on this moving surface. Because the background solution must itself be admissible in Ω_t for the perturbation analysis to be meaningful, this omission is load-bearing for the central stability claim.
minor comments (1)
  1. Notation: the blowup time is written both as T* and as overline{T}^*; a single consistent symbol should be used throughout.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the careful reading and the insightful comments on our manuscript. We appreciate the recognition of the potential value of the explicit blowup constructions and agree that the compatibility of the background profiles with the free-boundary conditions on Ω_t must be verified explicitly for the stability result to be fully rigorous.

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  1. Referee: The explicit blowup solutions are constructed in R^3 (abstract, first paragraph). The subsequent stability analysis is performed inside the time-dependent domain Ω_t whose boundary moves according to x_i = √(T*−t). The manuscript supplies no verification that the whole-space profiles satisfy the kinematic free-surface condition or the appropriate magnetic/stress boundary conditions on this moving surface. Because the background solution must itself be admissible in Ω_t for the perturbation analysis to be meaningful, this omission is load-bearing for the central stability claim.

    Authors: We agree that the manuscript does not contain an explicit verification of the required boundary conditions and that this verification is necessary. The explicit profiles were constructed so that the velocity field matches the normal speed of the moving boundary faces (specifically, the normal component equals −1/(2√(T*−t)) on each face x_i = √(T*−t)), and the magnetic field and stress tensors are chosen to satisfy the MHD free-surface conditions by construction. In the revised manuscript we will add a new subsection (placed after the construction of the background solutions) that performs this verification in detail, confirming that the whole-space profiles restrict to admissible solutions in Ω_t. This will remove the gap identified by the referee. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No circularity: explicit construction followed by independent stability analysis

full rationale

The paper first constructs a family of explicit finite-time blowup solutions in whole-space R^3 (smooth initial data, infinite energy). It then proves asymptotic stability of those solutions inside the time-dependent domain Ω_t. No quoted step reduces a claimed prediction or first-principles result to a fitted parameter, self-definition, or load-bearing self-citation. The domain definition and blow-up time T* are fixed by construction of the background profile, but this is an explicit choice of setting rather than a circular reduction. The derivation chain therefore remains self-contained against external benchmarks.

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