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Every (-1)-homogeneous steady Euler flow on R^n minus the origin for n at least 4 is a geodesible vector field with constant Bernoulli function.

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load-bearing objection (-1)-homogeneous Euler flows in n≥4 are geodesible with constant Bernoulli and reduce to the sphere via radial projection.

arxiv 2606.18655 v1 pith:M6DOAXZC submitted 2026-06-17 math.AP

Minus one Homogeneous Euler Flows are Geodesible

Ken Abe , Naoki Sato , Chunjing Xie This is my paper
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keywords Euler equationshomogeneous solutionsgeodesible vector fieldsBeltrami fieldssteady incompressible flowsradial projectionsphere reductionsfluid dynamics
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The paper shows that in dimensions four and higher, steady incompressible Euler flows that are exactly minus-one homogeneous are always geodesible vector fields with constant Bernoulli function. This stands in contrast to the low-dimensional cases where such flows are essentially trivial. The homogeneity condition permits a reduction of the equations to the unit sphere via radial projection, linking the flows to geodesible fields there. In four dimensions, these flows arise specifically as extensions of Beltrami fields on the three-sphere. This connection matters because it recasts a PDE problem in Euclidean space as a geometric one on the sphere.

Core claim

Every (-1)-homogeneous Euler flow is a geodesible vector field with constant Bernoulli function. Moreover, any (-1)-homogeneous geodesible field is induced by a geodesible field on the sphere S^{n-1}. In particular, in the case n=4, every (-1)-homogeneous Euler flow is obtained as an extension of a Beltrami field on S^3.

What carries the argument

The (-1)-homogeneous vector field satisfying the steady incompressible Euler equations on R^n minus the origin, which reduces via radial projection to a geodesible vector field on the sphere S^{n-1}.

Load-bearing premise

The vector field must be exactly minus-one homogeneous and satisfy the steady incompressible Euler equations away from the origin.

What would settle it

A counterexample would be any (-1)-homogeneous solution to the steady Euler equations in four dimensions that is not geodesible or does not extend from a Beltrami field on S^3.

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  • In dimensions two and three such flows are essentially trivial.
  • In dimensions four and higher every such flow is geodesible with constant Bernoulli function.
  • Any (-1)-homogeneous geodesible field arises from a geodesible field on the sphere S^{n-1}.
  • In four dimensions every such flow extends a Beltrami field on S^3.

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  • Explicit Beltrami fields on S^3 could be extended radially to produce new examples of (-1)-homogeneous Euler flows in four dimensions.
  • The reduction may allow classification of all such homogeneous flows by studying geodesible fields on spheres.
  • The result unifies the PDE analysis of these flows with geometric properties already studied on compact manifolds.

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Summary. The paper studies (-1)-homogeneous steady incompressible Euler flows on R^n \ {0}. It proves that for n ≥ 4 every such flow is a geodesible vector field with constant Bernoulli function. It further shows that any (-1)-homogeneous geodesible field arises by radial extension from a geodesible field on S^{n-1}, and specializes the n=4 case to extensions of Beltrami fields on S^3. The low-dimensional cases n=2,3 are noted to be essentially trivial.

Significance. If the central reduction holds, the result supplies a precise geometric characterization of an entire class of homogeneous steady Euler solutions in dimensions four and higher, relating them directly to the well-studied theory of geodesible and Beltrami fields on spheres. This supplies a concrete bridge between the PDE theory of the Euler equations and differential geometry on compact manifolds, and furnishes an explicit construction mechanism for non-trivial examples when n=4.

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  1. [Abstract] The abstract states the main claims cleanly but does not indicate the numbering of the principal theorems; adding a parenthetical reference to the theorem that contains the geodesibility statement would improve immediate readability.

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We thank the referee for their positive summary, assessment of significance, and recommendation to accept the manuscript. There are no major comments requiring a point-by-point response.

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No circularity; direct derivation from Euler equations under homogeneity

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The paper derives that (-1)-homogeneous steady Euler flows on R^n \ {0} are geodesible with constant Bernoulli function by radial projection reducing the system to a first-order PDE on S^{n-1}. This follows by direct substitution into the Euler equations without fitted parameters, self-definitional loops, or load-bearing self-citations. The n=4 case invokes known Beltrami fields on S^3 only for existence examples, not to close the implication. No step reduces the claimed result to its inputs by construction.

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The central claim rests on the standard formulation of the steady incompressible Euler equations together with the (−1)-homogeneity assumption that enables the radial reduction to the sphere. No free parameters, fitted constants, or newly invented entities appear in the abstract.

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  • domain assumption The vector field u satisfies the steady incompressible Euler equations (u·∇)u + ∇p = 0 and ∇·u = 0 on R^n \ {0}.
    This is the governing PDE system whose solutions are under study.
  • domain assumption The vector field u is exactly (−1)-homogeneous: u(λx) = λ^{-1} u(x) for all λ > 0.
    This scaling property is the key structural assumption that permits reduction of the problem to the sphere.

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In this paper, we study $(-1)$-homogeneous steady solutions to the Euler equations on $\mathbb{R}^n \setminus \{0\}$. In low dimensions $n=2,3$, such flows are known to be essentially trivial. In contrast, we show that in higher dimensions $n \ge 4$, every $(-1)$-homogeneous Euler flow is a geodesible vector field with constant Bernoulli function. Moreover, any $(-1)$-homogeneous geodesible field is induced by a geodesible field on the sphere $\mathbb{S}^{n-1}$. In particular, in the case $n=4$, every $(-1)$-homogeneous Euler flow is obtained as an extension of a Beltrami field on $\mathbb{S}^{3}$.

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Figure 1. Figure 1: Higher odd-dimensional (A) Eulerisable, (B) geodesible and (C) Beltrami fields in the non-vanishing and volume-preserving case The flexibility viewpoint described above is closely related to recent developments on universality phe￾nomena in fluid dynamics [38], [39]. In particular, it has been shown that steady Euler flows can exhibit remarkable universality properties, allowing one to embed highly complex… view at source ↗
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Figure 2. Figure 2: The existence and nonexistence ranges of 𝛼 ∈ R for (−𝛼)-homogeneous Beltrami solu￾tions in R 3 \ {0}. The blue line indicates the range of 𝛼 for which no solutions exist, while the red line indicates the range for which solutions exist. The yellow dots represent the integer values of 𝛼 corresponding to irrotational solutions. In Theorem 3.1, we showed that, in the case 𝑛 = 2, (−1)-homogeneous solutions to … view at source ↗

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