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Kyudong Choi

Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology · Mathematics

About the Lab

Professor Kyudong Choi's research lab specializes in mathematical analysis of fluid dynamics, with a focus on the incompressible Euler and Navier-Stokes equations. The group investigates fundamental problems such as singularity formation, vortex stability, and inviscid limits, particularly in axisymmetric and boundary-layer settings. They employ advanced analytical techniques including blow-up methods, relative entropy, and variational approaches to study the regularity and long-time behavior of solutions. The lab also explores the stability of explicit solutions like Hill’s vortex and the dynamics of perturbations in 3D fluid flows.

incompressible Euler equationsNavier-Stokes equationsvortex stabilitysingularity formationinviscid limit

Research Overview

Papers
48
Total Citations
324
Papers (5y)
25
Primary Field
Mathematics

Research Output Trend

Figures are computed from collected data and may differ slightly.

Publications per year (5y)
25total
2021
2022
2023
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2025
Citations per year (5y)
107total
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Selected Papers

15
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Article|53 citations·2017
On the Finite‐Time Blowup of a One‐Dimensional Model for the Three‐Dimensional Axisymmetric Euler Equations
Kyudong Choi, Thomas Y. Hou, Alexander Kiselev, Guo Qing Luo, Vladimír Šverák, Yao Yao
SJR Q1Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics

Abstract In connection with the recent proposal for possible singularity formation at the boundary for solutions of three‐dimensional axisymmetric incompressible Euler's equations (Luo and Hou, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA (2014)), we study models for the dynamics at the boundary and show that they exhibit a finite‐time blowup from smooth data. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Applied MathematicsMathematics
2
Preprint|34 citations·2014
On the Finite-Time Blowup of a 1D Model for the 3D Axisymmetric Euler Equations
Kyudong Choi, Thomas Y. Hou, Alexander Kiselev, Guo Qing Luo, Vladimír Šverák, Yao Yao
arXiv (Cornell University)OA

In connection with the recent proposal for possible singularity formation at the boundary for solutions of 3d axi-symmetric incompressible Euler's equations (Luo and Hou, 2013), we study models for the dynamics at the boundary and show that they exhibit a finite-time blow-up from smooth data.

Applied MathematicsMathematics
3
Article|29 citations·2018
Stability of planar traveling waves in a Keller–Segel equation on an infinite strip domain
Myeongju Chae, Kyudong Choi, Kyungkeun Kang, Jihoon Lee
SJR Q1Journal of Differential Equations
Modeling and SimulationMathematics
4
Article|23 citations·2015
Short-Time Stability of Scalar Viscous Shocks in the Inviscid Limit by the Relative Entropy Method
Kyudong Choi, Alexis Vasseur
SJR Q1SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis

We consider inviscid limits to shocks for viscous scalar conservation laws in one space dimension, with strict convex fluxes. We show that we can obtain sharp estimates in $L^2$ for a class of large perturbations and for any bounded time interval. Those perturbations can be chosen big enough to destroy the viscous layer. This shows that the fast convergence to the shock does not depend on the fine structure of the viscous layers. This is the first application of the relative entropy method devel

Applied MathematicsMathematics
5
Article|22 citations·2013
Estimates on fractional higher derivatives of weak solutions for the Navier–Stokes equations
Kyudong Choi, Alexis Vasseur
SJR Q1Annales de l Institut Henri Poincaré C Analyse Non LinéaireOA

We study weak solutions of the 3D Navier–Stokes equations with L^{2} initial data. We prove that \mathrm{∇}^{\alpha }u is locally integrable in space–time for any real α such that 1 < \alpha < 3 . Up to now, only the second derivative \mathrm{∇}^{2}u was known to be locally integrable by standard parabolic regularization. We also present sharp estimates of those quantities in weak- L_{\mathrm{loc}}^{4/ (\alpha + 1)} . These estimates depend only on the L^{2} -norm of the initial data and o

Applied MathematicsMathematics
6
Article|19 citations·2023
Stability of Hill's spherical vortex
Kyudong Choi
SJR Q1Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics

Abstract We study stability of a spherical vortex introduced by M. Hill in 1894, which is an explicit solution of the three‐dimensional incompressible Euler equations. The flow is axi‐symmetric with no swirl, the vortex core is simply a ball sliding on the axis of symmetry with a constant speed, and the vorticity in the core is proportional to the distance from the symmetry axis. We use the variational setting introduced by A. Friedman and B. Turkington ( Trans. Amer. Math. Soc ., 1981), which p

Applied MathematicsMathematics
7
Article|17 citations·2019
Nonlinear stability of planar traveling waves in a chemotaxis model of tumor angiogenesis with chemical diffusion
Myeongju Chae, Kyudong Choi
SJR Q1Journal of Differential Equations
Modeling and SimulationMathematics
8
Article|13 citations·2020
Growth of perimeter for vortex patches in a bulk
Kyudong Choi, In‐Jee Jeong
SJR Q1Applied Mathematics LettersOA
Applied MathematicsMathematics
9
Article|13 citations·2021
Infinite growth in vorticity gradient of compactly supported planar vorticity near Lamb dipole
Kyudong Choi, In‐Jee Jeong
SJR Q1Nonlinear Analysis Real World Applications
Applied MathematicsMathematics
10
Article|13 citations·2022
Stability of radially symmetric, monotone vorticities of 2D Euler equations
Kyudong Choi, Deokwoo Lim
SJR Q1Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations
Applied MathematicsMathematics
11
Article|9 citations·2022
Stability and instability of Kelvin waves
Kyudong Choi, In-Jee Jeong
SJR Q1Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations
Applied MathematicsMathematics
12
Article|8 citations·2022
Filamentation near Hill’s vortex
Kyudong Choi, In-Jee Jeong
SJR Q1Communications in Partial Differential Equations

For the axi-symmetric incompressible Euler equations, we prove linear in time filamentation near Hill’s vortex: there exists an arbitrary small outward perturbation growing linearly for all times. This is based on combining the recent nonlinear orbital stability obtained by the first author with a dynamical bootstrapping scheme for particle trajectories. These results rigorously confirm numerical simulations by Pozrikidis in 1986.

Applied MathematicsMathematics
13
Preprint|7 citations·2019
Contraction for large perturbations of traveling waves in a hyperbolic–parabolic system arising from a chemotaxis model
Kyudong Choi, Moon-Jin Kang, Young‐Sam Kwon, Alexis Vasseur
SJR Q1Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied SciencesOA

We consider a hyperbolic–parabolic system arising from a chemotaxis model in tumor angiogenesis, which is described by a Keller–Segel equation with singular sensitivity. It is known to allow viscous shocks (so-called traveling waves). We introduce a relative entropy of the system, which can capture how close a solution at a given time is to a given shock wave in almost [Formula: see text]-sense. When the shock strength is small enough, we show the functional is non-increasing in time for any lar

Modeling and SimulationMathematics
14
Preprint|7 citations·2012
Relative entropy applied to the stability of viscous shocks up to a translation for scalar conservation laws
Kyudong Choi, Alexis Vasseur
arXiv (Cornell University)OA

We consider inviscid limits to shocks for viscous scalar conservation laws in one space dimension, with strict convex fluxes. We show that we can obtain sharp estimates in $L^2$, for a class of large perturbations. Those perturbations can be chosen big enough to destroy the viscous layer. This shows that the fast convergence to the shock does not depend on the fine structure of the viscous layers. This is the first application of the relative entropy method developed in [22], [23] to the study o

Applied MathematicsMathematics
15
Article|6 citations·2025
On Existence of Sadovskii Vortex Patch: A Touching Pair of Symmetric Counter-Rotating Uniform Vortices
Kyudong Choi, In-Jee Jeong, Young-Jin Sim
SJR Q1Annals of PDEOA

Abstract The Sadovskii vortex patch is a traveling wave for the two-dimensional incompressible Euler equations consisting of an odd symmetric pair of vortex patches touching the symmetry axis. Its existence was first suggested by numerical computations of Sadovskii in [J. Appl. Math. Mech., 1971], and has gained significant interest due to its relevance in inviscid limit of planar flows via Prandtl–Batchelor theory and as the asymptotic state for vortex ring dynamics. In this work, we prove the

Computational MechanicsEngineering

Research Areas

Applied MathematicsModeling and SimulationComputational MechanicsBiomedical Engineering

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