On the attenuation of waves through broken ice of randomly-varying thickness on water of finite depth

This paper extends a theoretical model of wave attenuation through broken floating ice of random thickness to finite water depths, utilizing multiple scales analysis to derive an explicit attenuation expression that predicts an eighth-power frequency dependence at low frequencies and shows strong agreement with numerical simulations and field measurements.

Lloyd Dafydd, Richard Porter2026-03-05🔬 physics

Molecular Seeds of Shear: An operator-level necessity result for first-order Chapman-Enskog deviatoric stress

This paper establishes a rigorous operator-level necessity result proving that in closed, unforced kinetic systems, the first-order Chapman-Enskog deviatoric stress arises if and only if the first-order distribution correction f(1)f^{(1)} is nonzero, thereby filling a critical gap in the kinetic-to-continuum literature by demonstrating that vanishing f(1)f^{(1)} precludes the emergence of O(ε)O(\varepsilon) stress under precise functional-analytic conditions.

Tristan Barkman2026-03-05🔢 math

Generic twisted Pollicott--Ruelle resonances and zeta function at zero

This paper establishes that for a generic set of finite-dimensional irreducible representations of the fundamental group of a surface's unit tangent bundle, the twisted Ruelle zeta function either vanishes at zero with an order determined by the genus or equals the Reidemeister--Turaev torsion, thereby extending Fried's conjecture to generic acyclic representations and confirming the constancy of the vanishing order for untwisted zeta functions across a dense set of Anosov metrics.

Tristan Humbert, Zhongkai Tao2026-03-05🔢 math

On non-uniqueness of mild solutions and stationary singular solutions to the Navier-Stokes equations

This paper demonstrates the failure of unconditional uniqueness for mild solutions to the Navier-Stokes and fractional Navier-Stokes equations in Besov spaces with negative regularity by constructing non-trivial stationary singular solutions via convex integration, while simultaneously establishing uniqueness for stationary weak solutions in an endpoint critical space.

Alexey Cheskidov, Hedong Hou2026-03-05🔢 math

Linearized Stability of Non-Isolated Equilibria of Quasilinear Parabolic Problems in Interpolation Spaces

This paper establishes the linearized stability of non-isolated equilibria for quasilinear parabolic problems within interpolation spaces, utilizing a flexible approach with low regularity requirements on the semilinear term to extend previous maximal regularity results and apply to concrete models like the Hele-Shaw problem and fractional mean curvature flow.

Bogdan-Vasile Matioc, Christoph Walker2026-03-05🔢 math

From maximal entropy exclusion process to unitary Dyson Brownian motion and free unitary hydrodynamics

This paper establishes a unified canonical framework linking the Maximal Entropy Simple Symmetric Exclusion Process to both Unitary Dyson Brownian Motion and Free Unitary Brownian Motion by leveraging Schur polynomials and symmetric group characters to derive explicit spectral decompositions and hydrodynamic limits that reveal entropic forces and nonlinear transport equations.

Yoann Offret2026-03-05🔬 physics