Self-similar solutions for dyadic models of the Euler equations (Q1732134)

The author shows existence of self-similar solutions satisfying Kolmogorov's scaling for generalized dyadic models of the Euler equations. More specifically, the model consists of an infinite system of nonlinear ODEs \[ \frac{da_j(t)}{dt}=\big(\lambda^ja_{j-1}^2(t)-\lambda^{j+1}a_j(t)a_{j+1}(t)\big)+\beta\big(\lambda^j a_{j-1}(t)a_j(t)-\lambda^{j+1}a_{j+1}^2(t)\big), \] for \(j\geq0\), \(a_{-1}(t)\equiv 0\), and \(\lambda>1, \beta\geq0\). A self-similar solution, \(a_j(t)=a_j*\phi(t)\), must have \(\phi(t)=(t-t_0)^{-1}\) for some \(t_0\in\mathbb{R}\). Then, the normalized coefficients \(\alpha_j=\lambda^ja_j^*\) satisfy the recursion \[ \alpha_{n+1}=-\frac{\lambda}{2\beta}\alpha_n+\sqrt{\Big(\frac{\lambda}{2\beta}\alpha_n\Big)^2+\frac{\lambda}{\beta}\big(\lambda^2\alpha_{n-1}^2+\beta\lambda\alpha_{n-1}\alpha_n+\alpha_n\big)}. \] The author shows that there exists \(\beta_0=\beta_0(\lambda)>0\) such that for all \(\beta\in[0,\beta_0)\), there exists a value \(\alpha_0=\alpha_0(\beta)>0\) such that the sequence \(\{\alpha_j^*\}_{j\geq0}\) obtained from the recursion above and the scaling \(\alpha_j=\lambda^ja_j^*\) satisfies \[ \frac{a_j^*}{\lambda^{-j/3}}\rightarrow \text{const}(\beta)\quad \text{ as }\quad j\to\infty. \]