Vortex motion of the Euler and lake equations (Q2022527)

It is well known that on the whole plane the \(N\)-vortex system is integrable for \(N \leq 3\), and it is nonintegrable for \(N > 3\). The explicit solution of 3-vortex system was given by \textit{W. Gröbli} [Spezielle Probleme über die Bewegung geradliniger paralleler Wirbelfäden, Inaugural-Dissertation, Zürich (1877)]. Here the author shows that in the half-plane the \(N\)-vortex system is integrable for \(N \leq 2\), and it is nonintegrable for \(N > 2\); furthermore, the explicit solution of 2-vortex system in the half-plane is given. The idea of the proof of nonintegrability for \(N > 2\) in the half-plane is based on the observation that a restricted 3-vortex system in the half-plane, up to the first order of perturbation, coincides with the perturbed system of restricted 3 vortex rings studied by \textit{A. A. Bagrets} and \textit{D. A. Bagrets} [Chaos 7, No. 3, 368--375 (1997; Zbl 0933.37025)]. Indeed, in addition to the similarity of the restricted 3-vortex system in the half-plane and the restricted system of 3 coaxial vortex rings, some ``interesting similarities between the point vortex motion in the half-plane, quadrant and the binormal motion of coaxial vortex rings, sphere product membranes are also addressed''.