On the classification of invariant Gaussian measures for the 2D Euler equation

Abstract

We consider the two-dimensional incompressible Euler equation on ${\mathbb{T}}^2$ with Gaussian random initial data having independent Fourier coefficients. For every $\sigma >0$, we prove that such a Gaussian measure on $H^{\sigma }({\mathbb{T}}^2)$ is invariant under the Euler flow if and only if it is supported either on shear flows or on cellular flows. This settles the invariant-measure classification conjecture posed by Bedrossian and Latocca (Ann. Inst. H. Poincaré C Anal. Non Linéaire, 2026). The proof relies on closure of the Fourier support under non-degenerate interactions and an affine relation among the inverse variances along Euler triples.