Nonsymmetric bifurcations of solutions of the 2D Navier-Stokes system (Q664766)

Nonsymmetric bifurcations for solutions to the Navier-Stokes system in two dimensions with periodic boundary conditions are studied in this paper. The dynamics of critical points of the stream function is studied. Three main results are proved. The first one provides a set of initial values such that critical points bifurcate from 1 to 2 and then to 3 in finite times; the second one describes merging from 3 to 2 and then to 1 solutions. The last one concerns existence of vortices without initial critical points.