A sufficient condition for the validity of Chandrasekhar's conjecture in magnetoconvection (Q5903598)

A simple mathematical proof is presented to establish a new result, namely that at the marginal state in the magnetohydrodynamic simple Bénard problem the total kinetic energy associated with a disturbance is greater than or equal to its total magnetic energy, in the regime \(Q\sigma_ 1\leq 3\), where Q is the Chandrasekhar number and \(\sigma_ 1\) is the magnetic Prandtl number. This result, which was long sought after, is applicable for quite general boundary conditions and provides a sufficient condition for the validity of \textit{S. Chandrasekhar}'s conjecture in magnetoconvection [Philos. Mag., VII. Ser. 43, 501-532 (1952; Zbl 0046.240)].