The \(ABC\)-flow is not integrable for \(A=B\) (Q677687)

The paper continues the author's investigations on the problem of the existence of a (nonconstant) first integral for the system \[ \dot x=A\sin z+C\cos y,\quad\dot y=B\sin x+A\cos z,\quad\dot z=C\sin y+B\cos x,\leqno(1) \] which describes the stationary flow (the so-called \(ABC\)-flow) of an ideal incompressible fluid with periodic boundary conditions and with a velocity field collinear to the rotor of itself. This problem arises in the magnetic dynamo theory. The absence of an integral indicates the possibility of chaotic behavior in the system. By \textit{S. L. Ziglin} [Math. USSR, Izv. 31, No. 2, 407-421 (1988); translation from Izv. Akad. Nauk SSSR, Ser. Mat. 51, No. 5, 1088-1103 (1987; Zbl 0679.34029)]\ it was shown that for \(0\neq A\neq B\neq 0\) and sufficiently small \(C\neq 0\) the system (1) does not have a complex meromorphic integral \(2\pi\)-periodic in \(x\), \(y\), \(z\) and does not have a real first integral under some additional inequality for \(A\) and \(B\). In the present paper the case \(A=B\) is studied. The main result is as follows. Theorem. For \(C^2/A^2\neq 2(n^2-1)/(n^2+7)\), where \(n\) is an integer, the system (1) does not have a meromorphic first integral on the complex torus \(T^3_C\) with coordinates \(x,y,z\pmod{2\pi}\).