Knots and links in steady solutions of the Euler equation (Q764060)

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Knots and links in steady solutions of the Euler equation
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    Knots and links in steady solutions of the Euler equation (English)
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    13 March 2012
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    The incompressible Euler equation describes the motion of the ideal fluid. A steady solution of the Euler equation is given by a Beltrami field, which satisfies the equation \(\text{curl} \, u = \lambda u\). The main theorem says that an arbitrary locally finite link in the space is a set of a stream lines (or a vortex lines) of a Beltrami field. This means that the given link is a periodic orbit of a Beltrami field in a tubular neighborhood of the link.
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    Euler equation
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    Beltrami fields
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    stream lines
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    vortex lines
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