Motion of three point vortices on a sphere

DOI10.1016/S0167-2789(97)00236-4zbMath0962.76516MaRDI QIDQ1963448

Paul K. Newton, Rangachari Kidambi

Publication date: 1 February 2000

Published in: Physica D (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

relative equilibriasphereHamiltonian systemthree point vorticesclassification of motionsconserved center of vorticity vectorfixed equilibriaself-similar vortex collapse

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Dynamical systems in fluid mechanics, oceanography and meteorology (37N10) Vortex flows for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B47) Hamilton's equations (70H05)

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