A general method for finding extremal states of Hamiltonian dynamical systems, with applications to perfect fluids

DOI10.1017/S0022112090002452zbMATH Open0699.76004MaRDI QIDQ3478091FDOQ3478091

Authors: Theodore G. Shepherd 

Publication date: 1990

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Turbulence (76F99) Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics (70H99) Foundations of fluid mechanics (76A02)

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