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

DOI10.1017/S0022112090002452MaRDI QIDQ3478091zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Theodore G. Shepherd

Publication date 1990

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

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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