Variational analysis of energy-enstrophy theories on the sphere

zbMATH Open1142.76015MaRDI QIDQ934460FDOQ934460

Authors: Chjan C. Lim, Da Zhu 

Publication date: 29 July 2008

Published in: Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems (Search for Journal in Brave)

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zbMATH Keywords

existenceuniquenessunboundednessextremals of energy

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Existence, uniqueness, and regularity theory for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B03) Vortex flows for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B47) Variational methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M30)

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• Energy Maximizers, Negative Temperatures, and Robust Symmetry Breaking in Vortex Dynamics on a Nonrotating Sphere
• On partial spherical means formulas and radiation boundary conditions for the \(3+1\) wave equation
• The role of higher vorticity moments in a variational formulation of barotropic flows on a rotating sphere
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