Stochastic least-action principle for the incompressible Navier-Stokes equation

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSD.2008.11.011zbMATH Open1193.37117arXiv0810.0817OpenAlexW2964166556MaRDI QIDQ989296FDOQ989296

Gregory Eyink

Publication date: 19 August 2010

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

Abstract: We formulate a stochastic least-action principle for solutions of the incompressible Navier-Stokes equation, which formally reduces to Hamilton's principle for the incompressible Euler solutions in the case of zero viscosity. We use this principle to give a new derivation of a stochastic Kelvin Theorem for the Navier-Stokes equation, recently established by Constantin and Iyer, which shows that this stochastic conservation law arises from particle-relabelling symmetry of the action. We discuss issues of irreversibility, energy dissipation, and the inviscid limit of Navier-Stokes solutions in the framework of the stochastic variational principle. In particular, we discuss the connection of the stochastic Kelvin Theorem with our previous "martingale hypothesis" for fluid circulations in turbulent solutions of the incompressible Euler equations.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0810.0817

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zbMATH Keywords

incompressible Navier-Stokes equationLagrangian flowsleast-action principlestochastic calculusKelvin theorem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Navier-Stokes equations (35Q30) Navier-Stokes equations for incompressible viscous fluids (76D05) Dynamical systems in fluid mechanics, oceanography and meteorology (37N10) Applications of stochastic analysis (to PDEs, etc.) (60H30)

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