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A generalization of vortex lines

Mathematical Physics 2018-01-16 v2 math.MP Fluid Dynamics

Abstract

Helmholtz theorem states that, in ideal fluid, vortex lines move with the fluid. Another Helmholtz theorem adds that strength of a vortex tube is constant along the tube. The lines may be regarded as integral surfaces of a 1-dimensional integrable distribution (given by the vorticity 2-form). In general setting of theory of integral invariants, due to Poincare and Cartan, one can find dd-dimensional integrable distribution whose integral surfaces show both properties of vortex lines: they move with (abstract) fluid and, for appropriate generalization of vortex tube, strength of the latter is constant along the tube.

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@article{arxiv.1603.09563,
  title  = {A generalization of vortex lines},
  author = {Marian Fecko},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1603.09563},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

8 pages, 3 figures; version to be published in Journal of Geometry and Physics

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