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Geometric Hydrodynamics via Madelung Transform

Differential Geometry 2022-11-15 v3 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We introduce a geometric framework to study Newton's equations on infinite-dimensional configuration spaces of diffeomorphisms and smooth probability densities. It turns out that several important PDEs of hydrodynamical origin can be described in this framework in a natural way. In particular, the Madelung transform between the Schr\"odinger equation and Newton's equations is a symplectomorphism of the corresponding phase spaces. Furthermore, the Madelung transform turns out to be a K\"ahler map when the space of densities is equipped with the Fisher-Rao information metric. We describe several dynamical applications of these results.

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@article{arxiv.1711.00321,
  title  = {Geometric Hydrodynamics via Madelung Transform},
  author = {Boris Khesin and Gerard Misiolek and Klas Modin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1711.00321},
  year   = {2022}
}

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17 pages, 2 figures

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