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Helicity is the only invariant of incompressible flows whose derivative is continuous in $C^1$-topology

Dynamical Systems 2017-03-10 v2 Mathematical Physics Differential Geometry math.MP

Abstract

Let QQ be a smooth compact orientable 3--manifold with smooth boundary Q\partial Q. Let B\mathcal{B} be the set of exact 2--forms BΩ2(Q)B\in\Omega^2(Q) such that jQB=0j_{\partial Q}^*B=0, where jQ:QQj_{\partial Q}:{\partial Q}\to Q is the inclusion map. The group D=Diff0(Q)\mathcal{D}=\mathrm{Diff}_0(Q) of self-diffeomorphisms of QQ isotopic to the identity acts on the set B\mathcal{B} by D×BB\mathcal{D}\times\mathcal{B}\to\mathcal{B}, (h,B)hB(h,B)\mapsto h^*B. Let B\mathcal{B}^\circ be the set of 2--forms BBB\in\mathcal{B} without zeros. We prove that every D\mathcal{D}--invariant functional I:BRI:\mathcal{B}^\circ\to\mathbb{R} having a regular and continuous derivative with respect to the C1C^1--topology can be locally (and, if Q=M×S1Q=M\times S^1 with Q\partial Q\ne\varnothing, globally on the set of all 2--forms BBB\in\mathcal{B}^\circ admitting a cross-section isotopic to M×{}M\times\{*\}) expressed in terms of the helicity.

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@article{arxiv.1511.03746,
  title  = {Helicity is the only invariant of incompressible flows whose derivative is continuous in $C^1$-topology},
  author = {Elena A. Kudryavtseva},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1511.03746},
  year   = {2017}
}

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