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Periodic orbits of the ABC flow with $A=B=C=1$

Analysis of PDEs 2016-01-13 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we prove that the ODE system x˙=sinz+cosyy˙=sinx+coszz˙=siny+cosx, \begin{align*} \dot x &=\sin z+\cos y\\ \dot y &= \sin x+\cos z\\ \dot z &=\sin y + \cos x, \end{align*} whose right-hand side is the Arnold-Beltrami-Childress (ABC) flow with parameters A=B=C=1A=B=C=1, has periodic orbits on (2πT)3(2\pi\mathbb T)^3 with rotation vectors parallel to (1,0,0)(1,0,0), (0,1,0)(0,1,0), and (0,0,1)(0,0,1). An application of this result is that the well-known G-equation model for turbulent combustion with this ABC flow on R3\mathbb R^3 has a linear (i.e., maximal possible) flame speed enhancement rate as the amplitude of the flow grows.

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@article{arxiv.1601.02724,
  title  = {Periodic orbits of the ABC flow with $A=B=C=1$},
  author = {Jack Xin and Yifeng Yu and Andrej Zlatoš},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1601.02724},
  year   = {2016}
}

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9 pages