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Beltrami vector fields with an icosahedral symmetry

Differential Geometry 2023-01-27 v5 Mathematical Physics Dynamical Systems math.MP

Abstract

A vector field is called a Beltrami vector field, if B×(×B)=0B\times(\nabla\times B)=0. In this paper we construct two unique Beltrami vector fields I\mathfrak{I} and Y\mathfrak{Y}, such that ×I=I\nabla\times\mathfrak{I}=\mathfrak{I}, ×Y=Y\nabla\times\mathfrak{Y}=\mathfrak{Y}, and such that both have an orientation-preserving icosahedral symmetry. Both of them have an additional symmetry with respect to a non-trivial automorphism of the number field Q(5)\mathbb{Q}(\,\sqrt{5}\,).

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@article{arxiv.1706.09295,
  title  = {Beltrami vector fields with an icosahedral symmetry},
  author = {Giedrius Alkauskas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1706.09295},
  year   = {2023}
}

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22 pages, 9 figures

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