Euler equations for incompressible ideal fluids

C. Bardos   ; E. S. Titi

Trudy Matematicheskogo Instituta imeni V.A. Steklova, Tome 62 (2007) no. 3, pp. 409-451

Résumé

This article is a survey concerning the state-of-the-art mathematical theory of the Euler equations for an incompressible homogeneous ideal fluid. Emphasis is put on the different types of emerging instability, and how they may be related to the description of turbulence.

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