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The zero dispersion limit, a deterministic analogue of turbulence
Author(s) -
Lax Peter D.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
communications on pure and applied mathematics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.12
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1097-0312
pISSN - 0010-3640
DOI - 10.1002/cpa.3160440815
Subject(s) - mathematics , limit (mathematics) , turbulence , zero (linguistics) , compressibility , dispersion (optics) , statistical physics , mathematical analysis , mathematical physics , physics , mechanics , quantum mechanics , linguistics , philosophy
Weak limits of oscillatory sequences of dispersive compressible flows show a remarkable resemblance to the ensemble averages of classical turbulence theory. How much relevance such ideas have for incompressible flows is not clear.