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A suitable restatement of the Navier-Stokes equations provides a new tool for their numerical approximation. Spectral methods are used in the experiments to show the effectiveness of the technique. The main achievement is the total elimination of spurious modes.
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This work has been partially supported by I.A.N.-CNR, Pavia.
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Boffi, D., Funaro, D. An alternative approach to the analysis and the approximation of the Navier-Stokes equations. J Sci Comput 9, 1–16 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01573175
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01573175