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A computer-assisted analysis of the two dimensional Navier-Stokes equations

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Complicated behaviour is common in solutions to the Navier-Stokes equations when the viscosity is small. The mechanism of the complexities is obscure even today. Here is a reason why numerical computations play an important role in making a qualitative picture of the Navier-Stokes flows. The purpose of this paper is to explain, through examples, necessity of numerical computations in the analysis of the Navier-Stokes equations. More specifically, we consider two dimensional freely decaying flow and the Kolmogorov problem.

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  • Reynolds Number
  • Euler Equation
  • Bifurcation Diagram
  • Basic Solution
  • Dynamical System Theory

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Okamoto, H., Shōji, M., Katsurada, M. (1993). A computer-assisted analysis of the two dimensional Navier-Stokes equations. In: Komatsu, H. (eds) Functional Analysis and Related Topics, 1991. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1540. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0085488

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