Strange eigenmodes and decay of variance in the mixing of diffusive tracers

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 188, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 1-39

  Liu, Weijiu ^a   Haller, George ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusive mixing; Intertial manifolds; Strange eigenmodes

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); DIFFUSION; FUNCTIONS; LYAPUNOV METHODS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MIXING; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

DIFFUSIVE MIXING; DIFFUSIVE TRACERS;

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS;

EID: 0348107022     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2789(03)00287-2     Document Type: Article

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