Topology, braids and mixing in fluids

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1849, 2006, Pages 3251-3266

  Thiffeault, Jean Luc ^a   Finn, Matthew D ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Braids; Chaotic mixing; Topological chaos

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845667563     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2006.1899     Document Type: Article

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