A practical form of Lagrange-Hamilton theory for ideal fluids and plasmas

Journal of Plasma Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 211-252

  Larsson, Jonas ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID DYNAMICS; HAMILTONIANS; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; LINEAR ALGEBRA; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; VECTORS;

MATHEMATICAL FORMALISM; MATHEMATICAL STRUCTURES; SELF-CONTAINED FORMULATION;

PLASMAS;

EID: 4243091770     PISSN: 00223778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022377803002290     Document Type: Article

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