A generalized birkhoff-rott equation for two-dimensional active scalar problems

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 382-404

  Sun, Hui ^a   Uminsky, David ^a   Bertozzi, Andrea L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Active scalar problems; Biological swarming; Birkhoff Rott equation; Kelvin Helmholtz instability; Vortex density functions

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SWARMING; BIRKHOFF-ROTT EQUATION; HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITY; SCALAR PROBLEMS; VORTEX DENSITIES;

INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 84861413436     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/110819883     Document Type: Article

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