Stability of Thomson's configurations of vortices on a sphere (Q5938492)
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1622464
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1622464 |
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Stability of Thomson's configurations of vortices on a sphere (English)
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22 July 2001
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Thomson's configuration of vortices on a sphere is a system of \(N\) vortices which form regular \(N\)-polygon and rotate around the center of symmetry with constant velocity. Here, the authors find sufficient conditions for Lyapunov stability of such a motion.
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vortex flow
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Thomson's configuration of vortices
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sphere
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sufficient conditions for Lyapunov stability
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