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Turbulence under a Magnifying Glass

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Quantum Fields and Quantum Space Time

Part of the book series: NATO ASI Series ((NSSB,volume 364))

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This is an introductory course on the open problems of fully developed turbulence which present a long standing challenge for theoretical and mathematical physics. The plan of the course is as follows:

  • Lecture 1. Hydrodynamical equations. Existence of solutions. Statistical description. Kolmogorov scaling theory.

  • Lecture 2. Functional approach to turbulence, similarities and differences with field theory.

  • Lecture 3. Passive scalar and breakdown of the Kolmogorov theory.

  • Lecture 4. Inverse renormalization group.

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  1. I.H.E.S., C.N.R.S., Bures-sur-Yvette, 91440, France

    Krzysztof Gawȩdzki

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  1. University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Gerard ’t Hooft

  2. Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

    Arthur Jaffe

  3. University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Gerhard Mack

  4. CNRS, University of Montpellier 2, Montpellier, France

    Pronob K. Mitter

  5. Laboratory of Particle Physics, Annecy-le-Vieux, Annecy-le-Vieux, France

    Raymond Stora

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Gawȩdzki, K. (1997). Turbulence under a Magnifying Glass. In: ’t Hooft, G., Jaffe, A., Mack, G., Mitter, P.K., Stora, R. (eds) Quantum Fields and Quantum Space Time. NATO ASI Series, vol 364. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1801-7_6

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