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Self-similar scaling in the collapse of perturbed anti-parallel vortex tubes towards a singularity of the three-dimensional, incompressible Euler equations is shown. Histograms of the normalized β-strain have a sharp peak at a positive value of about 0.4.
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Kerr, R.M. (1993). Scaling of a Singularity of Euler. In: Caflisch, R.E., Papanicolaou, G.C. (eds) Singularities in Fluids, Plasmas and Optics. NATO ASI Series, vol 404. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2022-7_9
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