FM 96-4 

Author: Giovanni Gallavotti

Title: Equivalence of dynamical ensembles and Navier Stokes
equations

Abstract: a reversible version of the Navier Stokes
equation is studied.  A conjecture emerges stating
the equivalence between the reversible equation and
the usual Navier Stokes equation.  The latter
appears as a statement of ensembles equivalence in
the limit of infinite Reynolds number, which plays
the role of the thermodynamic limit.
 
Keywords: Strange attractors, Chaoticity principle,
Fluid mechanics, Navier-Stokes equation
 
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