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Mathematicians Tame Turbulence in Flattened Fluids
The atmospheres of giant planets such as Jupiter can be thought of as essentially two-dimensional structures.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/JunoCam
Turbulence, the splintering of smooth streams of fluid into chaotic vortices, doesn't just make for bumpy plane rides. It also throws a wrench into the very mathematics used to describe atmospheres, oceans and plumbing.
From Quanta Magazine
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