Rotation covariance and the averaged classical solution (sec:reduction:core) #
The forced Navier–Stokes system eq:nse:forced is covariant under the rigid rotations
Q_φ of CIV.rotZ: if (u, p, f) is a classical solution on the unit cylinder then so is
the rotated triple (ℛ_φ u, p ∘ Q_φ⁻¹, ℛ_φ f) (isClassicalSolutionOn_rotField). Design
note R8 records the reduction this feeds: since an axisymmetric u is fixed by every
ℛ_φ, averaging the rotated triples in φ over [0, 2π] replaces (u, p, f) by
(u, 𝒫p, 𝒫f), again a classical solution (isClassicalSolutionOn_angularMean), with an
axisymmetric, C²-bounded force when the original force was C²-bounded
(forceC2Bounded_angularMean).
The derivative of the rotated field #
The derivative of rotField with respect to the space variable.
rotField at a fixed angle is C¹ on the unit cylinder whenever u is.
The spatial partial derivative of a scalar field composed with a rotation of the point
is the corresponding partial derivative of the field at the rotated point, in the rotated
direction. Unconditional: no regularity hypothesis on g is needed.
The time derivative of the rotated field #
The time derivative of rotField, component 0.
The time derivative of rotField, component 1.
The time derivative of rotField, component 2.
The spatial derivatives of the rotated field #
A spatial partial derivative of rotField, component 0.
A spatial partial derivative of rotField, component 1.
A spatial partial derivative of rotField, component 2.
The Laplacian of a rotated scalar field #
Differentiability, at a general fixed direction w (not necessarily a basis vector), of
the once-differentiated slice of a C² field.
The second directional derivative of a C² scalar field, in directions v (outer) and
w (inner). Diagonal values at basis vectors recover spatialSecondPartial
(hessAt_eq_spatialSecondPartial).
Equations
- CIV.hessAt g t x v w = (fderiv ℝ (fun (y : CKN.Foundation.Parabolic.Vec3) => (fderiv ℝ (fun (y' : CKN.Foundation.Parabolic.Vec3) => g (y', t)) y) w) x) v
Instances For
The Laplacian (sum of second Cartesian partial derivatives) of a C² scalar field
composed with a rotation of the point is the Laplacian of the field at the rotated point:
the trace of the Hessian is invariant under the orthogonal map rotZ.
ContDiffOn of a component of u composed with a rotation of the point.
The convective and divergence terms of the rotated system #
Rotation covariance of the Navier–Stokes equations #
The Navier–Stokes equations are covariant under rigid rotations of the spatial
coordinates (sec:reduction:core, design note R8). For any angle φ, if (u, p, f)
solves the forced Navier–Stokes equations on the unit cylinder, then the rotated triple
(ℛ_φ u, p ∘ Q_φ⁻¹, ℛ_φ f) also solves them.
The averaged classical solution #
The angular mean of a C^n scalar field on the unit cylinder is C^n there.
For a C¹ scalar field, a spatial partial derivative of the angular mean is the
angular mean of the corresponding spatial partial derivatives of the rotated fields: the
derivative passes under the angular integral.
A component of the angular mean of a C^∞ vector field is the angular mean of the
corresponding component of the rotated fields.
Pointwise agreement of two scalar fields on the unit cylinder transports a spatial partial derivative.
The angular mean of a classical solution with axisymmetric velocity is again a classical
solution, with pressure and force replaced by their angular means (sec:reduction:core,
design note R8). Since the velocity is fixed by every rotation, only the pressure and force
terms of the momentum equation change under averaging; the momentum and divergence equations
themselves are linear in (p, f) with u fixed, so they survive averaging over φ.
Corollaries #
The angular mean of a vector field is axisymmetric.