On the quest for generalized Hamiltonian descriptions of 3D3D-flows generated by curl of a vector potential

preprint2019arXivOpen access

Abstract

We study Hamiltonian analysis of three-dimensional advection flow x˙=v(x)\mathbf{\dot{x}}=\mathbf{v}({\bf x}) of incompressible nature ∇⋅v=0\nabla \cdot {\bf v} ={\bf 0} assuming that dynamics is generated by the curl of a vector potential v=∇×A\mathbf{v} = \nabla \times \mathbf{A}. More concretely, we elaborate Nambu-Hamiltonian and bi-Hamiltonian characters of such systems under the light of vanishing or non-vanishing of the quantity A⋅∇×A\mathbf{A} \cdot \nabla \times \mathbf{A}. We present an example (satisfying A⋅∇×A≠0\mathbf{A} \cdot \nabla \times \mathbf{A} \neq 0) which can be written as in the form of Nambu-Hamiltonian and bi-Hamiltonian formulations. We present another example (satisfying A⋅∇×A=0\mathbf{A} \cdot \nabla \times \mathbf{A} = 0) which we cannot able to write it in the form of a Nambu-Hamiltonian or bi-Hamiltonian system. On the hand, this second example can be manifested in terms of Hamiltonian one-form and yields generalized or vector Hamiltonian equations x˙i=−εijk∂ηj/∂xk\dot{x}_i = - ε_{ijk}{\partial η_j}/{\partial x_k}.

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