Representation of volume-preserving maps induced by solenoidal vector fields
- 1 March 1985
- journal article
- letter
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics of Fluids
- Vol. 28 (3) , 1005-1007
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.865093
Abstract
A general representation of finite‐volume‐preserving maps induced by solenoidal vector fields in periodic cylinders is derived. An important special case is the area preserving Hamiltonian maps which include the standard mapping. Applications to computational problems in plasma physics are briefly indicated.Keywords
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