Relative equilibria in the four vortex problem with two pairs of equal vorticities
Manuele Santoprete
Department of Mathematics, Wilfrid Laurier University
Date and time:
Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 4:00pm
Abstract:
The N-vortex problem concerns the dynamics of N point vortices moving in the plane. Of particular interest in this problem are solutions that appear fixed when viewed in an uniformly rotating frame. Such solutions are called relative equilibria. In this presentation we describe a complete classification of the relative equilibria in the four vortex problem with two pairs of equal vorticities.