Description

In long-time simulations of turbulence, symmetry considerations can be disposed
off in a few lines: In absence of boundary conditions, the Navier-Stokes equations are invariant under any 3D translation, 3D rotation, and inversion through the origin. For compact invariant solutions and their instabilities the symmetries play a paramount role, both for
their classification and for understanding the dynamics connecting them. We show that close to onset of turbulence there are five inequivalent isotropy subgroups of interest.

Written in collaboration with P. Cvitanovic and J.F. Gibson, Appendix C of http://ChaosBook.org/projects/Halcro... .