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CH1 · IRROTATIONAL
DIPOLE
two vortices — one machine
CH1 · IRROTATIONAL
STREAMLINE
the fluid remembers where it has been
CH1 · IRROTATIONAL
POTENTIAL
irrotational everywhere but the core
CH2 · CAROUSEL
CAROUSEL
four vortices — one eternal orbit
CH2 · CAROUSEL
VORTICITY
the curl of the velocity field
CH2 · CAROUSEL
HAMILTONIAN
energy conserved, path unpredictable
CH3 · TURBULENCE
TURBULENCE
the cascade from order to complexity
CH3 · TURBULENCE
MIXING
two fluid parcels that will never reunite
CH3 · TURBULENCE
INERTIA
the fluid that forgets its origin
CH4 · DISSOLUTION
VISCOSITY
every motion eventually stilled
CH4 · DISSOLUTION
DECAY
the last vortex unwinds alone
CH4 · DISSOLUTION
EQUILIBRIUM
the field that was always there