Comptes Rendus
no. 3
The legacy of Jean-Jacques Moreau in mechanics
Helicity
H. Keith Moffatt1
1 Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge, CB3 0WA, UK
Comptes Rendus. Mécanique, Volume 346 (2018) no. 3, pp. 165-169.

This short review is a contribution to an issue of Comptes Rendus Mécanique commemorating the scientific work of Jean-Jacques Moreau (1923–2014). His main contribution to fluid mechanics appeared in a brief paper in the Comptes Rendus à l'Académie des Sciences in 1961, but was not recognised till much later. It may now be seen as a significant milestone in advancing the theory of ideal fluid flow as described by Euler's equations.

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DOI : 10.1016/j.crme.2017.12.002
Mots clés : Knotted vortices, Magnetic relaxation, Dynamo
H. Keith Moffatt 1

1 Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge, CB3 0WA, UK 
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