A subsequentially fast dynamo on ${\mathbb{T}}^3$

Abstract

We construct a smooth velocity field $u$ on ${\mathbb{R}}_{+}\times {\mathbb{T}}^3$ that exhibits kinematic dynamo action, causing exponential growth in solutions to the magnetohydrodynamic induction equation, with a rate that is uniform in diffusivity, for suitable sequences of diffusivity $\hat{I}{º}_j\to 0.$ We call this a subsequentially fast dynamo, giving dynamo behavior intermediate between a truly slow dynamo and a truly fast dynamo.

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