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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2008 iii Paper 87 1 ii Solution by
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Put and retain the scalar trace correlation . For radial functions the Laplacian is . Multiplying the trace Kármán-Howarth equation by the radial volume element and integrating givesRegularity at the origin removes the lower endpoints. The stated triple-correlation tail gives and hence . Rapid enough decay of the trace correlation removes the viscous endpoint. ThereforeFor the Loitsyansky integral, multiplying by gives the nonlinear contributionThe given tail removes but permits a nonzero limit of . The viscous contribution isHere the stronger weighted endpoints vanish under the assumed sufficiently rapid correlation decay. Combining the terms yieldsThe conserved Saffman integral measures the density of large-volume momentum fluctuations established in part (i). Internal interactions redistribute momentum without changing that leading extensive variance when forcing and far-field momentum fluxes are absent. This is a statistical expression of linear momentum conservation, not the assertion that kinetic energy is conserved during viscous decay.
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