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Assume a nonzero invariant Loitsyansky integral, self-preserving large-scale correlations, and high-Reynolds number freely decaying isotropic turbulence. Then $I\propto u^2{\ell }^5$ and $-d(u^2)/dt\propto u^3/\ell$ imply the displayed decay and growth laws. The assumptions on correlation shape and the dissipation coefficient are needed in addition to conservation of the integral.

For a confined incompressible flow with no velocity flux across the boundary, an integrated divergence identity gives $⟨|\int \mathbf{x}\times \mathbf{u}dV{|}^2⟩=-\iint r^2⟨\mathbf{u}\cdot {\mathbf{u}}^{\prime }⟩dVd{V}^{\prime }$. In a large approximately homogeneous region with short correlations, the latter is approximately $VI$. Conservation of angular momentum in an isolated torque-free cloud then motivates conservation of the Loitsyansky integral. A fixed subvolume of infinite turbulence is not an isolated cloud: advective transport, pressure torques, wall stresses and long-range correlations can invalidate the argument.

The quadrupolar kernel of the pressure Poisson equation for incompressible flow allows mixed pressure-velocity correlations with an $r^{-3}$ tail. Its derivative in the evolution of a longitudinal triple correlation allows an $r^{-4}$ tail, potentially changing the Loitsyansky integral. The existence of a nonlocal kernel does not fix the tail coefficient or prevent cancellations. An isotropic mean pressure multipole can vanish while a mixed higher-order correlation remains nonzero.

Put $F(r)=r^4{u}^{3}K(r)$ and retain the scalar trace correlation $C(r)$. For radial functions the Laplacian is ${\nabla }^{2}C=r^{-2}(r^2{C}^{\prime }{)}^{\prime }$. 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 $F=u^3(a+b/r+\cdots )$ and hence $F^{\prime }/r\to 0$. Rapid enough decay of the trace correlation removes the viscous endpoint. ThereforeFor the Loitsyansky integral, multiplying by $-4\pi r^4$ gives the nonlinear contributionThe given tail removes $r{F}^{\prime }$ but permits a nonzero limit of $F$. 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.

Let $C(r)=⟨\mathbf{u}(\mathbf{x})\cdot \mathbf{u}(\mathbf{x}+\mathbf{r})⟩$, with zero mean velocity, and normalize the turbulent energy spectrum by ${\int }_0^{\infty }E(k)dk=⟨|\mathbf{u}{|}^2⟩/2$. Use the Fourier transform pairIsotropic turbulence makes the transform radial, while the energy normalization gives $E(k)=2\pi k^2\hat{C}(k)$. ThusAssume, for example, $\int (1+r^4)|C(r)|d^{3}r<\infty$, sufficient to control the remainder. Expanding the radial kernel gives $\sin (kr)/(kr)=1-k^2{r}^2/6+O(k^4{r}^4)$. With the Saffman integral $L=\int C(r)d^{3}r$ and Loitsyansky integral $I=-\int r^{2}C(r)d^{3}r$, this provesThe original PDF defines the two distinct integrals; the TeX aid accidentally repeats the definition of $I$ in place of $L$.

For a growing volume $V$, let ${\mathbf{P}}_V={\int }_V\mathbf{u}dV$ be its momentum per unit density. Statistical homogeneity givesFor volumes whose boundary-to-volume ratio tends to zero and integrable $C$, divide by $|V|$ and use dominated convergence:If the volume contains many weakly dependent eddies with uncompensated random impulses, the central limit theorem suggests root-mean-square total momentum proportional to $|V{|}^{1/2}$; its variance is extensive and $L$ is nonzero. This is a physical expectation, not a theorem for all turbulent fields: cancellation between cells can eliminate the extensive term.

In particular $L=0$ for an ensemble built from locally momentum-compensated eddies with zero net impulse, or when the complete incompressible velocity correlation tensor decays rapidly enough to have no longitudinal $r^{-3}$ tail. Merely imposing zero total momentum in one finite periodic box is insufficient to prove $L=0$ in an infinite-volume limit: the finite-box constraint fixes one global mode. Rapid decay of the trace $C$ alone is also insufficient; the individual tensor components can retain algebraic tails whose trace cancels.