The Handbook of Mathematical Fluid Dynamics is a compendium of essays that provides a survey of the major topics in the subject. Each article traces developments, surveys the results of the past decade, discusses the current state of knowledge and presents major future directions and open problems. Extensive bibliographic material is provided. The book is intended to be useful both to experts in the field and to mathematicians and other scientists who wish to learn about or begin research in mathematical fluid dynamics. The Handbook illuminates an exciting subject that involves rigorous mathematical theory applied to an important physical problem, namely the motion of fluids.

The Handbook of Mathematical Fluid Dynamics is a compendium of essays that provides a survey of the major topics in the subject. Each article traces developments, surveys the results of the past decade, discusses the current state of knowledge and presents major future directions and open problems. Extensive bibliographic material is provided. The book is intended to be useful both to experts in the field and to mathematicians and other scientists who wish to learn about or begin research in mathematical fluid dynamics. The Handbook illuminates an exciting subject that involves rigorous mathematical theory applied to an important physical problem, namely the motion of fluids.

This is the fourth volume in a series of survey articles covering many aspects of mathematical fluid dynamics, a vital source of open mathematical problems and exciting physics.

Providing professionals in the field with a comprehensive guide and resource, this book balances three traditional areas of fluid mechanics - theoretical, computational, and experimental - and expounds on basic science and engineering techniques. Each chapter discusses the primary issues related to the topic in question, outlines expert approaches, and supplies references for further information.

Cover -- Contents of the Handbook: Volume 1 -- Content -- Preface -- List of Contributors -- Chapter 1. Statistical Hydrodynamics -- Chapter 2. Topics on Hydrodynamics and Volume Preserving Maps -- Chapter 3. Weak Solutions of Incompressible Euler Equations -- Chapter 4. Near Identity Transformations for the Navier-Stokes Equations -- Chapter 5. Planar Navier-Stokes Equations: Vorticity Approach -- Chapter 6. Attractors of Navier-Stokes Equations -- Chapter 7. Stability and Instability in Viscous Fluids -- Chapter 8. Localized Instabilities in Fluids -- Chapter 9. Dynamo Theory -- Chapter 10. Water-Waves as a Spatial Dynamical System -- Chapter 11. Solving the Einstein Equations by Lipschitz Continuous Metrics: Shock Waves in General Relativity -- Author Index -- Subject Index