Stability

Stability of Point Vortices on the sphere

These figures and explanations supplement the paper by Frédéric Laurent-Polz, James Montaldi and Mark Roberts

Ring \(C_{nv}(R)\)

Ring + pole \(C_{nv}(R,p)\)

Aligned rings \(C_{nv}(2R)\)

Staggered rings \(C_{nv}(R,R')\)

Ring + 2poles \(C_{nv}(R,2p)\)