Point vortex dynamics simulation

Version 1.2.0.0 (8,92 ko) par Tom Ashbee
Integration of N 2D point vortices in a cylinder, using an adaptive 4th order Runge-Kutta scheme.
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The point vortex model was introduced by Helmholtz in 1867 and it was subsequently proved by Lin in 1942 that the motion of N vortices in a bounded domain is a Hamiltonian system (sometime called the `Kirchhoff-Routh path function'). The statistical mechanics of the N vortices is remarkable due to the fact that the system exhibits negative temperature.
The integrator used is a custom adaptive 4th order Runge-Kutta scheme which ensures the convergence of vortex positions to below a tolerance parameter before advancing to the next time step. In this way the energy and angular momentum of the system (the only two invariants) are conserved to high precision.

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Tom Ashbee (2026). Point vortex dynamics simulation (https://fr.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/49103-point-vortex-dynamics-simulation), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Extrait(e) le .

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1.2.0.0

Similar to the previous update, the double sum in the energy (energy.m) has been completely replaced by vector operations. Gives O(2) speed up in energy calc (if N>100) => only really useful for microcanonical statistical mechanics calculations.
1.1.0.0

The double sum in the equations of motion (eqns_of_motion.m) has been completely replaced by vector operations. This gives speed improvements of around O(6).
1.0.0.0