Re: Saturn hexagon revisited

On Aug 30, 10:12 pm, "Luigi Caselli"
<luigicase...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Well, I think it's a very good proof that we live in a Huge Computer
Simulation.
Some Big Programmer wants to enjoy himself creating this absurd shape.
Or maybe just a software bug...

An hexagonal pattern in the Saturn atmosphere is obviously completely
impossible if we live in a real world.

I cannot agree, Signor Caselli.

See Tomas Bohr's credentials
http://dcwww.camd.dtu.dk/~tbohr/

then look at pictures and descriptions of his work
on rotating polygons:
http://dcwww.camd.dtu.dk/~tbohr/RotatingPolygon/
http://www.nature.com/news/2006/060515/full/060515-17.html

See also work that has been done on polygonal
patterns in vortices, e.g. L. G. Kurakin and V. I.
Yudovich, "The stability of stationary rotation of a
regular vortex polygon",
http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&id=CHAOEH000012000003000574000001&idtype=cvips&gifs=yes

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