Anomalous Dissipation and the Turbulent Cascade: A Variational Free-Energy Derivation of Kolmogorov Scaling

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Main Author: Geiger, Lukas
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contents A variational principle yields the Kolmogorov energy spectrum as the unique minimiser of a scale-resolved free-energy functional. Anomalous dissipation follows under the Downhill Flux Condition (DFC). The DFC hierarchy provides a concrete DNS falsification protocol. Published in English and German. <p><strong>Changelog:</strong> </p><h3>Changes in Version 1.1 (March 2026)</h3><p>Numerical validation + new theoretical results.</p><ul><li><strong>Major:</strong> Numerical verification of Theorem 3.1: F[E_K41]=0 exactly, 300/300 perturbation tests confirm strict convexity</li><li><strong>Major:</strong> DFC recast as energetic stability class (not pointwise axiom)</li><li><strong>Major:</strong> Finite-N spectral gap via shell-model Markov structure (GOY/SABRA)</li><li><strong>Minor:</strong> AI disclosure, location standardized, De Lellis-Brue bibitem</li><li><strong>DE/EN:</strong> Both versions synchronized</li></ul><p></p>
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spellingShingle Anomalous Dissipation and the Turbulent Cascade: A Variational Free-Energy Derivation of Kolmogorov Scaling
Geiger, Lukas
A variational principle yields the Kolmogorov energy spectrum as the unique minimiser of a scale-resolved free-energy functional. Anomalous dissipation follows under the Downhill Flux Condition (DFC). The DFC hierarchy provides a concrete DNS falsification protocol. Published in English and German. <p><strong>Changelog:</strong> </p><h3>Changes in Version 1.1 (March 2026)</h3><p>Numerical validation + new theoretical results.</p><ul><li><strong>Major:</strong> Numerical verification of Theorem 3.1: F[E_K41]=0 exactly, 300/300 perturbation tests confirm strict convexity</li><li><strong>Major:</strong> DFC recast as energetic stability class (not pointwise axiom)</li><li><strong>Major:</strong> Finite-N spectral gap via shell-model Markov structure (GOY/SABRA)</li><li><strong>Minor:</strong> AI disclosure, location standardized, De Lellis-Brue bibitem</li><li><strong>DE/EN:</strong> Both versions synchronized</li></ul><p></p>
title Anomalous Dissipation and the Turbulent Cascade: A Variational Free-Energy Derivation of Kolmogorov Scaling
url https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19087413