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arxiv: 1602.04745 · v1 · pith:SAZMDYVXnew · submitted 2016-02-15 · 🧮 math.DS · math-ph· math.DG· math.MP

Helicity is the only integral invariant of volume-preserving transformations

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We prove that any regular integral invariant of volume-preserving transformations is equivalent to the helicity. Specifically, given a functional $\mathcal I$ defined on exact divergence-free vector fields of class $C^1$ on a compact 3-manifold that is associated with a well-behaved integral kernel, we prove that $\mathcal I$ is invariant under arbitrary volume-preserving diffeomorphisms if and only if it is a function of the helicity.

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