Reynolds operator
English
editEtymology
editThey were introduced into fluid dynamics by Osbourne Reynolds (1895) and named by J. Kampé de Fériet (1934, 1935, 1949).
Noun
editReynolds operator (plural Reynolds operators)
- (mathematics) A mathematical operator given by averaging something over a group action, satisfying a set of properties called Reynolds rules, and having applications in fluid dynamics and invariant theory.