Large Prandtl number behavior of the Boussinesq system of Rayleigh-Bénard convection

Abstract We establish the validity of the inifinite Prandtl number model as an approximation of the Boussinesq system at large Prandtl number on finite and infinite time interval, as well as in some statistical sense.

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