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The dual Least Action Problem for an ideal, incompressible fluid

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Brenier, Y. The dual Least Action Problem for an ideal, incompressible fluid. Arch. Rational Mech. Anal. 122, 323–351 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00375139

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