About Renzo Ricca

An Introduction to Topological Fluid Dynamics

(7 lectures; 2018) Lecture 1: Fundamentals of Fluid Flows and Kinematic Transport Theorem Lecture 2: Conservation of Linear Momentum and Decomposition of Fluid Flows Lecture 3: Circulation and Vorticity Transport Equation September 26, 2018 Click on  to watch this video Duration: 1:31:26 Summary of the talk Lecture 4: Helmholtz’s Conservation Laws and Kinetic Helicity September … Continue reading

06/02/2022 Video Lectures

Keynote Lectures and Webinars

The Modern Legacy of Tait’s Knot Theory November 14, 2025TTalk given at the Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics of the University of Edinburgh. Click on  to watch this video Duration: 0:57:09 Summary of the talk A Topological Approach to Turbulence Cascade February 2, 2025Talk given at the “1st Online International Knot Theory Congress”. Click on  … Continue reading

06/02/2022 Video Lectures

Current Projects

(i) Structural complexity and dynamical systems Relationships between dynamical features and evolution of complex fluid systems such as vortex tangles and magnetic fields in terms of geometric, algebraic and topological information. Aims: to establish relations between dynamical aspects and morphological information by analytical means. (ii) Energy lower bounds on magnetic knots and links Identification of … Continue reading

30/01/2022 About me, Research