On the correspondence between Koopman mode decomposition, resolvent mode decomposition, and invariant solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations

TL;DR

This paper clarifies the relationships between Koopman mode decomposition, resolvent mode decomposition, and invariant solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations, emphasizing the role of symmetries and extending existing interpretations.

Contribution

It introduces a generalized framework linking Koopman and resolvent modes with invariant solutions, incorporating symmetry operations into dynamic mode decomposition.

Findings

Koopman and resolvent modes are connected through symmetry-invariant operators.

The spectrum of a spatio-temporal Koopman operator relates to traveling wave solutions.

Resolvent modes serve as optimal bases for representing Koopman modes.

Abstract

The relationship between Koopman mode decomposition, resolvent mode decomposition and exact invariant solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations is clarified. The correspondence rests upon the invariance of the system operators under symmetry operations such as spatial translation. The usual interpretation of the Koopman operator is generalised to permit combinations of such operations, in addition to translation in time. This invariance is related to the spectrum of a spatio-temporal Koopman operator, which has a travelling wave interpretation. The relationship leads to a generalisation of dynamic mode decomposition, in which symmetry operations are applied to restrict the dynamic modes to span a subspace subject to those symmetries. The resolvent is interpreted as the mapping between the Koopman modes of the Reynolds stress divergence and the velocity field. It is shown that the singular vectors of the resolvent (the resolvent modes) are the optimal basis in which to express the velocity field Koopman modes where the latter are not a priori known.