Periodic orbits of the ABC flow with $A=B=C=1$

Abstract

In this paper, we prove that the ODE system $$ \begin{align*} \dot x &=\sin z+\cos y\\ \dot y &= \sin x+\cos z\\ \dot z &=\sin y + \cos x, \end{align*} $$ whose right-hand side is the Arnold-Beltrami-Childress (ABC) flow with parameters $A=B=C=1$, has periodic orbits on $(2\pi\mathbb T)^3$ with rotation vectors parallel to $(1,0,0)$, $(0,1,0)$, and $(0,0,1)$. An application of this result is that the well-known G-equation model for turbulent combustion with this ABC flow on $\mathbb R^3$ has a linear (i.e., maximal possible) flame speed enhancement rate as the amplitude of the flow grows.