SUMMARY
The discussion centers on the assertion in the wiki article regarding Beltrami flows that the nonlinear terms are identically zero. The contributor demonstrates that these terms can be shown to cancel each other, leading to a linear equation. However, they question the reasoning behind the zero value of the terms, particularly how a vorticity vector being parallel to velocity results in parallel gradients equating to zero. The contributor proposes that the equation should be expressed as ##\displaystyle (\mathbf {v} \cdot \nabla ){\boldsymbol {\omega }}-({\boldsymbol {\omega }}\cdot \nabla )\mathbf {v} =0##, suggesting a deeper physical interpretation of the condition ##J_\mathbf{v} \cdot \mathbf{v} =\mathbf{0}##.
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