IS THE HUBBLE FLOW A RESULT OF INVERSE CASCADE

A few general characteristics of nonlinear open systems are described. A turbulent fluid is one such system which exhibits order by supporti ng structures in an otherwise random medium through the transfer of en ergy from small spatial scales to large spatial scales. The spatial di stribution of energy so derived is found to account well for two dispa rate situations like the solar granulation and the rotation curves of galaxies. Encouraged by these successes, one wonders if the spatial di stribution of energy at the largest scales, i.e. V(L) proportional to L has anything to do with the Hubble flow.