%0 Journal Article %T Continuous spectrum of the 3D Euler equation is a solid annulus %A Roman Shvydkoy %J Mathematics %D 2010 %I arXiv %X In this note we give a description of the continuous spectrum of the linearized Euler equations in three dimensions. Namely, for all but countably many times $t\in \R$, the continuous spectrum of the evolution operator $G_t$ is given by a solid annulus with radii $e^{t\mu}$ and $e^{t M}$, where $\mu$ and $M$ are the smallest and largest, respectively, Lyapunov exponents of the corresponding bicharacteristic-amplitude system of ODEs. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1010.4756v1