An algorithm is presented for removing tightly folded hairpins in an evolving collection of vortex filaments. According to the recently developed polymeric models of turbulence, such removal provides a model of the effect of the small scales of turbulence. It results in a dynamic smoothing of vortex interactions and in a great reduction in the amount of labor required to sum them. The self-consistency of the model is exhibited numerically.
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