differential-equations / Fluid dynamics; singularity formation for incompressible flow

Finite-time blowup for the inviscid Boussinesq system with smooth forcing

Yes. Blowup for the inviscid Boussinesq system on R2\mathbb R^2 with forces in C∞(R2×[0,T∗])C^\infty(\mathbb R^2\times[0,T_*]) in both equations, supported in one fixed spatial ball, from smooth compactly supported initial temperature and zero initial velocity. The temperature stays bounded while ∥∇θ(t)∥∞→∞\|\nabla\theta(t)\|_\infty\to\infty and the vorticity norm has infinite limsup as t↑T∗t\uparrow T_*. The solution is smooth on every closed interval before blowup and unique in a finite-energy Lipschitz class. This lifts the force from barely C1C^1 to fully smooth, and is the construction the Euler paper then builds on. Not the Clay Millennium problem: that problem is Navier-Stokes with viscosity, and Fefferman's official description states that the Euler equation "is not on the Clay Institute's list of prize problems".

45Significance / 100
1Frontier events
0Verification tasks
0Recorded attempts

Temporal state

Current frontier

No reconciled state yet.

Append-only history

Frontier timeline

differential-equationsSep 8, 2026Significance 45/100Registry: lean verified

Finite-time blowup for the inviscid Boussinesq system with smooth forcing

Prior state unknown→proved

Yes. Blowup for the inviscid Boussinesq system on R2\mathbb R^2 with forces in C∞(R2×[0,T∗])C^\infty(\mathbb R^2\times[0,T_*]) in both equations, supported in one fixed spatial ball, from smooth compactly supported initial temperature and zero initial velocity. The temperature stays bounded while ∥∇θ(t)∥∞→∞\|\nabla\theta(t)\|_\infty\to\infty and the vorticity norm has infinite limsup as t↑T∗t\uparrow T_*. The solution is smooth on every…

SourceReplayReproducedFormal proofStatement auditExternal checkExpert reviewPeer review

Research memory

Claims and attempts

Scoped claims

Source authenticated

Yes. Blowup for the inviscid Boussinesq system on R2\mathbb R^2 with forces in C∞(R2×[0,T∗])C^\infty(\mathbb R^2\times[0,T_*]) in both equations, supported in one fixed spatial ball, from smooth compactly supported initial temperature and zero initial velocity. The temperature stays bounded while ∥∇θ(t)∥∞→∞\|\nabla\theta(t)\|_\infty\to\infty and the vorticity norm has infinite limsup as t↑T∗t\uparrow T_*. The solution is smooth on every closed interval before blowup and unique in a finite-energy Lipschitz class. This lifts the force from barely C1C^1 to fully smooth, and is the construction the Euler paper then builds on. Not the Clay Millennium problem: that problem is Navier-Stokes with viscosity, and Fefferman's official description states that the Euler equation "is not on the Clay Institute's list of prize problems".

Yes. Blowup for the inviscid Boussinesq system on R2\mathbb R^2 with forces in C∞(R2×[0,T∗])C^\infty(\mathbb R^2\times[0,T_*]) in both equations, supported in one fixed spatial ball, from smooth compactly supported initial temperature and zero initial velocity. The temperature stays bounded while ∥∇θ(t)∥∞→∞\|\nabla\theta(t)\|_\infty\to\infty and the vorticity norm has infinite limsup as t↑T∗t\uparrow T_*. The solution is smooth on every closed interval before blowup and unique in a finite-energy Lipschitz class. This lifts the force from barely C1C^1 to fully smooth, and is the construction the Euler paper then builds on. Not the Clay Millennium problem: that problem is Navier-Stokes with viscosity, and Fefferman's official description states that the Euler equation "is not on the Clay Institute's list of prize problems".

Recorded attempts

Evidence graph

Connected research record