Problems / differential-equations
differential-equations / Fluid dynamics; singularity formation for incompressible flow
Finite-time blowup for the 3D incompressible Euler equations with smooth forcing
Yes. Theorem 1.1: for every r0>0 and z0 there are a time T∗>0, a divergence-free axisymmetric u0∈Cc∞ supported in a fixed solid torus with nonzero swirl and zero meridional velocity, and an axisymmetric force f∈C∞(R3×[0,T∗]) supported in that torus, with a solution smooth on [0,T∗) for which circulation and meridional velocity stay bounded while ∥∇Γ(t)∥∞ and ∥ω(t)∥∞ tend to infinity and ∫0T∗∥ω(t)∥∞dt=∞, so the blowup is genuine by Beale-Kato-Majda. It is unique among divergence-free locally space-time Lipschitz solutions with the same data, and competitors need not be axisymmetric. 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".