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Finite-time blowup for the 3D incompressible Euler equations with smooth forcing

Yes. Theorem 1.1: for every r0>0r_0>0 and z0z_0 there are a time T∗>0T_*>0, a divergence-free axisymmetric u0∈Cc∞u_0\in C_c^\infty supported in a fixed solid torus with nonzero swirl and zero meridional velocity, and an axisymmetric force f∈C∞(R3×[0,T∗])f\in C^\infty(\mathbb R^3\times[0,T_*]) supported in that torus, with a solution smooth on [0,T∗)[0,T_*) for which circulation and meridional velocity stay bounded while ∥∇Γ(t)∥∞\|\nabla\Gamma(t)\|_\infty and ∥ω(t)∥∞\|\omega(t)\|_\infty tend to infinity and ∫0T∗∥ω(t)∥∞ dt=∞\int_0^{T_*}\|\omega(t)\|_\infty\,dt=\infty, 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".

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Finite-time blowup for the 3D incompressible Euler equations with smooth forcing

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Yes. Theorem 1.1: for every r0>0r_0>0 and z0z_0 there are a time T∗>0T_*>0, a divergence-free axisymmetric u0∈Cc∞u_0\in C_c^\infty supported in a fixed solid torus with nonzero swirl and zero meridional velocity, and an axisymmetric force f∈C∞(R3×[0,T∗])f\in C^\infty(\mathbb R^3\times[0,T_*]) supported in that torus, with a solution smooth on [0,T∗)[0,T_*) for which circulation and meridional velocity stay bounded while…

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Yes. Theorem 1.1: for every r0>0r_0>0 and z0z_0 there are a time T∗>0T_*>0, a divergence-free axisymmetric u0∈Cc∞u_0\in C_c^\infty supported in a fixed solid torus with nonzero swirl and zero meridional velocity, and an axisymmetric force f∈C∞(R3×[0,T∗])f\in C^\infty(\mathbb R^3\times[0,T_*]) supported in that torus, with a solution smooth on [0,T∗)[0,T_*) for which circulation and meridional velocity stay bounded while ∥∇Γ(t)∥∞\|\nabla\Gamma(t)\|_\infty and ∥ω(t)∥∞\|\omega(t)\|_\infty tend to infinity and ∫0T∗∥ω(t)∥∞ dt=∞\int_0^{T_*}\|\omega(t)\|_\infty\,dt=\infty, 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".

Yes. Theorem 1.1: for every r0>0r_0>0 and z0z_0 there are a time T∗>0T_*>0, a divergence-free axisymmetric u0∈Cc∞u_0\in C_c^\infty supported in a fixed solid torus with nonzero swirl and zero meridional velocity, and an axisymmetric force f∈C∞(R3×[0,T∗])f\in C^\infty(\mathbb R^3\times[0,T_*]) supported in that torus, with a solution smooth on [0,T∗)[0,T_*) for which circulation and meridional velocity stay bounded while ∥∇Γ(t)∥∞\|\nabla\Gamma(t)\|_\infty and ∥ω(t)∥∞\|\omega(t)\|_\infty tend to infinity and ∫0T∗∥ω(t)∥∞ dt=∞\int_0^{T_*}\|\omega(t)\|_\infty\,dt=\infty, 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".

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