Problems / differential-equations
differential-equations / Fluid dynamics; incompressible porous media equation
Finite-time blowup for the IPM equation with a uniformly space-time smooth force
Yes. Theorem 2.1: there are a smooth odd initial density ρin∈C∞(T2) of zero spatial mean, an odd force F∈C∞([0,1]×T2), and a solution smooth on [0,T] for every T<1 with ρ(t)→ρ∗ in Cη for every 0≤η<1, yet ∥∇ρ(t)∥∞ and ∥DxuT(ρ(t))∥∞ both diverging as t↑1. The advance over Córdoba and Martínez-Zoroa is precisely the force class, from Lt∞Cx∞ to uniformly space-time smooth, on the torus rather than the plane. 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".