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Navier-Stokes equations

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In Theory

The Trouble With Turbulence

By Michael Moyer
January 28, 2019
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Turbulence is everywhere, yet it is one of the most difficult concepts for physicists to understand.

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fluid dynamics

Mathematicians Tame Turbulence in Flattened Fluids

By Joshua Sokol
June 27, 2018
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By squeezing fluids into flat sheets, researchers can get a handle on the strange ways that turbulence feeds energy into a system instead of eating it away.

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Abstractions blog

What Makes the Hardest Equations in Physics So Difficult?

By Kevin Hartnett
January 16, 2018
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The Navier-Stokes equations describe simple, everyday phenomena, like water flowing from a garden hose, yet they provide a million-dollar mathematical challenge.

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fluid dynamics

Mathematicians Find Wrinkle in Famed Fluid Equations

By Kevin Hartnett
December 21, 2017
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Two mathematicians prove that under certain extreme conditions, the Navier-Stokes equations output nonsense.

mathematical physics

Famous Fluid Equations Are Incomplete

By Natalie Wolchover
July 21, 2015
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A 115-year effort to bridge the particle and fluid descriptions of nature has led mathematicians to an unexpected answer.

Mathematics

For Persi Diaconis’ Next Magic Trick …

By Erica Klarreich
April 14, 2015
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A mathematician who has analyzed card shuffling for decades is tackling one final nemesis: “smooshing.”

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Mathematics

A Fluid New Path in Grand Math Challenge

By Erica Klarreich
February 24, 2014
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A daring speculation offers a potential way forward in one of the great unsolved problems of mathematics: the behavior of the Navier-Stokes equations for fluid flow.


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