Finite-time blowup conjecture for incompressible Euler flow on compact manifolds

Let (M,g)(M,g) be a compact Riemannian manifold of dimension d>2d>2. Let u:[0,T)Γ(TM)u:[0,T_*)\to\Gamma(TM) and p:[0,T)C(M)p:[0,T_*)\to C^\infty(M) be a smooth solution of the incompressible Euler equations

tuk+ujjuk=kp,kuk=0.\partial_t u^\mathrm{k}+u^\mathrm{j}\nabla_\mathrm{j}u^\mathrm{k}=-\nabla^\mathrm{k}p, \qquad \nabla_\mathrm{k}u^\mathrm{k}=0.

Finite-time blowup conjecture. There exists such a compact Riemannian manifold (M,g)(M,g), of some dimension d>2d>2, and such a smooth solution that cannot be smoothly continued to the finite blowup time T<T_*<\infty.

Finite-time singularity formation is a famous open problem even for the three-dimensional flat torus; this conjecture asks for an example on some compact Riemannian manifold and in some dimension greater than two.

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Terence Tao, “On the universality of the incompressible Euler equation on compact manifolds, II. Non-rigidity of Euler flows”, arXiv:1902.06313 (2019).

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