Finite-time blowup conjecture for axisymmetric swirl-free Euler flow in dimensions at least four

Let u0ot0u^0 ot\equiv 0 belong to Has&dfs(Rd)H^s_{as\&df}(\mathbb{R}^d), where d4d\geq 4 and s>1+d2s>1+\frac{d}{2}, and let ω0\omega^0 be its associated vorticity. Assume that ω0\omega^0 is odd in zz and satisfies ω0(r,z)0\omega^0(r,z)\geq 0 for all z>0z>0. Let

uC([0,Tmax);Hdfs(Rd))C1([0,Tmax),Hdfs1(Rd))u\in C\left([0,T_{\max}); H^s_{df}(\mathbb{R}^d) \right) \cap C^1\left([0,T_{\max}),H^{s-1}_{df}(\mathbb{R}^d)\right)

be the smooth Euler solution with initial data u0u^0. Finite-time blowup conjecture. The maximal existence time satisfies Tmax<+T_{\max}<+\infty, so the solution blows up in finite time. The preceding sign and monotonicity results motivate this conjecture, but the finite-time singularity formation claim in dimensions at least four remains open.

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Evan Miller and Tai-Peng Tsai, “On the regularity of axisymmetric, swirl-free solutions of the Euler equation in four and higher dimensions”, arXiv:2204.13406 (2026).

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