Finite-time blowup conjecture for the Navier–Stokes strain equation without advection

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Let SS be a mild solution of the Navier–Stokes strain equation without advection, with Sotag∈C([0,Tmax);Lst2)S otag\in C\left([0,T_{max});L^2_{st}\right), where Lst2L^2_{st} denotes the space of square-integrable strain fields. Finite-time blowup conjecture. There \exists such a solution with finite maximal time Tmax<+∞T_{max}<+\infty satisfying

lim⁡t→Tmax⁡∥S(⋅,t)∥L2=+∞.\lim_{t\to T_{\max}}\|S(\cdot,t)\|_{L^2}=+\infty.

The surrounding discussion presents this as a conjectural prediction based on the finite-time blowup known for the strain self-amplification model and the anticipated greater singularity of the case μ=1\mu=1; no proof or disproof is supplied.

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Evan Miller, “On the interaction of strain and vorticity for solutions of the Navier–Stokes equation”, arXiv:2407.02691 (2026).

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