Tao's finite-time singularity conjecture for incompressible Euler flow

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Let (M,g)(M,\mathsf{g}) be a closed, compact Riemannian manifold without boundary, and let (u,p)(u,p) be a smooth solution of the incompressible Euler equations on MM. Tao's conjecture. There exists a choice of (M,g)(M,\mathsf{g}) and a smooth solution (u,p)(u,p) that cannot be extended indefinitely forwards in time. The conjecture asks whether smooth incompressible Euler flow can develop a finite-time singularity on some closed Riemannian manifold; related finite-time breakdown results are known for weaker regularity and in computationally assisted settings, but the asserted smooth example remains unresolved.

References

Primary source

Timothy Buttsworth and Max Orchard, “Incompressible Euler fluids on compact cohomogeneity one manifolds”, arXiv:2604.07943 (2026).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2022–2026). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:2212.00153.

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