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

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.

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Primary source

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

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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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