The paper examines potential issues or ambiguities in approaches to the Navier-Stokes existence and smoothness problem, one of the Clay Mathematics Institute's Millennium Prize Problems. It raises concerns about how certain mathematical techniques or translations between frameworks may overlook critical subtleties in the problem.
Background
The Navier-Stokes existence and smoothness problem is one of the seven Millennium Prize Problems, asking whether smooth solutions to the Navier-Stokes equations always exist in three dimensions. arXiv preprints on this topic frequently generate significant discussion in the mathematical community.
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- Oct 7, 2026 at 11:24 PM
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