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MATH Problem for the Day

Beckman Institute

$1 Million Millennium Problem #4

The Navier-Stokes Equations

~ A formula please ~

The Navier-Stokes equations would appear to be similar to the partial differential equations routinely solved by science and engineering undergraduate students. But to date, no one has a clue as to how to find a formula that solves this particular class of equations.

See Keith Devlin's "The Millennium Problems: The Seven Greatest Unsolved Puzzles of Our Time, Basic Books, 2002.

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