A Short and Simple Solution of the Millennium Problem about the Navier-Stokes Equations and Similarly for the Euler Equations

Constantine Konstantinos Kyritsis (1)

1 TEI - Technological Educational Institute of Epirus

This paper presents a very short solution to the 4th Millennium problem about the Navier-Stokes equations. The solution proves that there cannot be a blow up in finite or infinite time, and the local in time smooth solutions can be extended for all times, thus regularity. This happily is proved not only for the Navier-Stokes equations but also for the inviscid case of the Euler equations both for the periodic or non-periodic formulation and without external forcing (homogeneous case). The proof is based on an appropriate modified extension in the viscous case of the well-known Helmholtz-Kelvin-Stokes theorem of invariance of the circulation of velocity in the Euler inviscid flows. This is essentially a 1D line density of (rotatory) momentum conservation. We discover a similar 2D surface density of (rotatory) momentum conservation. These conservations are indispensable, besides to the ordinary momentum conservation, to prove that there cannot be a blow-up in finite time, of the point vorticities, thus regularity.

Mots clés: Incompressible Flows; Regularity; Blow-Up; Navier-Stokes Equations; Euler Equations; Clay Millennium Problem

Domaines: Mathématiques [math]; Physique [physics]

Constantine Konstantinos Kyritsis. A Short and Simple Solution of the Millennium Problem about the Navier-Stokes Equations and Similarly for the Euler Equations. Journal of Applied Mathematics and Physics, 2022, 10, pp.2538 - 2560. ⟨10.4236/jamp.2022.108172⟩. ⟨hal-03765480⟩