Mathematician Steven Strogatz uses ChatGPT to unpack what a Navier-Stokes singular solution means physically
stevenstrogatz · x · 2026-09-09
Mathematician Steven Strogatz posted a thread explaining that he chatted with ChatGPT on his walk to work to understand what a claimed singular solution to the Navier-Stokes equations would mean physically. He walks through a body of water started from a smooth state—no discontinuities or pathological features—and what the equations predict next, offering a popular-science take on the recent claim of a singular Navier-Stokes solution.
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