
The Mysterious Math of Turbulence
The Quanta Podcast
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Navigating Fluid Dynamics and Chaos
This chapter explores the Navier-Stokes equations that describe fluid motion and the challenges posed by turbulence and chaos theory. It highlights the unpredictability of fluid behavior in forecasting systems like weather and addresses the significant mathematical implications of these equations, tied to a major open problem in mathematics.
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