Mathematician Eva Miranda reveals a new proof that fluid motion can be Turing‑complete, making certain fluid paths undecidable. The episode explores the consequences for chaos theory, the Navier‑Stokes equations and the long‑standing ideas of Penrose and Tao.
- 00:00 - Introduction
- 01:10 - Expect the Unexpected
- 02:52 - Stories of Uncertainty
- 04:45 - The Impact of Alan Turing
- 06:35 - The Halting Problem Explained
- 09:29 - Limits of Mathematical Knowledge
- 12:40 - From Certainty to Uncertainty
- 16:19 - The Rubber Duck Phenomenon
- 19:29 - Unpredictability vs. Undecidability
- 20:18 - Classical Chaos and the Butterfly Effect
- 27:12 - Asteroids and Chaos Theory
- 34:32 - The Navier-Stokes Riddle
- 41:18 - The Cantor Set and Computation
- 46:18 - Bridging Discrete and Continuous
- 49:21 - Turing Completeness in Fluid Dynamics
- 1:02:39 - The Quest for Navier-Stokes Solutions
- 1:06:53 - The Role of Viscosity
- 1:12:09 - Hybrid Computers and Fluid Dynamics
- 1:26:57 - Unpredictability in Deterministic Systems
- 1:31:44 - The Future of Computational Models
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- Eva's Papers: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=werIoRQAAAAJ&hl=en
- Topological Kleene Field Theories [Paper]: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2503.16100
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