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Well now we know you CANT find arbitrarily close approximations in all cases because there is no true function to…
We’re getting outside my domain of expertise. Like I said, I don’t personally work on fluid dynamics – I work…
Nobody uses the NS equations to find their *real actual solutions* in engineering problems. They use approximations. The math question…
Currently I don’t see a reply button to Mark’s post, so I’m replying to my own. This is a reply…
A huge amount of the Manhattan project was fluid dynamics. But the relevant question isnt how much has been spent…
As far as I am aware, your understanding of Navier-Stokes is correct. They created an example where Navier-Stokes breaks down…
Yeah, that comment by Tshilidzi Marwala at Unu.edu had ironically the hallmarks of AI, but nevertheless I thought it made…
Details about disgraceful recent events here and here. Please sign the petition in support of the Hungarian philosophers here. (After your name and e-mail, the first line asks for your "occupation" the second for your place of work.)
A letter from scholars associated with the New School for Social Research (where Agnes Heller, a primary target of the attacks in Hungary, is Professor Emerita) is here.
(Thanks to Matthias Katzer and Raphael Neves for the pointers.)
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