Unsolved Mysteries: The Navier-Stokes Equations and the Million Dollar Prize

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The Navier-Stokes equations are one of the seven unsolved Millennium Prize Problems, each offering a reward of $1 million for a solution. To claim the prize, one must demonstrate the existence of a general solution in either 3-dimensional flat or toroidal space. The discussion highlights that the Poincaré conjecture has been solved by Grigori Perelman, yet he did not receive the prize due to his choice not to publish in a peer-reviewed journal. Consequently, only six of the Millennium Prize Problems remain unsolved, with a total of $6 million available for these challenges.

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Do the navier-stokes equations inlude the seven that have not been solved and, if you successfully solve them, you get a prize of $1 Million per equation?

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You need to satisfy one of the four statements in the prize description, basically proving whether a completely general solution exists in 3-dimensional flat or torus space (4 possibilities). I imagine you are referring to the seven problems, each of them awarded $1M. Actually, the Poincare conjecture (and much more) has been proven by Perelman but to my knowledge he was not awarded the prize, presumably because he did not publish in a peer-reviewed journal, but also possibly because he declined the Fields medal. So my guess is that only $6M remain for you.
 

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