Non-uniqueness of smooth solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations from almost the same initial conditions
Analysis of PDEs
2026-02-17 v1 Numerical Analysis
Numerical Analysis
Chaotic Dynamics
Computational Physics
Fluid Dynamics
Abstract
Using clean numerical simulation (CNS) which can give very accurate spatiotemporal trajectory of Navier-Stokes turbulence in a finite but long enough interval of time, we give some numerical evidences that the Navier-Stokes equations admit distinct global solutions from almost the same initial conditions whose difference is very small, i.e. even at the order of magnitude. Hopefully these examples could provide some enlightenments for the uniqueness and existence of Navier-Stokes equations, which are related to one Millennium Prize Problem of Clay Institute.
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@article{arxiv.2602.12666,
title = {Non-uniqueness of smooth solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations from almost the same initial conditions},
author = {Shijun Liao and Shijie Qin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.12666},
year = {2026}
}
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8 pages, 3 figures