Chinese-American Mathematician Thomas Hou Finds Singularity Invalidating Euler’s Equation

Chinese-American mathematician Thomas Yizhao Hou (Source: Department of Mathematics, Fu Jen Catholic University)

The famous Euler equations describe the flow of an ideal, incompressible fluid: a fluid with no viscosity or internal friction, that cannot be forced into a smaller volume. Almost all nonlinear fluid equations are derived from these. However, …