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If the equations are only useful approximations anyway, why are edge case breakdowns so important or surprising like the article seems to indicate? If they are
by sundarurfriend 9y ago
If the equations are only useful approximations anyway, why are edge case breakdowns so important or surprising like the article seems to indicate? If they are as imprecise as Newton's laws, why are mathematicians looking for "unfailing" precision from them?
Or is the article simply wrong in the initial few paragraphs?
- foota 9y agoI think part of it is just mathematical interest, and maybe part of it is hope for more efficient or otherwise better approximations for fluid behavior.
- monochromatic 9y agoThe Clay problems are pure math problems. Any approximate application they have to the real world is just an accident.