Fluid Dynamicists Need to Add Quantum Mechanics into their Toolbox
Wael Itani · HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) · 2021
The Navier-Stokes equations describing fluid dynamics predate the thorough development of thermodynamics, let alone quantum mechanics. This is disconcerting given the utility of the hydrodynamic interpretation in the latter field. In this piece, we motivate the modernization of the fluid dynamics field through the progress that has been made in quantum mechanics and quantum computing.