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pizza
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Hilbert's sixth problem: derivation of fluid equat...
> 3. There are no applications outside of potentially other pure math research.
I would feel remiss not to say: such statements rarely hold
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In this case, what the research says is that the approximations we have already been using for a long time are correct. "You're already right, keep doing what you're doing!" is not generally something people consider a "practical application".
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I would feel remiss not to say: such statements rarely hold