Strominger, Andrew E.Lysov, Vyacheslav2014-06-062014-06-062014Lysov, Vyacheslav. 2014. From Petrov-Einstein to Navier-Stokes. Doctoral dissertation, Harvard University.http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:11656http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:12274285The fluid/gravity correspondence relates solutions of the incompressible Navier-Stokes equation to metrics which solve the Einstein equations. We propose propose two possible approaches to establish this correspondence: perturbative expansion for shear modes and large mean curvature expansion for algebraically special metrics.en-USPhysicsAstrophysicsAdS/CFTFluid/gravityNavier-StokesString theoryThesis or Dissertation2014-06-06