AnalysisScienceSeptember 22, 2026

OpenAI's Navier-Stokes proof questioned by mathematicians

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OpenAI's 166-page LLM-generated proof, posted in early September, solved a variant of the Navier-Stokes problem that mathematicians call disconnected from reality. Three mathematicians later showed the method can never extend to the full problem.

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