AnalysisScienceJuly 20, 2026
Claude Fable 5 disproves 87-year-old Jacobian conjecture

Claude Fable 5 produced a hand-checkable counterexample to the Jacobian conjecture, an 87-year-old open problem. The conjecture dates to 1939 and is #16 on Smale's list of top 18 math problems for the 21st century.