AnalysisScienceAugust 14, 2026

Neurosurgeon proves Crouzeix's conjecture using ChatGPT

Beijing neurosurgeon Jin Shanmu proved Crouzeix's conjecture, a decades-old problem in numerical linear algebra, using a 16-hour autonomous run on GPT-5.6-Sol on the ChatGPT Work platform. He stumbled into the problem while researching brain ultrasounds.

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