AI Solves 20-Year-Old Crouzeix Conjecture via 16-Hour Autonomous GPT Run

Dr_Singularity · x · 2026-08-13

A neurosurgery resident with little formal advanced math training has successfully solved the Crouzeix conjecture, a major 20+ year old open problem in operator theory and matrix analysis, using LLMs.

The decisive theorem reportedly emerged from a 16-hour autonomous GPT-5.6 Sol run. Experts, including Michel Crouzeix himself, have reviewed the proof and believe it to be correct.

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