Mathematician on AI's purported S^6 complex structure proof: looks quite plausible
littmath · x · 2026-08-26
Mathematician Jacob Tsimerman (reshared with endorsement by littmath) commented substantively on the purported AI construction of a complex structure on S^6:
- He doesn't repost mathematics he isn't personally sure of, so he hasn't verified it, but wants to push back on the developing social media narrative.
- On cursory glance the construction looks quite plausible; if correct, it would be a major development in complex differential geometry, a central problem like the Unit Distance Conjecture was for combinatorics.
- He's not grieving — he's interested to learn more, reflecting serious mathematicians' openness to AI proofs.
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