Rumor: Claude may have solved Navier–Stokes, with paper out for expert review

inductionheads · x · 2026-09-05

Andrew Curran predicts Anthropic has solved a Millennium Prize Problem — specifically that Claude has cracked Navier–Stokes existence and smoothness, with the proof now out for expert review, and bets an announcement comes before the IPO.

Mathematician Elliot Glazer replied that he guesses it's true, admitting limited inside knowledge but pointing to Terence Tao's thread for context. Entirely unverified speculation, but a landmark claim for AI mathematics if it holds.

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