OpenAI officially announces solution to 90-year-old Navier-Stokes problem
ctjlewis · x · 2026-09-09
OpenAI's official account announced a solution to the Navier-Stokes Millennium Prize Problem — one of the deepest problems at the frontier of mathematics, concerning whether the equations describing smooth 3D fluid motion can break down, unresolved for roughly 90 years.
The proof was produced by a group of agents using an OpenAI next-generation model significantly more capable than GPT-6 Astra. Greg Brockman called it a major milestone for both AI and mathematics, pointing to an upcoming renaissance in scientific discovery and better understanding of non-linear PDEs.
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