He predicted Navier-Stokes would fall first — didn't bet on the bitter controversy
geoffreyirving · x · 2026-09-09
Researcher Geoffrey Irving reflects: he had long predicted Navier-Stokes would be the first Millennium Prize problem to fall — right on the math, wrong on the aftermath, which arrived with bitter controversy. He now registers a vague prediction that his Riemann hypothesis bet with @littmath might also be resolved amid controversy, though he can't quantify the odds.
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