OpenAI claims agent-produced solution to 90-year-old Navier-Stokes Millennium Prize problem

StefanoGogioso · x · 2026-09-09

OpenAI says it has shared a solution to the Navier-Stokes Millennium Prize Problem — whether smooth 3D fluid motion described by the equations can break down — unresolved for 90 years. The proof was produced by a group of agents using a next-generation OpenAI model it claims is significantly more capable than GPT-6 Astra. Verification and peer review remain open questions.

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