Anthropic mathematician calls today "the most significant moment in mathematical history" amid Navier-Stokes controversy
toptickcrypto · x · 2026-10-07
Anthropic mathematician Alexander Alpoge, in the middle of the Navier-Stokes controversy, posted that today is "the most significant moment in mathematical history." Arguing that past breakthroughs like proof, zero, and the computer unfolded over decades or centuries, he says blurring the last ten years together with today leaves nothing comparable.
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