100+ Mathematicians Respond to OpenAI's 'Almost Unbelievable' Quasi-Riemann Result
latticecut · x · 2026-10-09
The Proofs and Prompts blog has collected short reactions from 100+ mathematicians to OpenAI's October 6 announcement, signed by name only and still open for another week.
- Tim Santens: the results are "almost unbelievable" — Quasi-Riemann seemed like complete science fiction; regardless of how one judges AI labs, mathematics as a research discipline faces massive transformation.
- Roman Sauer: was stunned to find his own ergodic-theory trick, used in papers with Sabine Braun (later extended by Hannah Alpert), reappearing in OpenAI's "deeply creative" solutions to problems 207 and 335 — two vastly different problems. His takeaway: mathematicians must radically expand what they think a mathematician is and does, rather than defensively narrowing focus.
- The collection mixes general reflections with problem-specific comments, and the thread's author notes the story has finally hit mainstream media.
Related event: Mathematicians Call for Boycott of OpenAI Over Mass Release of Proofs(40 posts)→
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