OpenAI's 8-page Siegel zeros proof followed by Kerr's 6-page and Green's 5-page versions
thebasepoint · x · 2026-10-19
Mathematician Obhishek Saha notes how short the no-Siegel-zeros proof is: OpenAI's original was 8 pages (Banks' detailed exposition 19), then Kerr produced a 6-page proof and Green a 5-page follow-up. While OpenAI's Quasi-Riemann Hypothesis proof drew bigger headlines, no-Siegel-zeros is a vital classical analytic number theory problem that had sat open for years — with the consensus being few were actively working on it. Comment: many open problems were 'obvious' relative to AI.
Related event: OpenAI's Siegel zero proof shrinks to five pages(2 posts)→
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