ChatGPT-5.6's 16-hour autonomous run credited in shockingly simple proof of Crouzeix's conjecture
FrnkNlsn · x · 2026-11-10
In July, Shanmu Jin published a preprint claiming to have solved Crouzeix's conjecture. A SIAM News commentary by Alex Townsend and Anne Greenbaum details the shockingly simple solution, whose key step came from a 16-hour autonomous run of ChatGPT-5.6 — another landmark case of AI autonomously contributing to significant mathematical research.
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