What Is Navier-Stokes, the ‘Millennium’ Math Problem OpenAI Claims to Have Solved?

OpenAI announced today that it had solved the problem, one of seven “Millennium Problems” seen as among the most important in higher mathematics.

What Is Navier-Stokes, the ‘Millennium’ Math Problem OpenAI Claims to Have Solved?

TL;DR

  • OpenAI's latest AI technology has solved the Navier-Stokes existence and smoothness problem.
  • The Navier-Stokes problem is also known as "Navier-Stokes" for short by mathematicians.
  • It is one of the seven "Millennium Problems" designated by the Clay Mathematics Institute in 2000.
  • These problems were chosen to advance mathematics in the new millennium.