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title: 'SOLVED: Navier-Stokes cracked by AI - Numberphile'
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source: youtube-com-numberphile
published: 2026-09-18T15:33:48Z
updated: 2026-09-18T15:38:01Z
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- Numberphile
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  Tony Padilla on how AI cracked Navier-Stokes - with a bit of controversy of course. Extra footage at https://youtu.be/aom4269UgSM
  More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓

  More Tony Padilla videos - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWL8KAJKO3WfHhJcWrJfjgfU

  Tony is a professor at the University of Nottingham

  Our previous Navier-Stokes and Reynolds Number videos with Tom Crawford:
  https://youtu.be/ERBVFcutl3M
  https://youtu.be/wtIhVwPruwY

  OpenAI on its solution to the Navier-Stokes Problem: https://openai.com/index/navier-stokes-solution/

  OpenAI paper: https://cdn.openai.com/pdf/32d9f210-8b73-45e0-91bc-82a30aef8a9a/navier-stokes.pdf

  There’s already a Wiki article about the controversy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navier%E2%80%93Stokes_priority_controversy

  Tristan Buckmaster statement: https://cims.nyu.edu/~tristanb/statement.pdf

  An Open Letter from concerned mathematicians: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1N6ThWhupvmH0ofSnaxqnLEMfSTQX5cTLyTMYG27ID-w

  Tony Padilla's book Fantastic Numbers and Where to Find Them - https://amzn.to/3VywNyy

  Fields Medallist videos, including interviews with Fefferman and Tao: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWIDErJihuPX2S7E-0rnkaeu

  Support Numberphile on Patreon (and access bonus material): http://www.patreon.com/numberphile

  Numberphile is supported by Jane Street. Learn more about them (and exciting career opportunities) at: https://bit.ly/numberphile-janestreet

  We are also grateful for support from the Ben Delo Foundation - https://delo.org/

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Tony Padilla on how AI cracked Navier-Stokes - with a bit of controversy of course. Extra footage at https://youtu.be/aom4269UgSM\
More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓

More Tony Padilla videos - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWL8KAJKO3WfHhJcWrJfjgfU

Tony is a professor at the University of Nottingham

Our previous Navier-Stokes and Reynolds Number videos with Tom Crawford:\
https://youtu.be/ERBVFcutl3M\
https://youtu.be/wtIhVwPruwY

OpenAI on its solution to the Navier-Stokes Problem: https://openai.com/index/navier-stokes-solution/

OpenAI paper: https://cdn.openai.com/pdf/32d9f210-8b73-45e0-91bc-82a30aef8a9a/navier-stokes.pdf

There’s already a Wiki article about the controversy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navier%E2%80%93Stokes\_priority\_controversy

Tristan Buckmaster statement: https://cims.nyu.edu/~tristanb/statement.pdf

An Open Letter from concerned mathematicians: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1N6ThWhupvmH0ofSnaxqnLEMfSTQX5cTLyTMYG27ID-w

Tony Padilla's book Fantastic Numbers and Where to Find Them - https://amzn.to/3VywNyy

Fields Medallist videos, including interviews with Fefferman and Tao: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWIDErJihuPX2S7E-0rnkaeu

Support Numberphile on Patreon (and access bonus material): http://www.patreon.com/numberphile

Numberphile is supported by Jane Street. Learn more about them (and exciting career opportunities) at: https://bit.ly/numberphile-janestreet

We are also grateful for support from the Ben Delo Foundation - https://delo.org/

NUMBERPHILE\
Website: http://www.numberphile.com/

Videos by Brady Haran

Numberphile T-Shirts and Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/numberphile

Brady's videos subreddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/BradyHaran/

Brady's latest videos across all channels: http://www.bradyharanblog.com/

Sign up for (occasional) emails: http://eepurl.com/YdjL9