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title: 'Breaking Maths News: what''s going on with millennium maths problems?'
link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c79PsbkHw4A
source: youtube-com-standupmaths
published: 2026-09-21T12:00:07Z
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summary: "Want more of the Matt tries to go on vacation saga, come right this way:\nhttps://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAM2CyOxpaIo&si=0l3U1rKdBv0Vw3mX\n\nThe initial Tristan Buckmaster post on Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@tristanbuckmaster/117233413705701198\n\nOpenAI announcement about Navier Stokes: \nhttps://openai.com/index/navier-stokes-solution/\n\nThe Clay Mathematics Institute page for Navier Stokes: https://www.claymath.org/millennium/navier-stokes-equation/\n\nGrant's comments are on the end of his latest 3blue1brown video: https://youtu.be/Nbwv5wHQoj0?t=2757\n\nAnd you can read him on Terry's blog here: https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/09/18/if-math-is-more-than-proof-we-need-to-better-celebrate-the-rest-of-it/\n\nFluid mechanics chat on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/FluidMechanics/s/m4zHPcir0D\n\nFor my terrible visualisation I pulled the equations from the OpenAI paper section 3.1 and used Claude to build a visualisation. The angular moment values are unitless and basically meaningless as OpenAI didn't give any and I've just pulled the max value swirling around in the visualisation simulation. But I thought it added a valuable point that we care about the max speed in the middle, and that changes with tau.\n\nFor more unnecessary detail, tickets for upcoming London shows are available here: https://festivalofthespokennerd.com/tickets/\n\nAlso I'm touring the UK again for the final time with Getting Triggy With It this Autumn. It's a short tour, so get your tickets here: https://standupmaths.com/shows/\n\nHuge thanks to my Patreon supporters. They help me find my flow state. https://www.patreon.com/standupmaths\n\nCORRECTIONS\nEarly mistakes spotted by Patreon John Doe. Any more mistakes? Put them in the comments.\n\nFilming by Truman Hanks with some assistance from Intern Alan\nEditing by Gus Melton\nWritten by Sophie Maclean and Matt Parker\nPerformed by Matt Parker\nContent wrangling by Rhys Jones\nProduced by Nicole Jacobus \nMusic by Howard Carter\nDesign by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson\n\nMATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician\nWebsite: http://standupmaths.com/"
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Want more of the Matt tries to go on vacation saga, come right this way:\
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAM2CyOxpaIo&si=0l3U1rKdBv0Vw3mX

The initial Tristan Buckmaster post on Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@tristanbuckmaster/117233413705701198

OpenAI announcement about Navier Stokes: \
https://openai.com/index/navier-stokes-solution/

The Clay Mathematics Institute page for Navier Stokes: https://www.claymath.org/millennium/navier-stokes-equation/

Grant's comments are on the end of his latest 3blue1brown video: https://youtu.be/Nbwv5wHQoj0?t=2757

And you can read him on Terry's blog here: https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/09/18/if-math-is-more-than-proof-we-need-to-better-celebrate-the-rest-of-it/

Fluid mechanics chat on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/FluidMechanics/s/m4zHPcir0D

For my terrible visualisation I pulled the equations from the OpenAI paper section 3.1 and used Claude to build a visualisation. The angular moment values are unitless and basically meaningless as OpenAI didn't give any and I've just pulled the max value swirling around in the visualisation simulation. But I thought it added a valuable point that we care about the max speed in the middle, and that changes with tau.

For more unnecessary detail, tickets for upcoming London shows are available here: https://festivalofthespokennerd.com/tickets/

Also I'm touring the UK again for the final time with Getting Triggy With It this Autumn. It's a short tour, so get your tickets here: https://standupmaths.com/shows/

Huge thanks to my Patreon supporters. They help me find my flow state. https://www.patreon.com/standupmaths

CORRECTIONS\
Early mistakes spotted by Patreon John Doe. Any more mistakes? Put them in the comments.

Filming by Truman Hanks with some assistance from Intern Alan\
Editing by Gus Melton\
Written by Sophie Maclean and Matt Parker\
Performed by Matt Parker\
Content wrangling by Rhys Jones\
Produced by Nicole Jacobus \
Music by Howard Carter\
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson

MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician\
Website: http://standupmaths.com/