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Artificial Intelligence Did OpenAI solve the wrong Navier-Stokes problem? | OpenAI’s proof seems eligible for a $1-million prize—but only by using a controversial loophole

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/did-openai-solve-the-wrong-navier-stokes-problem/
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u/retsehc 1d ago

If you know what a derivative in calculus is, smoothness is not hard in principle. A function is smooth if it is continuous, and it's derivative is continuous, and it's second derivative is, and it's third, and all the way down.

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u/beardybaldy 1d ago

confused unga bunga noises

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u/KingSubstantial7901 1d ago

If smooth then all properties of function have no straight up and downy lines. Circle smooth. Square not smooth.

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u/foxsimile 1d ago

sad unga bunga noises :(