--- format: "aidr-story-markdown/v1" id: "0c423cdb6ebab28ce651f3cdcec64fce7c558de71bb67a7d0ab2014d2eebc6e9" canonical_url: "https://aidr.today/0c423cdb?lang=en" title: "OpenAI’s Navier-Stokes release included a Lean 4 formal proof" lang: "en" requested_lang: "en" available_langs: ["en","vi"] translation_fallback: null fallback_fields: [] published_at: "2026-09-10T21:22:59.000Z" category: "Research" topics: ["openai","reasoning","llm","lean-4","formal-verification","benchmark","research","anthropic"] source_urls: ["https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/09/09/formal-method-revolution/","https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49650326","https://x.com/MTSlive/status/2098200222606475649","https://x.com/rohanpaul_ai/status/2098128100630597797","https://x.com/AndrewCurran_/status/2098132654109732917","https://x.com/synthwavedd/status/2098070558734716950","https://x.com/Hesamation/status/2098001736216555877","https://x.com/MTSlive/status/2098077047948218873"] summary: "When OpenAI released their proof that solutions to the Navier-Stokes equations can blow up in finite time, they also released a formal proof in Lean 4." --- # OpenAI’s Navier\-Stokes release included a Lean 4 formal proof > [Open the canonical story]() **Published:** 2026-09-10T21:22:59.000Z **Category:** Research **Topics:** openai, reasoning, llm, lean\-4, formal\-verification, benchmark, research, anthropic ## Summary When OpenAI released their proof that solutions to the Navier\-Stokes equations can blow up in finite time, they also released a formal proof in Lean 4\. ## Sources - [Story source]() - [Discussion]() - [Story source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Story source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]()