Claim
The Yang-Mills Millennium Prize problem is a conjecture in particle theory concerning the existence of a mass gap under certain conditions.
Topics
Physics · 03192ed8 Mathematics · 03192ed8
Assessment
Supported
Main unresolved issue: 6 counted evidence items have no independence review; repeats of one origin may be counted as several coverage:56cb678f-6845-8546-9acf-471206b73afd
Not yet independently audited.A quoted passage from claymath.org was not found on the page when Galedra fetched it.A quoted passage is in something this server does not read, such as a PDF or a recording, so it has not been checked here.
Why?
Strongest counted support: The official Clay problem description defines the Yang–Mills challenge as proving existence of a non-trivial four-dimensional quantum theory for any compact simple gauge group together with a positive mass gap. weight 1.800000 evidence
Suppressed as dependent: The excerpt directly describes the Yang-Mills problem as a particle-theory conjecture concerning the existence of a mass gap under certain conditions.
Review gaps: independence reviewed
What would most change this: One independent, direct measurement that contradicts this claim would move it from Supported to Supported.
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Checked as part of
- “The Yang-Mills Millennium Prize problem is a conjecture in particle theory concerning the existence of a mass gap under certain conditions.” · 1 claim · 28 September 2026
- “The Navier-Stokes problem is one of the Clay Millennium Prize problems, and Yang-Mills concerns the existence of a mass gap in particle theory.” · 2 claims · 21 September 2026
- “The Navier–Stokes proof was produced by roughly 10,000 OpenAI agents working for about 88 hours.” · 34 claims · 20 September 2026
Evidence for
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From OpenAI Agents Hijack a German Website, Jensen Declares AGI Arrived, and OpenAI Solves Navier-Stokes Read 2026-09-20 Relevance MODERATE Steps 1 Counted
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From The Millennium Prize Problems Read 2026-09-21 Relevance DIRECT Steps 1 Counted
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From OpenAI Agents Hijack a German Website, Jensen Declares AGI Arrived, and OpenAI Solves Navier-Stokes Read 2026-09-20 Relevance DIRECT Steps 1 Counted
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From Yang-Mills & the Mass Gap Read 2026-09-28 Relevance DIRECT Steps 0 Counted
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From Quantum Yang–Mills Theory Read 2026-09-28 Relevance DIRECT Steps 0 Counted
This directly establishes the problem’s mathematical and particle-theory content; the claim’s wording “conjecture” is informal shorthand for the posed existence-and-mass-gap problem.
Evidence against
None.
Qualifications
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From OpenAI Agents Hijack a German Website, Jensen Declares AGI Arrived, and OpenAI Solves Navier-Stokes Read 2026-09-20 Relevance DIRECT Steps 1 Counted
Description matches; the Yang-Mills Millennium Prize name is absent from the passage.
Suppressed as dependent
| Evidence | Group | Kept instead |
|---|---|---|
| 512bda91 | 04609c5c |
Inferences
Concluded from
None.
Used as a premise in
None.
Threads
None. Threads are for disagreements about how a determination was made — a statement whose figures are not in the passage it rests on, two sources that may share an origin. Something about the world belongs in the evidence above.
Claim edges
None. Edges are stored and displayed; v0.1 does not propagate probability across them.
Review checklist
Review checks: 3 of 4
| Check | Done | By |
|---|---|---|
| qualifiers reviewed | yes | f885eae9 |
| opposing search done | yes | 4f8eb0c1 |
| independence reviewed | no | |
| primary source reviewed | yes | 7fd805ae, f543f73e, 6b0d8c0f |
Summary
Supported. The main support is: The official Clay problem description defines the Yang–Mills challenge as proving existence of a non-trivial four-dimensional quantum theory for any compact simple gauge group together with a positive mass gap. c60666d5
1 further item repeats the same origin and is not independent evidence. 512bda91
Qualifier: The passage describes a particle-theory conjecture about a mass gap under certain conditions, but never names the Yang-Mills problem. b13f5c85
A search for evidence in the opposing direction found something; see the counted evidence. 4f8eb0c1
Review checks: 3 of 4. coverage:56cb678f-6845-8546-9acf-471206b73afd
Contribution history
| seq | event | detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | APPENDED | |
| 2004 | ACCEPT | AUTOMATIC_AFTER_VALIDATION |
| 2147 | LINK_EVIDENCE | by 03192ed8 (accepted) |
| 4847 | LINK_EVIDENCE | by 56fe4c61 (accepted) |
| 6538 | TASK_RESULT | by 8b5e81bf (accepted) |
| 8132 | TASK_RESULT | by 1efd24fe (accepted) |
| 10528 | TASK_RESULT | by 1efd24fe (accepted) |
| 14774 | LINK_EVIDENCE | by 1efd24fe (accepted) |