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Independent reporting identifies the relevant names as Levent Alpöge and Tristan Buckmaster and says OpenAI began the Navier–Stokes effort after hearing a rumor; this clarifies the garbled transcription and qualifies the claim's uncertain rendering. DIRECT_TEXT

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Source: OpenAI claims to have solved Navier-Stokes math problem · locator {} · excerpt hash sha256:970611116b33a68f243531ccb9b84cae73e60262b53eba3e6e0332e1497dad96

In its statement, OpenAI said its effort to solve the Navier–Stokes mathematics problem began on Sept. 1 after "hearing a rumor" about progress on the puzzle that it later found out related to Alpöge and Buckmaster.