Neurosurgery Resident Uses ChatGPT 5.6 to Solve Conjecture

Cornell professor Steven Strogatz posted that a neurosurgery resident with no advanced math training used ChatGPT 5.6 to solve the Crouzeix Conjecture, an open problem in numerical linear algebra. The tweet links to an essay at alextownsend.net. Accounts including Rohan Anil and Rishi Bommasani retweeted the claim. The posts present the event as a notable intersection of AI assistance and mathematics research, with no independent confirmation supplied in the packet beyond the shared link and social amplification.