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# Dan Roberts (OpenAI) announces the three discoveries in maths, CS and physics

Dan Roberts (@danintheory), X, 2026-10-26. Importance: major (4 of 5).
Source: https://x.com/danintheory/status/2114833682469122314

## Why it matters

OpenAI researcher's announcement post for the Oct 26 science claims; ~1.53M views (fxtwitter, Oct 27).

## Summary

Posted 21:36 UTC on Oct 26; about 1.53M views and 6.0k likes on Oct 27 (fxtwitter).

## Archived text

> We are announcing three new discoveries in mathematics, computer science, and physics about harmonic analysis, complexity theory, and quantum field theory. https://openai.com/index/building-scientific-understanding-with-academic-communities/


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