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A self-taught researcher and a Russian-trained theoretical physicist, working with four AI agents as a cognitive assembly, claim to have proved the Riemann Hypothesis — the most famous unsolved problem in mathematics, carrying a $1 million Clay Millennium Prize.

The proof uses a technique from 1970s scattering theory (Lax-Phillips) combined with a geometric identity about hyperbolic space. It has survived two rounds of AI adversarial review and is currently undergoing a third.

Key Facts

  • Author: Jean-Paul Niko (Jean-Paul Stewart), independent researcher, New York
  • Collaborator: Veronika Pokrovskaia, theoretical physicist
  • Framework: Relational Three-Space Geometry (RTSG)
  • Claim: Proof of the Riemann Hypothesis via the Functional Bridge
  • Status: Published on smarthub.my, under adversarial review, seeking arXiv endorsement
  • DOI: 10.smarthub/RTSG-2026-RH-001
  • License: CC BY 4.0 (freely available)
  • Method: AI-human cognitive assembly using Claude, GPT, Gemini, Grok

What Makes This Different

  1. Full adversarial transparency. Every attack on the proof and every response is published. Not just the result — the process.
  2. AI-human collaboration. The proof was developed, attacked, and fixed by a team of 2 humans and 4 AI agents working in real time.
  3. Unified framework. The same mathematical structure is being applied to all seven Millennium Prize problems.
  4. Self-taught researcher. Niko missed 5th and 6th grade, has dyscalculia (difficulty with arithmetic), and taught himself advanced mathematics as an adult.

Contact

Jean-Paul Niko · jeanpaulniko@proton.me · @B_Niko

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