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  "title": "A Singularity, Contested: the informed reaction to the Navier–Stokes resolution",
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  "standfirst": "What was claimed, what has been checked, and why the dispute over a fluid singularity reaches beyond mathematics.",
  "summary": "An informed reaction to the September 2026 Navier–Stokes and Euler announcements: the exact claims, formal verification, disputed provenance, costs and implications for mathematical knowledge.",
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