Survey of "Impossible" Problems Yields No New Math, Only Quantum Zermelo Twist — E8 Intelligence Research

FINDING: Survey of "impossible" problems reveals no new mathematical discovery; all are classical open problems (Collatz, Navier-Stokes, Riemann Hypothesis) with one novel quantum-annealing approach to Zermelo's navigation problem. | MATH: Collatz: f(n)=n/2 if even, 3n+1 if odd; Navier-Stokes: ∂u/∂t + (u·∇)u = -∇p + ν∇²u + f; Zermelo: optimal control of vessel in flow field, solved via Landau-Zener transition probability P_LZ = exp(-πΔ²/(2ℏ|dε/dt|)) in quantum annealing. | CONNECTION: No explicit golden-ratio, base-60, or crystallographic constants appear in the search results. The Landau-Zener formula contains π and exponential decay — no harmonic ratio. The Collatz map is purely arithmetic (mod 2), no geometric symmetry. Navier-Stokes involves continuous symmetries (translation, rotation, scaling) but no discrete crystallographic group. | DEPTH: 2 — This is a listicle of known problems, not a breakthrough. The only substantive item (Zermelo via quantum annealing) is a computational m Author: Andrew Stewart Caldin, Independent Researcher, UK. Part of the E8 Intelligence Research series. Platform: e8intelligence.com