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New benchmark tests LLMs' ability to formalize geometry problems for AlphaGeometry

Researchers have developed NL2AGBench, a new benchmark designed to evaluate how well large language models can translate informal geometry problems into the formal language required by AlphaGeometry. This is crucial because AlphaGeometry, which performs at a near-gold medalist level in the International Mathematical Olympiad, requires inputs in a specialized domain-specific language, and manual conversion is a significant bottleneck. The benchmark uses execution-based verification within AlphaGeometry to assess translation quality. Experiments showed that leading closed-source LLMs achieved over 80% executable translation rates, significantly outperforming open-source models, which struggled to produce valid formalizations. AI

IMPACT This benchmark could accelerate the development of LLMs capable of formalizing complex mathematical problems, potentially aiding in automated theorem proving and scientific discovery.

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New benchmark tests LLMs' ability to formalize geometry problems for AlphaGeometry

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  1. arXiv cs.CL TIER_1 English(EN) · Samuel Xiao, Judy Song, Rory Hu, Ziliang Zong ·

    NL2AGBench: Benchmarking LLM Auto-Formalization for AlphaGeometry

    arXiv:2608.28481v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Recent advances in large language models (LLMs) have demonstrated strong capabilities in natural language understanding and mathematical reasoning. However, their ability to translate informal mathematical problems into formal repre…