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Anthropic's Claude AI formalizes Fermat's Last Theorem in 11 days

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Anthropic has utilized multiple instances of its Claude AI model to formalize Fermat's Last Theorem, generating 13 million lines of code and proving over 30,000 theorems in just eleven days. This complex mathematical feat, which previously took humans centuries and years of dedicated effort, was achieved by agents working on the Prove2Me platform, with human mathematicians providing minimal guidance. The AI model used was reportedly comparable to Claude Fable 5.1, highlighting the rapid advancement and competitive landscape of large language models. AI

IMPACT Demonstrates AI's growing capability in formal mathematical reasoning, potentially accelerating scientific discovery and verification.

RANK_REASON AI model formalizes a complex mathematical proof, a significant research milestone. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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Anthropic's Claude AI formalizes Fermat's Last Theorem in 11 days

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  1. dev.to — Anthropic tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Faith & Fact - Marky Mark ·

    An AI Just Turned Fermat's Last Theorem Into 13 Million Lines a Computer Can Check — in 11 Days

    <h2> Eleven Days in the Void </h2> <p>In the margin of a book, in the year 1637, a French lawyer named Pierre de Fermat wrote that he had a marvelous proof, and that the margin was too small to contain it. For three hundred and fifty-eight years, humanity searched the emptiness w…

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