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Kevin Barreto

Kevin Barreto

Cambridge University Mathematics Student

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AI systems begin solving historic Erdős mathematical problems

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Pioneering amateur use of AI theorem provers

For the first time, AI systems are independently solving mathematical problems that stumped human researchers for decades. Since Christmas 2025, 15 legendary Erdős problems have moved from 'open' to 'solved'—11 by AI, including the first on January 6, 2026, from OpenAI's GPT-5.2 Pro and Harmonic's Aristotle theorem prover.

Updated May 29