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We share our AI model’s proof attempts for the First Proof math challenge, testing research-grade reasoning on expert-level problems.

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arXiv AI
Jun 17

First Proof Second Batch

arXiv:2606. 18119v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: To assess the ability of current AI systems to correctly solve research-level mathematics problems, we tested several AI systems on a set of ten problems in a broad range of mathematical fields; these problems arose naturally in the research process of the contributors.

By Mohammed Abouzaid, Nikhil Srivastava, Rachel Ward, Lauren Williams
arXiv AI
Sep 3

AI Mathematician: Towards Fully Automated Frontier Mathematical Research

The paper introduces the AI Mathematician (AIM) framework, which leverages Large Reasoning Models (LRMs) to tackle frontier mathematical research. AIM addresses the complexity and procedural rigor of research problems through an exploration mechanism for longer solution paths and a pessimistic reasonable verification method for reliability. Early experiments show AIM can autonomously construct significant proof components and uncover non‑trivial insights across real‑world mathematical topics.

By Yuanhang Liu, Yanxing Huang, Yanqiao Wang, Peng Li, Yang Liu
arXiv AI
Aug 11

TCS-BENCH: Benchmarking State-of-the-Art Generative AI Theoretical Computer Science Research Ability

arXiv:2608. 09538v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We introduce TCS-Bench, a benchmark for evaluating Large Language Models (LLMs) on research-level Theoretical Computer Science (TCS) proof generation.

By Vincent Cohen-Addad, Dimitris Paparas, Ernest van Wijland, Max Springer, Julien Canitrot-Paradis, Honghao Lin, David Woodruff, Adarsh Kumarappan, Rajesh Jayaram, Rudrajit Das, Lalit Jain, Ola Svensson, Silvio Lattanzi, Mislav Balunovic, Theophane Weber, Vahab Mirrokni
arXiv AI
Jun 16

Mask-Proof: An LLM-based Automated Data Curation Pipeline on Mathematical Proofs

arXiv:2606. 15258v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly capable of mathematical problem solving and can even assist with research-level proofs, yet we still lack a scalable and reproducible way to measure step-level reasoning in long proofs across diverse sources.

By Jierui Zhang, Siyuan Tan, Xinhang Li, Longzhuangzhi Lin, Dailin Li, Chengfeng Gu, Xinping Li, Yaxian Hao, Shengjia Liang, Yuxiang Ren, Wenhao Liu
OpenAI Blog
Feb 2, 2022

Solving (some) formal math olympiad problems

We built a neural theorem prover for Lean that learned to solve a variety of challenging high-school olympiad problems, including problems from the AMC12 and AIME competitions, as well as two problems adapted from the IMO.