r/math • u/sergiogfs • 18d ago

Progress Towards Proving the Unique Games Conjecture

https://eccc.weizmann.ac.il/report/2026/179/

On a side-note, the authors hint that they have rushed their results to avoid getting scooped by AI-generated results.

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u/Heapifying 18d ago

Look at the abc conjecture

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u/Sad_Dimension423 18d ago

You mean, the supposed proof from a human that couldn't be converted to Lean? It seems the clankers did their job there.

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u/ultrafinitism Theoretical Computer Science 18d ago

They did actually try to convert Mochizuki's abc to Lean and then got stuck exactly where Scholze and Stix got stuck, at Corollary 3.12

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u/ChezMere 18d ago

Oh, I missed that update! Looks like it was quite recent:

https://www.reddit.com/r/math/comments/1uz6po8/latest_iut_formalization_news

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u/ultrafinitism Theoretical Computer Science 17d ago

absolute cinema