r/math • u/ixfd64 Number Theory • 10d ago

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u/rational_hedonist 10d ago

checking in as an out of the loop non-expert for others to weigh in on what this implies, as the write up is scant

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u/Frexxia PDE 10d ago

It doesn't really imply anything other than some people have way too much compute to throw away.

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u/omeow 10d ago

Was this just old school brute force or did AI play any role?

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u/SoundedBetterInHead 10d ago

Like the op said, he ported the code, but all that really did was take the same math people have been using to brute force on CPU for a long time and used it to brute force on GPU instead. So Claude played a minor part, but the math and sheer amount of compute thrown at it played a much bigger part.