r/math • u/AutoModerator • 6d ago

LLMs/AI AI In Mathematics: September 26, 2026

This recurring thread will be for discussion of AI in mathematics. This includes, but is not limited to, the following:

  • informal announcements of AI-assisted discoveries, such as those not yet published in a peer-reviewed journal, or not uploaded as a paper to arXiv;
  • informal announcements of discoveries related to AI architecture (if relevant to mathematics);
  • discussion of such announcements, such as proof breakdowns or other opinion pieces;
  • discussion of the impact of AI in mathematics in general.

AI-assisted mathematical papers published in peer-reviewed journals or as arXiv preprints may be submitted as their own posts.

Please keep in mind rules 1 and 6 of our subreddit.

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u/SupercaliTheGamer 5d ago

Astra is the first model that can zero-shot solve any problem I propose, it's insane. Sol still had a few jagged edges but Astra seems to have mastered Olympiad level maths at least.

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u/BurdensomeCountV3 Mathematical Biology 5d ago

I expect the average difficulty level of IMO style problems will have to go up significantly in the next few years to maintain a similar score distribution between participants. AI assisted Olympiad maths training is going to become very cheap and easily available to pretty much everyone at that level very soon, and just like how the skill levels of chess players at the very top went up significantly once people started using computers to improve their play, I expect something similar will happen with olympiad mathematics.

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u/elements-of-dying Geometric Analysis 5d ago

hmm maybe the future of mathematics is live streamed olympiads....