Fermat's Last Theorem: Anthropic has beaten me to it
Anthropic has successfully used an AI model to formalize a complete proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem in the Lean programming language. This achievement completes a long-standing benchmark in mathematical formalization, though human mathematicians note that the AI's work complements rather than replaces human research.
Why it matters
This marks a significant milestone in the application of AI to complex, high-level mathematical research and formal verification.
I guess technically it was revealed to the world by a coffee shop in Islington on Insta, but an hour later it was officially announced by Anthropic : one of their internal models, using the prove2.me platform, has formalized a complete proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem (FLT) in Lean. This is the final theorem to be formalized in Freek Wiedijk’s famous list of 100 formalization challenges and thus wraps up this 20-year-old benchmark. Congratulations to Anthropic!
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