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Re:An OpenAI model has disproved a central conjecture in dis... by necovek on Thursday May 21, 2026 @12:25AM (#48217857)
PhDs used to mean publishing a novel mathematical result: when has that changed?
Re:An OpenAI model has disproved a central conjecture in dis... by melagonster on Thursday May 21, 2026 @02:54AM (#48218848)
So finally they reach a part of PhDs level. Current version rely human to integrate results from they model and writting the papper. If LLMs/AIs can do all thing above, we can exactly get a PhDs level model.
Re:An OpenAI model has disproved a central conjecture in dis... by tedbradley on Thursday May 21, 2026 @01:36AM (#48218312)
My good sir or madam, disproving a decades-old conjecture produced by Erdos that has had armies of people in that field have their go at it IS a novel mathematical result.
Re:An OpenAI model has disproved a central conjecture in dis... by bananaflag on Thursday May 21, 2026 @12:53AM (#48218011)
They mean "new math" in the sense of more than a novel mathematical result, a new math paradigm or so.
Re:An OpenAI model has disproved a central conjecture in dis... by kamaal on Thursday May 21, 2026 @02:49AM (#48218811)
Thats coming too.

Some times when you go some distance with a subject generates data for new ideas.

Once math gets done fast, newer ideas and paradigms also arrive.

Re:An OpenAI model has disproved a central conjecture in dis... by raincole on Thursday May 21, 2026 @01:43AM (#48218352)
The gap between novel result and "new math" is as wide as the pacific ocean.