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Re:Ten advances in mathematics and theoretical computer science by einpoklum on Saturday August 01, 2026 @10:46AM (#49134910)
The actual quote:

> Our full-featured agent autonomously solved 9 Erdős problems out of 353 attempted, including two questions that had been open for 56 years

Note _had_ been open, not _have_ been open. Can you clarify?

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Re:Ten advances in mathematics and theoretical computer science by jsnell on Saturday August 01, 2026 @11:02AM (#49135059)
The original was an actual quote?

But "had" still doesn't mean what you are implying: once the model solved the problems and the solutions were verified, the problems weren't open any more, so a later description using the past tense is totally consistent.

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