Re:Formalizing Fermat's Last Theorem
by make3 on Saturday September 05, 2026 @05:37PM
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Lean is adversarial in a way. Lean is better thought of as a constraint language with a verifier that checks if the constraints are respected, than a programming language.
Your job or the LLM's job is to write code that Lean is satisfied with, creating the link between what you're trying to prove, and mathematical axioms.
If you write a bad proof, the Lean constraint checker will tell you, unless there are bugs in Lean itself, or you defined the goal constraint incorrectly.
Your job or the LLM's job is to write code that Lean is satisfied with, creating the link between what you're trying to prove, and mathematical axioms.
If you write a bad proof, the Lean constraint checker will tell you, unless there are bugs in Lean itself, or you defined the goal constraint incorrectly.