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Posted by jlebar 17 hours ago

Formalizing Fermat's Last Theorem(www.anthropic.com)
https://xenaproject.wordpress.com/2026/09/04/flt-anthropic-h...
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baggy_trough 17 hours ago|
I won't be impressed until it identifies the proof he wrote in the margin. /s
dakolli 17 hours ago||
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baq 17 hours ago||
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baggy_trough 17 hours ago|
Stochastic parrot truthers in shambles.
refibrillator 16 hours ago||
Proving FLT was such a profoundly emotional and spiritual experience for Andrew Wiles, it almost brought a tear to my eye:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49203626

It is truly saddening to think that machines will deprive us of this wonder and experience.

But truly exciting to dream about what lies beyond the limits of our biology.

bawolff 16 hours ago||
Formalizing is not the same as discovering. There is still plenty of room for human ingenuity.
ben_w 16 hours ago|||
> It is truly saddening to think that machines will deprive us of this wonder and experience.

It won't deprive us.

Recent video I've watched from Brandon Sanderson, IMO also applies to all the things we love and not just art:

https://youtu.be/mb3uK-_QkOo?si=SG1uvGUbN6SOYI_J

Jtarii 16 hours ago||
If the Riemann hypothesis is solved primarily by a AI system it will not be as awe inspiring as if a human solved it.

That is just how it is.

willmarch 12 hours ago||
Why?
mannanj 16 hours ago||
Makes me wonder, if we make a tradeoff for comfort and advancement from our biology's "limits" - and that tradeoff is spiritual fulfillment.

Seeing it hit across: the work we used to do outdoors, the sleep-wake-dark cycle we adhered to for millennia, and more

anony-123 17 hours ago|
So, what I am thinking is that, the AI generated numbers or tried to find numbers "a", "b" and "c" to check if aⁿ + bⁿ = cⁿ

Can not we do it by code?

kbelder 17 hours ago||
Just loop through all values of a, b, c, and n?
estetlinus 17 hours ago|||
Sure, go on and try it ;)
charlieyu1 16 hours ago||
I found a brilliant proof but there was not enough hard disk space to save the file :(
sweetheart 17 hours ago||
Lean _is_ code. FLT cannot be proven by exhaustion because it's domain is an infinite set: the natural numbers above 2.
yesitcan 16 hours ago||
If they’re asking that kind of question, do you think this answer will help them understand anything?
kzrdude 14 hours ago|||
Yes
sweetheart 16 hours ago|||
maybe it will be an answer that entices them to understand more :)