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May 21, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence
AI Cracks 80-Year-Old Erdős Unit Distance Problem
OpenAI’s general‑purpose large language model independently disproved the Erdős unit‑distance conjecture, introducing a novel algebraic‑number‑theory construction that outperforms the long‑standing square‑grid approach and reshapes how AI can contribute to deep mathematical research.
AIErdős unit distance problemalgebraic number theory
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