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AI Just Solved a 350-Year-Old Math Problem By Writing the Longest Proof Ever
AI EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Anthropic’s Claude AI spent eleven days generating a 13‑million‑line code proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem that a computer can verify independently, eliminating the need for human trust. The effort produced the longest proof ever written by a machine. The work demonstrates a new level of automated mathematical reasoning.
WHY IT MATTERS
It shows that AI can autonomously produce verifiable proofs of complex theorems, potentially transforming mathematical research and verification processes.
Anthropic says Claude spent 11 days turning Fermat's Last Theorem into 13 million lines of code a computer can check itself, no human trust required
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