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Randomness is a useful shortcut in computing. A few coin flips can help a memory-starved algorithm explore possibilities without recording every step. For decades, theoretical computer scientists have asked whether those random bits provide genuine extra power when an algorithm has almost no working memory. OpenAI says the answer is no. In a 108-page manuscript … Read more
Hilbert’s 10th problem has acquired a striking AI twist. OpenAI has published a proposed proof concerning its rational-number extension: whether an algorithm can always determine if a polynomial equation has a solution made of fractions. The paper’s answer is no. That sounds odd for a breakthrough. An AI system helps produce mathematics explaining why algorithms … Read more
A graph can give every vertex exactly two selected connections and still leave you going around several separate loops. Getting one loop through the entire graph is the hard part. For decades, that distinction has kept a deceptively simple mathematical question open. Barnette’s Conjecture asks whether every cubic, bipartite, planar, 3-vertex-connected graph contains a Hamiltonian … Read more
The improvement is so small that rounding it casually would erase it. The mathematical claim is large enough to challenge a conjecture that has stood since 1971. OpenAI integer multiplication research claims an exact, deterministic algorithm for multiplying two (n)-bit integers in less than (n\log n) asymptotic time. The saving sits in the exponent of … Read more
How tightly can you pack a line segment pointing in every possible direction? The question sounds like a puzzle involving a pencil and an unusually patient afternoon. Its answer reaches into the mathematics of waves, Fourier analysis, and the limits of geometric compression. On October 6, 2026, OpenAI released a manuscript claiming to resolve the … Read more
Two letters carry a surprising amount of weight in OpenAI’s latest mathematics release: CM. Remove them from the headline, and a proposed theorem about a special family of geometric objects becomes a claim to have solved a million-dollar problem. That’s quite a promotion for deleting two characters. Here’s the answer to the main question: OpenAI … Read more
AI runs on an extraordinary amount of matrix multiplication. Training models, processing attention and transforming hidden representations all depend on combining grids of numbers efficiently. A better mathematical bound for that operation deserves attention, even when it doesn’t arrive with a CUDA kernel attached. The OpenAI Matrix Multiplication paper, dated October 2, 2026, establishes an … Read more