A mathematician used Fable 5 to disprove a major math problem
A mathematician used Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 to disprove the 87-year-old Jacobian conjecture in a matter of hours.
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The brief
A mathematician has claimed to disprove the Jacobian conjecture, a mathematical riddle dating back to 1939. The process involved using the AI model Claude Fable 5 to find a counterexample.
Coverage from New Scientist, Mashable, and Glitchwire emphasizes that the solution took only a few hours and took the mathematical community by surprise. ForkLog specifies that the AI identified the counterexample, while Inshorts reports that Alpöge's function also output three new numbers.
Future attention will likely focus on the verification of the claim and the implications of the three new numbers generated by Alpöge's function.
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Quick answers
Which AI model was used to solve the problem?
The mathematician used Anthropic's Claude Fable 5.
What is the Jacobian conjecture?
It is a major math problem and riddle that has remained unsolved for 87 years, originating in 1939.
How long did it take to find the counterexample?
According to Glitchwire, the conjecture was disproven in a few hours.
Coverage (7)
- Anthropic researchers report that the AI 'Claude Fable 5' has generated a counterexample that overturns the Jacobian conjecture, a problem that has been unsolved for 87 years. GIGAZINE · 7h ago
- Fable 5 Refutes the 87-Year-Old Jacobian Conjecture, Shaking the Mathematics Community KuCoin · 7h ago
- Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 finds counterexample to 1939 Jacobian conjecture ForkLog · 12h ago
- Mathematician claims Claude Fable helped him disprove 87-year-old Jacobian conjecture | Alpöge's function also outputs 3 new numbers Inshorts · 12h ago
- A Mathematician Used Claude Fable to Disprove the 87-Year-Old Jacobian Conjecture in a Few Hours Glitchwire · 12h ago
- AI’s solution to 87-year-old riddle takes mathematicians by surprise New Scientist · 12h ago
- A mathematician used Fable 5 to disprove a major math problem Mashable · 12h ago broke it first
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