Gemini on ~700 “open” Erdős conjectures: 4 solved, 9 forgotten solutions found
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The gist
Google DeepMind (24 researchers) reported in January 2026 that Gemini went through about 700 Erdős conjectures labelled open: 4 solved, 9 forgotten solutions found. Status not yet evaluated.
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title = {Gemini on ~700 “open” Erdős conjectures: 4 solved, 9 forgotten solutions found},
howpublished = {DiscoverIA registry, entry deepmind-erdos-700-gemini-2026-01},
note = {Status « Not evaluated », snapshot 1, recorded on October 11, 2026. new result},
year = {2026},
url = {https://discoveria.ai/en/fiche/deepmind-erdos-700-gemini-2026-01/#releve-1},
urldate = {2026-10-11}
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Key facts
- Claimed by
- Google DeepMind (24 chercheurs)
announced on Jan 2026 - Nature
- new result
- Field
- Mathematics
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- This entry
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To understand
Analogy
It is like going through old files in a cellar: some questions looked unanswered only because nobody could find the paper where the answer had been sitting for a long time.
What it changes
An Erdős conjecture is an open mathematics question posed by Erdős. If the tally holds, the AI would have done two things: solve a small number of questions, and above all find answers already published but forgotten, which helps keep the list of truly open questions up to date.
What remains unclear
The source (Quanta Magazine) states that 9 of the results are rediscoveries of existing solutions, so they are not new discoveries. The arXiv preprint identifier was not recorded and no outside verifier is named.
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- primairequantamagazine.orglink only, reading not recorded
Method
Status “not evaluated” recorded on 11 October 2026 from quantamagazine.org (page read through a model summary, quotation not rechecked).
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It is like going through old files in a cellar: some questions looked unanswered only because nobody could find the paper where the answer had been sitting for a long time.
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