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Erdős problem #327: candidate partial result according to the wiki (GPT-5.5, Rethlas)
The gist
According to the “AI contributions to Erdős problems” wiki, Yu Leon Liu reportedly obtained, with GPT-5.5 and Rethlas, a partial result on Erdős problem 327, announced on May 13, 2026.
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BibTeX @misc, key discoveria-erdos-327-gpt-5-5-rethlas-1d-r1
@misc{discoveria-erdos-327-gpt-5-5-rethlas-1d-r1,
author = {{DiscoverIA}},
title = {Erdős problem #327: candidate partial result according to the wiki (GPT-5.5, Rethlas)},
howpublished = {DiscoverIA registry, entry erdos-327-gpt-5-5-rethlas-1d},
note = {Status “Not evaluated”, snapshot 1, recorded on October 12, 2026. New result},
year = {2026},
url = {https://discoveria.ai/entry/erdos-327-gpt-5-5-rethlas-1d#releve-1},
urldate = {2026-10-12}
}Dated link opens this snapshot in the history
To understand ≈ 20 s reading time, estimated
What it changes
Problem 327 belongs to number theory and concerns unit fractions (fractions with numerator 1). If this partial result held, it would deal with only part of the problem.
What remains unclear
The wiki marks the contribution ⚪ not verified according to its legend, and no verification is recorded. The sources read do not say which part of the problem would be addressed, nor what Rethlas would have contributed.
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Status
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What this status means
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Dated archive: status recorded on the wiki frozen on Jun 30, 2026
Sources
- Main sourcegithub.com · wikipage read word for word · consulted on Oct 12, 2026
- Reference listerdosproblems.comlink only, reading not recorded
- Corroborationterrytao.wordpress.compage read word for word · consulted on Oct 17, 2026 ·
We have created a github repository to coordinate this process
- Repositorygithub.com · CONTRIBUTING.mdpage read word for word · consulted on Oct 17, 2026 ·
this status is an unofficial crowdsourced classification of the problem
Method
Source: the “AI contributions to Erdős problems” wiki of the teorth/erdosproblems repository (a repository presented by Terence Tao in his blog post of August 31, 2025); frozen on June 30, 2026 (commit c8ad430, “freeze”) and read on October 12, 2026 in the git repository. Category 1(d), “AI collaborating with humans” (significant human involvement). Humans named by the wiki: Yu Leon Liu; AI systems: GPT-5.5, Rethlas. Date given by the wiki: May 13, 2026. Exact text: “Candidate partial result”; white flag (“unverified”, according to the wiki's legend). Literature cited by the wiki: none. Status of the problem in the teorth/erdosproblems community database (data/problems.yaml, unofficial classification, snapshot of October 12, 2026 with no commit identified, current state, not that of June 2026): open (informal_status=open); no formalised solution known (formal_status=unformalized). This status concerns the problem, not this contribution. Problem page not read by DiscoverIA: https://www.erdosproblems.com/327. DiscoverIA status: not evaluated (only the wiki's classification exists). Recorded on October 12, 2026.
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Key facts
- Claimed by
- Yu Leon Liu with GPT-5.5, Rethlas, according to the AI-Erdős wiki
announced on May 13, 2026 - Nature
- new result
- Field
- Mathematics (Erdős problem #327 (number theory ; unit fractions))
- Wiki category
- AI collaborating with humans (IA en collaboration avec des humains ; implication humaine significative)
- Wiki verdict
- « Candidate partial result » : ⚪ non vérifié (légende du wiki)
- Checked by
- no verifier identified
- Sources
- 4 : 3 read word for word, 1 link only
- This entry
- AI draft, not reviewed
Status history
Only one observation so far.
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In the same set
AI contributions to Erdős problems (wiki by T. Tao, frozen on June 30, 2026) · entry 109 of 521, by problem number
- Not evaluated : Erdős problem #315: formalisation by Aristotle (proof: Kamio (2025))
- Not evaluated : Erdős problem #325: partial results found in the literature according to the wiki (ChatGPT Deep research)
- Not evaluated : Erdős problem #326: full solution with a Lean proof according to the wiki (Aristotle, Codex, GPT-5.5)
- Not evaluated : Erdős problem #327: candidate partial result according to the wiki (GPT-5.5, Rethlas)
- Not evaluated : Erdős problem #328: formalisation by AxiomProver (proof: Nešetřil and Rödl (1985))
- Contested : Erdős problem #330: partial results found in the literature with inaccuracies noted by the wiki, literature proof not found (ChatGPT Deep research, Claude, Gemini Deep Research)
- Not evaluated : Erdős problem #330: formalisation by Codex and GPT-5.5 Pro (proof: GPT-5.5 Pro and Turturean (2026))
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