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Erdős problem #524: partial result according to the wiki (GPT-5.4 Pro)
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According to the wiki of AI contributions to Erdős problems, Brayden Letwin and Mehtaab Sawhney reportedly obtained, with GPT-5.4 Pro, partial progress on #524, announced on April 21, 2026.
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BibTeX @misc, key discoveria-erdos-524-gpt-5-4-pro-1d-r1
@misc{discoveria-erdos-524-gpt-5-4-pro-1d-r1,
author = {{DiscoverIA}},
title = {Erdős problem #524: partial result according to the wiki (GPT-5.4 Pro)},
howpublished = {DiscoverIA registry, entry erdos-524-gpt-5-4-pro-1d},
note = {Status “Not evaluated”, snapshot 1, recorded on October 12, 2026. New result},
year = {2026},
url = {https://discoveria.ai/entry/erdos-524-gpt-5-4-pro-1d#releve-1},
urldate = {2026-10-12}
}Dated link opens this snapshot in the history
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What it changes
Problem #524 belongs to analysis, probability and polynomials. If this progress held, it would advance the problem without solving it in full. The wiki files it under category 1(d), AI collaborating with humans, with significant human involvement.
What remains unclear
The sources read do not say what the partial result covers, or whether third parties have examined this result. An examination published after the wiki's freeze would not appear there.
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Status
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Recorded on · github.com · wiki
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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: Brayden Letwin, Mehtaab Sawhney; AI system: GPT-5.4 Pro. Date given by the wiki: April 21, 2026. Exact text: “Partial result”; yellow flag (“partial progress”, 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/524. DiscoverIA status: not evaluated (only the wiki's classification exists). Recorded on October 12, 2026.
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Key facts
- Claimed by
- Brayden Letwin, Mehtaab Sawhney with GPT-5.4 Pro, according to the AI-Erdős wiki
announced on Apr 21, 2026 - Nature
- new result
- Field
- Mathematics (Erdős problem #524 (analysis ; probability ; polynomials))
- Wiki category
- AI collaborating with humans (IA en collaboration avec des humains ; implication humaine significative)
- Wiki verdict
- « Partial result » : 🟡 progrès partiel (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 219 of 521, by problem number
- Not evaluated : Erdős problem #521: candidate full solution according to the wiki (GPT-5.5 Pro)
- Not evaluated : Erdős problem #524: improved partial result according to the wiki (Gemini, GPT-5.2, Grok)
- Not evaluated : Erdős problem #524: partial results found in the literature according to the wiki (GPT-5.2 Pro)
- Not evaluated : Erdős problem #524: partial result according to the wiki (GPT-5.4 Pro)
- Not evaluated : Erdős problem #533: full solution found in the literature according to the wiki (GPT)
- Not evaluated : Erdős problem #535: partial result already implicit in the literature according to the wiki (GPT-5.5 Thinking)
- Not evaluated : Erdős problem #536: partial result with a Lean proof according to the wiki (Codex, GPT-5.5 Pro)
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