Mar 31, 2026 Not evaluated

Erdős problem #741: partial result with a Lean proof, variant of the first part and second part solved, according to the wiki (DeepMind prover agent)

The gist

According to the teorth/erdosproblems wiki on AI and Erdős problems, the DeepMind prover agent reportedly obtained a partial result on #741, announced on March 31, 2026.

DiscoverIA status on October 12, 2026: not evaluated, meaning no third-party evaluation found.

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Text written by an AI (DiscoverIA pipeline), on Oct 17, 2026. The status and its sources come from the registry; only the explanatory text has not been reviewed. A reported error is corrected, then the text is reviewed.

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DiscoverIA. (2026, October 12). Erdős problem #741: partial result with a Lean proof, variant of the first part and second part solved, according to the wiki (DeepMind prover agent) [Status: Not evaluated, snapshot 1]. DiscoverIA registry. https://discoveria.ai/entry/erdos-741-deepmind-prover-agent-1a-2026-03-31#releve-1

BibTeX @misc, key discoveria-erdos-741-deepmind-prover-agent-1a-2026-03-31-r1

@misc{discoveria-erdos-741-deepmind-prover-agent-1a-2026-03-31-r1,
  author       = {{DiscoverIA}},
  title        = {Erdős problem #741: partial result with a Lean proof, variant of the first part and second part solved, according to the wiki (DeepMind prover agent)},
  howpublished = {DiscoverIA registry, entry erdos-741-deepmind-prover-agent-1a-2026-03-31},
  note         = {Status “Not evaluated”, snapshot 1, recorded on October 12, 2026. New result},
  year         = {2026},
  url          = {https://discoveria.ai/entry/erdos-741-deepmind-prover-agent-1a-2026-03-31#releve-1},
  urldate      = {2026-10-12}
}

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https://discoveria.ai/entry/erdos-741-deepmind-prover-agent-1a-2026-03-31#releve-1

To understand ≈ 30 s reading time, estimated

What it changes

Problem #741 belongs to additive combinatorics. If this result held, it would provide, according to the wiki's wording, a solution to a variant of the first part of the problem and a solution to the second part. The wiki credits it to the AI alone, with no significant human involvement.

What remains unclear

The wiki points to a Lean proof (a language in which a computer checks every step of a proof) without naming a third-party verifier, and no independent verification is recorded. The sources read specify neither what the two parts of problem #741 are, nor what the variant of the first part consists of. The wiki also lists comparable literature as unknown.

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Status

Not evaluated

Recorded on Oct 12, 2026 · github.com · wiki

Step 1 of 4 on the scale: not evaluated. Next step: under review.

Mar 31, 2026Announced
Jun 30, 2026Wiki frozen
Oct 12, 2026Recordednot evaluated
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What this status means

Source reading : Source read word for word (level 3 of 3)

The result is declared neither right nor wrong.

To move to “Under review”: a public review under way. To “Peer reviewed”: a journal publication or a review by named experts.

Dated archive: status recorded on the wiki frozen on Jun 30, 2026

Full history

Proofs: Preuve Lean indiquée par le wiki, vérificateur tiers non nommé

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(a), “AI standalone” (AI alone; no comparable literature known; no significant human involvement). Humans named by the wiki: none; AI system: DeepMind prover agent. Date given by the wiki: March 31, 2026. Exact text: “Partial result (Lean) (solution to variant of first part; solution to second part)”; yellow flag (“partial progress”, according to the wiki's legend). The wiki flags a Lean proof without naming a third-party checker. 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): resolved other than by a yes-or-no answer (informal_status=solved); a solution has been formalised in Lean (formal_status=Lean). This status concerns the problem, not this contribution. Problem page not read by DiscoverIA: https://www.erdosproblems.com/741. DiscoverIA status: not evaluated (only the wiki's classification exists). Recorded on October 12, 2026.

Limits

DiscoverIA has not checked this contribution itself. The claimant supplies a Lean proof; as of this date, DiscoverIA has found no independent verification of this proof or of the result.

Key facts

Claimed by: DeepMind prover agent, according to the AI-Erdős wiki
announced on Mar 31, 2026
Nature: new result
Field: Mathematics (Erdős problem #741 (additive combinatorics))
Wiki category: AI standalone (IA seule ; littérature comparable inconnue ; implication humaine non significative)
Wiki verdict: « Partial result (Lean) (solution to variant of first part; solution to second part) » : 🟡 progrès partiel (légende du wiki)
Checked by: no verifier identified
Sources: 4 : 3 read word for word, 1 link only
Part of: AI contributions to Erdős problems (wiki by T. Tao, frozen on June 30, 2026)
This entry: AI draft, not reviewed

Status history

Only one observation so far.

01Oct 12, 2026
First observation:Not evaluatedCurrent status
Source: github.comread word for word

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