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Competition problems in algebra and number theory were easier to auto-formalize in Lean because their natural-language statements already included equations and notation.
Unresolved speaker · Mathematics Just Changed Forever — Kevin Hartnett · 26 Oct 2026
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“The translation itself had structure. Algebra and number theory were easier because their natural language statements already contained equations and notation.”58:01Report a misattribution
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