4 sources healthy · latest episode 9 Nov 2026
descriptive claim

Terry Tao found it difficult to convince Lean of an elementary fact while formalizing some of his own work.

Unresolved speaker · Mathematics Just Changed Forever — Kevin Hartnett · 26 Oct 2026

In their words

The transcript segments this claim was taken from

“It's hard. Terry Tao, much later, when he is formalizing some of his own work in Lean, he confronts a similarly elementary fact that is just, you know, obvious on its surface to mathematicians, but convincing Lean it's correct is difficult.”
46:08Report a misattribution
0.95how strongly it was put, not whether it is true
0.55importance to the conversation
0.97confidence the claim was read correctly