The Man Who Loved Only Numbers
First published 1998
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A portrait of Paul Erdős, the travelling mathematician who wrote papers with hundreds of collaborators.
AI × MATH
GPT-5.4 Pro solves Erdős problem #1196 on primitive sets
A conjecture of Erdős, Sárközy and Szemerédi; the method also gives a short proof of the primitive set conjecture.
April 2026 · arXiv ↗
GPT-5.2 Pro and Aristotle settle Erdős problem #728 almost on their own
One of the problems Erdős left behind, solved by AI and checked in Lean.
January 2026 · arXiv ↗
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