Early Evidence of Vibe-Proving with Consumer LLMs: A Case Study on Spectral Region Characterization with ChatGPT-5.2 (Thinking)

Early Evidence of Vibe-Proving with Consumer LLMs: A Case Study on Spectral Region Characterization with ChatGPT-5.2 (Thinking)

• LLMs increasingly used as scientific copilots, but research-level math evidence limited. • Case study uses ChatGPT-5.2 (Thinking) to resolve Conjecture 20 on spectral region of 4

Research & Labs · February 24, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 196 words
Chinese scientists push limits of 300-year-old math problem in sphere packing

Chinese scientists push limits of 300-year-old math problem in sphere packing

• Chinese researchers at Fudan, Peking, and SAIS used AI to solve long‑standing kissing number problem. • AI system Packing Star computed optimal sphere packings in dimensions beyo

Six Math Essentials

Six Math Essentials

• Just a brief announcement that I have been working with Quanta Books to publish a short book in popular mathematics entitled ‘Six Math Essentials’, which will cover six of the fu

Mathematics · February 16, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 2 min · 397 words

The Univalence Principle

• The Univalence Principle Posted by Mike Shulman (guest post by Dimitris Tsementzis, about joint work with Benedikt Ahrens, Paige North, and Mike Shulman) The Univalence Principle

Mathematics · February 11, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 312 words
IPAM industrial short course in generative AI algorithms - deadline for applications closing soon

IPAM industrial short course in generative AI algorithms - deadline for applications closing soon

• Updates on my research and expository papers, discussion of open problems, and other maths-related topics. • By Terence Tao Home About Career advice On writing Books Mastodon+ Ap

Mathematics · February 2, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 264 words

Categorifying Riemann's Functional Equation

• John Baez extends his categorification of the Riemann zeta function to its functional equation. • The completed zeta ξ(s) includes a real prime factor, key to symmetry. • Categor

Mathematics · January 26, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 183 words
A crowdsourced repository for optimization constants?

A crowdsourced repository for optimization constants?

• Thomas Bloom’s Erdös problem site now thrives with AI‑assisted solutions. • Human, AI, and hybrid contributions are discussed and approved as updates. • A curated problem databas

Mathematics · January 23, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 186 words
Rogers' theorem on sieving

Rogers' theorem on sieving

• Rogers theorem addresses density of integers remaining after removing finite congruence classes in sieve theory. • The theorem appears only in Halberstam & Roth’s 1966 text, unpu

Mathematics · January 19, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 196 words
The integrated explicit analytic number theory network

The integrated explicit analytic number theory network

• Like many other areas of modern analysis, analytic number theory often relies on the convenient device of asymptotic notation to express its results. • It is common to use notati

Mathematics · January 16, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 299 words
Polynomial towers and inverse Gowers theory for bounded-exponent groups

Polynomial towers and inverse Gowers theory for bounded-exponent groups

• Updates on my research and expository papers, discussion of open problems, and other maths-related topics. • By Terence Tao Home About Career advice On writing Books Mastodon+ Ap

Mathematics · January 6, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 297 words

Coxeter and Dynkin Diagrams

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Mathematics · January 6, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 209 words
The maximal length of the Erdős-Herzog-Piranian lemniscate in high degree

The maximal length of the Erdős-Herzog-Piranian lemniscate in high degree

• I’ve just uploaded to the arXiv my preprint The maximal length of the Erdős-Herzog-Piranian lemniscate in high degree. • This paper resolves (in the asymptotic regime of sufficie

Mathematics · December 16, 2025 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 260 words
The Equational Theories Project: Advancing Collaborative Mathematical Research at Scale

The Equational Theories Project: Advancing Collaborative Mathematical Research at Scale

• Matthew Bolan, Joachim Breitner, Jose Brox, Nicholas Carlini, Mario Carneiro, Floris van Doorn, Martin Dvorak, Andrés Goens, Aaron Hill, Harald Husum, Hernán Ibarra Mejia, Zoltan

Mathematics · December 9, 2025 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 291 words
The story of Erdős problem #1026

The story of Erdős problem #1026

• Problem 1026 on the Erdős problem web site recently got solved through an interesting combination of existing literature, online collaboration, and AI tools. • The purpose of thi

Mathematics · December 9, 2025 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 252 words

Octonions and the Standard Model (Part 13)

• Octonions and the Standard Model (Part 13) Posted by John Baez When Lee and Yang suggested that the laws of physics might not be invariant under spatial reflection - that there’s

Mathematics · December 7, 2025 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 300 words

log|x| + C revisited

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Mathematics · December 3, 2025 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 208 words
Quantitative correlations and some problems on prime factors of consecutive integers

Quantitative correlations and some problems on prime factors of consecutive integers

• Updates on my research and expository papers, discussion of open problems, and other maths-related topics. • By Terence Tao Home About Career advice On writing Books Mastodon+ Ap

Mathematics · December 2, 2025 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 425 words

Octonions and the Standard Model (Part 12)

• Octonions and the Standard Model (Part 12) Posted by John Baez Having spent a lot of time pondering the octonionic projective plane and its possible role in the Standard Model of

Mathematics · November 30, 2025 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 288 words

Beyond the Geometry of Music

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Mathematics · November 22, 2025 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 203 words

The Inverse Cube Force Law

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Mathematics · November 5, 2025 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 217 words

Second Quantization and the Kepler Problem

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Mathematics · November 3, 2025 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 208 words

Dynamics in Jordan Algebras

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Mathematics · November 2, 2025 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 208 words

Applied Category Theory 2026

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Mathematics · October 27, 2025 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 203 words

A Complex Qutrit Inside an Octonionic One

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Mathematics · October 6, 2025 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 222 words
Good Reads: The Princeton Companion to Mathematics

Good Reads: The Princeton Companion to Mathematics

• Good Reads: The Princeton Companion to Mathematics Next up onGood Reads: ThePrinceton Companion to Mathematics,edited by Fields medalistTimothy Gowers.This book is an exceptional

Mathematics · September 25, 2025 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 193 words
What is a Good Quantum Encoding? Part 1

What is a Good Quantum Encoding? Part 1

• What is a Good Quantum Encoding? • Part 1 Over the past couple of years, I’ve been learning a little about the world of quantum machine learning (QML) and the sorts of things peo

Mathematics · September 25, 2025 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 259 words

A Shadow of Triality?

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Mathematics · September 13, 2025 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 215 words

Equivalence via Surjections

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Mathematics · August 29, 2025 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 210 words

Burrito Monads, Arrow Kitchens, and Freyd Category Recipes

• Burrito Monads, Arrow Kitchens, and Freyd Category Recipes Posted by Tom Leinster Guest post by Khyathi Komalan and Andrew Krenz From Lawvere’s Hegelian taco to Baez’s layer cake

Mathematics · August 28, 2025 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 235 words
Magnitude, Enriched Categories, and LLMs

Magnitude, Enriched Categories, and LLMs

• Math3ma celebrates 10‑year anniversary, reflecting on growth from niche blog to influential math resource. • Author began as study tool, now shares graduate‑level insights with g

Mathematics · February 2, 2025 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 186 words
New Video Podcast: fAQ

New Video Podcast: fAQ

• Launch of new video podcast ‘fAQ’ featuring casual chats on quantum physics and AI. • Co-hosts: author and Adam Green, a biologist and former Khan Academy academic director. • Ta

Mathematics · March 28, 2023 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 169 words
What is Superposition, Really?

What is Superposition, Really?

• Superposition is simply a linear combination of states, like adding vectors in linear algebra. • The concept can be visualized without math using everyday analogies, such as over

Mathematics · March 28, 2023 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 191 words
Modeling Sequences with Quantum States

Modeling Sequences with Quantum States

• Introduces quantum-inspired methods for modeling sequential data via tensor networks. • Uses bipartite graph representations of matrices to visualize linear maps. • Applies quant

Mathematics · March 16, 2023 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 162 words
Understanding Entanglement With SVD

Understanding Entanglement With SVD

• SVD decomposes any matrix M into UDV†, revealing singular values and vectors. • Singular values, arranged in D, indicate the importance of each concept in M. • Left and right sin

Mathematics · March 16, 2023 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 181 words
What is Quantum Technology?

What is Quantum Technology?

• SandboxAQ spun out of Alphabet, focusing on AI and quantum technologies. • Founder Jack Hidary explains what quantum technology means in new YouTube videos. • The team emphasizes

Mathematics · March 16, 2023 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 177 words
Symposium at The Master's University

Symposium at The Master's University

• Symposium at The Master’s University, Santa Clarita, California, June 9-10, 2024. • Math3ma Institute hosts event, inviting scholars, industry, and government scientists. • NASA

Mathematics · March 14, 2023 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 155 words
A New Perspective of Entropy

A New Perspective of Entropy

• Introduces a novel link between Shannon entropy and topological simplices via operad derivations. • Explores how entropy functions satisfy a Leibniz-like rule on simplicial struc

Mathematics · January 10, 2023 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 165 words
The Yoneda Lemma

The Yoneda Lemma

• Yoneda lemma states that an object is fully determined by its hom‑functor relationships. • Yoneda embedding maps each object X to functor hom(-,X), fully faithful. • Morphisms f:

Mathematics · January 1, 2023 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 179 words
Introducing The Math3ma Institute

Introducing The Math3ma Institute

• Math3ma expands into a new research hub, the Math3ma Institute, on TMU campus and online. • Visiting professor at TMU collaborates with math, science, engineering faculty to laun

Mathematics · February 22, 2022 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 191 words
Math3ma: Behind the Scenes (3B1B Podcast)

Math3ma: Behind the Scenes (3B1B Podcast)

• Grant Sanderson shares early inspirations that sparked his passion for math and physics. • He reflects on his graduate school journey and key learning moments. • The conversation

Mathematics · November 1, 2021 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 159 words
Language, Statistics, & Category Theory, Part 3

Language, Statistics, & Category Theory, Part 3

• Introduces enriched category theory framework for modeling language expressions and their relationships. • Builds on Part 2’s set assignment to words, extending to statistical co

Mathematics · September 27, 2021 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 192 words
Monotone Convergence Theorem

Monotone Convergence Theorem

• The Monotone Convergence Theorem (MCT) allows interchange of limit and integral for increasing nonnegative functions. • MCT requires pointwise a.e. convergence, measurability, an

Mathematics · August 16, 2021 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 184 words
Dominated Convergence Theorem

Dominated Convergence Theorem

• DCT states limit and integral commute under pointwise a.e. convergence with integrable dominating function. • Requires measurable functions and existence of integrable g bounding

Mathematics · August 16, 2021 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 194 words
The Borel-Cantelli Lemma

The Borel-Cantelli Lemma

{ ‘summary’: [ ‘• The Borel‑Cantelli Lemma applies to any finite‑measure space, not just probability spaces.’, ‘• It states that if the sum of measures of sets (E_n) converges

Mathematics · August 16, 2021 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 320 words
Entropy + Algebra + Topology = ?

Entropy + Algebra + Topology = ?

• Introduces function d(x) = -x log x, a derivation reminiscent of Leibniz rule. • d relates to Shannon entropy, but is nonlinear, so H(p) ≠ d(∑ p_i). • Paper shows Shannon entropy

Mathematics · July 28, 2021 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 188 words
Language, Statistics, & Category Theory, Part 2

Language, Statistics, & Category Theory, Part 2

• Language modeled as category L: objects are English expressions, morphisms are substring inclusions. • Category L captures syntax but lacks semantic depth, prompting richer categ

Mathematics · July 21, 2021 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 184 words
Language, Statistics, & Category Theory, Part 1

Language, Statistics, & Category Theory, Part 1

• Authors propose a new preprint exploring math behind large language models. • Question: how to model transition from probability distributions on text to syntax and semantics. •

Mathematics · July 7, 2021 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 169 words