https://it-news.uk/tags/mathematics/ Recent content in Mathematics on IT News Hugo en-us Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0800 https://it-news.uk/posts/openai-gpt-56-sol-ultra-solved-math-conjecture/ Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0800 https://it-news.uk/posts/openai-gpt-56-sol-ultra-solved-math-conjecture/ <p>A 50-year-old mathematical puzzle has fallen to an AI — and it took less time than most people spend on lunch.</p> <p>On Thursday, OpenAI announced that its GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra model produced a complete proof of the Cycle Double Cover Conjecture in under an hour. The model used 64 parallel subagents to crack the problem, which has been an open question in graph theory since the 1970s.</p>