Artificial intelligence has formally verified the prizewinning proof that solved the sphere packing problem in eight dimensions, a result closely tied to Maryna Viazovska’s Fields Medal. The ...
What are zero-knowledge proofs? Zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) are an innovative cryptographic method that enables a party (the prover) to validate a claim to another (the verifier) without disclosing ...
A mathematician will turn a groundbreaking 100-page proof into computer code. The proof tool, Lean, lets users turn proofs written in prose into rules and logic for testing. Kevin Buzzard already uses ...