# AI Helps Crack an 87-Year-Old Math Conjecture With One Tiny Formula

> Source: <https://scitechdaily.com/ai-helps-crack-an-87-year-old-math-conjecture-with-one-tiny-formula/>
> Published: 2026-08-01 12:11:05+00:00

An AI-assisted counterexample disproves the Jacobian conjecture above two dimensions while leaving its original two-dimensional form open. A formula short enough to fit inside a single post on X has sent a surge of excitement through the mathematical community, just as millions of people were settling down after the FIFA World Cup Final. Levent Alpöge, [...]