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High school students use AI to solve an open problem in mathematics

Two high school students, Aayush Bathija and Prince Rohatgi, working with postdoc Daniel Soskin through the UCLA Math Circle, solved a mathematics problem that Fields Medalist June Huh had previously worked on without solving, according to a post by Quanquan Gu on X. The resulting paper, posted to arXiv as 2609.05341, was heavily AI-assisted. Gu wrote that "enabling high school students to push the frontier of mathematical research is something worth celebrating.

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High school students use AI to solve an open problem in mathematics
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Quanquan Gu on X: "Just got this incredible news from UCLA Math Circle. Two high school students, Aayush Bathija and Prince Rohatgi, working with postdoc Daniel Soskin through the UCLA Math Circle, have solved a problem that Fields Medalist June Huh had previously worked on without solving. The p… / X

Quanquan Gu on X: "Just got this incredible news from UCLA Math Circle. Two high school students, Aayush Bathija and Prince Rohatgi, working with postdoc Daniel Soskin through the UCLA Math Circle, have solved a problem that Fields Medalist June Huh had previously worked on without solving. The paper was heavily AI-assisted. Whatever your view on AI in mathematics, enabling high school students to push the frontier of mathematical research is something worth celebrating. https://t.co/RfvxWXdAeZ"

Just got this incredible news from UCLA Math Circle. Two high school students, Aayush Bathija and Prince Rohatgi, working with postdoc Daniel Soskin through the UCLA Math Circle, have solved a problem that Fields Medalist June Huh had previously worked on without solving. The paper was heavily AI-assisted. Whatever your view on AI in mathematics, enabling high school students to push the frontier of mathematical research is something worth celebrating. arxiv.org/abs/2609.05341

Just got this incredible news from UCLA Math Circle. Two high school students, Aayush Bathija and Prince Rohatgi, working with postdoc Daniel Soskin through the UCLA Math Circle, have solved a problem that Fields Medalist June Huh had previously worked on without solving. The paper was heavily AI-assisted. Whatever your view on AI in mathematics, enabling high school students to push the frontier of mathematical research is something worth celebrating. arxiv.org/abs/2609.05341

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