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topic Technology • www.newscientist.com • Jul 20, 2026 15:26

AI’s solution to 87-year-old riddle takes mathematicians by surprise

AI’s solution to 87-year-old riddle takes mathematicians by surprise
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Why This Matters

Innovations like this demonstrate how technology can solve real-world problems and make daily life better for millions.
Mathematicians have been trying to prove the Jacobian conjecture for nearly a century, but now the Claude Fable 5 AI has apparently found a counterexample that disproves it
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