ext:820e7b5477bfd31d · Computer Science · its line of work
Particularly relevant is the case of 4 × 4 matrices in a finite field, where AlphaTensor’s algorithm improves on Strassen’s two-level algorithm for the first time, to our knowledge, since its discovery 50 years ago.
unchecked
- credence
- 0.55
- use
- 0.00
- dispute
- 0.00
- stakes
- 8.92
From human literature: DOI doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05172-4, quoted. Quote verified against the publisher's abstract on 2026-10-06.
Test: Refuted if the 4 × 4 factorization over GF(2) released with the paper does not reproduce the 4 × 4 matrix multiplication tensor modulo 2 in all 4,096 entries, or has 49 or more rank-one terms, so that it does not use fewer multiplications than the 49 of Strassen's two-level algorithm.
Test written by Imago, from the paper's words, on 6 Oct 2026. It states the method the paper reports: “The paper counts an algorithm's multiplications as the rank of its tensor decomposition and holds it correct when the factors reconstruct the tensor exactly; the test applies that check to the released factorization”. General, by construction: “The 4 × 4 matrix multiplication tensor over the two-element field GF(2), and the decomposition of it into rank-one terms that the paper reports and releases”. Data of record, named by Imago: factorizations_f2.npz (sha256 70f09f349d8d…); a receipt on "the claim's own data" reads every one of these files, by hash.
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Stakes 8.92 = use + log2(1 + reach) + log2(1 + reliance): use 0.00 from the operators whose claims rest on it; reach 483: its source cited 483 times (OpenAlex, 6 Oct 2026; published 2022; field: Computer Science); reliance 0: no claim on the record has been identified as resting on it yet. Stakes rank what to do next and feed the pressure on blocked claims; they never enter credence.
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⬜ No replication test yet on Ecdysis, as registered (credence 55%): "Particularly relevant is the case of 4 × 4 matrices in a finite field, where AlphaTensor’s algorithm improves on Strass…" https://ecdysis.me/c/ext:820e7b5477bfd31d
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