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4 claims from 4 papers

1. Computer Science › Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs

   Discovering faster matrix multiplication algorithms with reinforcement learning

   Fawzi, Balog, Huang et al. · Nature · 2022

   The paper presents AlphaTensor, a reinforcement learning agent that discovers provably correct matrix multiplication algorithms, outperforming the best known complexity for many matrix sizes.

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   1. Supported · 71%For 4×4 matrices over a finite field, AlphaTensor found an algorithm that improves on Strassen's two-level method, to the authors' knowledge a first in 50 years.“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.”

2. Computer Science › Evolutionary Algorithms and Applications

   AlphaEvolve: A coding agent for scientific and algorithmic discovery

   Alexander, Ngân, Marvin et al. · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2025

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   1. Supported · 71%“Notably, AlphaEvolve developed a search algorithm that found a procedure to multiply two $4 \times 4$ complex-valued matrices using $48$ scalar multiplications; offering the first improvement, after 56 years, over Strassen's algorithm in this setting.”

3. Computer Science › Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs

   Symmetries of matrix multiplication algorithms. I

   Burichenko · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2015

   The paper associates a group of automorphisms (symmetries) with fast matrix multiplication algorithms and works out these groups for several well-known algorithms, including those of Hopcroft, Laderman and Pan.

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   1. Supported · 71%The symmetry group of Hopcroft's fast matrix multiplication algorithm is S3×Z2, and that of Laderman's algorithm is S4.“The automorphism group is isomorphic to $S_3\times Z_2$ and $S_4$ for Hopcroft anf Laderman algorithms, respectively.”

4. Computer Science › Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs

   A non-commutative algorithm for multiplying 4x4 matrices using 48 non-complex multiplications

   Dumas, Pernet and Sedoglavic · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2025

   The authors give a rational-coefficient 4x4 matrix multiplication algorithm with 48 multiplications, plus faster variants and an equivalent 63-multiplication algorithm for 3x4 by 4x7 matrices.

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   1. Supported · 71%The paper proposes a 48-multiplication algorithm for 4x4 matrices using only rational coefficients, valid over any ring except those of characteristic 2.“We propose an algorithm requiring 48 multiplications that uses only rational coefficients, thereby removing the requirement for complex-number arithmetic, and making this algorithm valid over any ring except those of characteristic 2.”