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2 claims from 2 papers

1. Computer Science › Evolutionary Algorithms and Applications

   Mathematical discoveries from program search with large language models

   Romera‐Paredes, Barekatain, Novikov et al. · Nature · 2023

   The paper introduces FunSearch, which pairs a pretrained language model with an automatic evaluator to search for programs, and reports new results on the cap set problem and online bin packing.

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   1. UncheckedUsing FunSearch on the cap set problem, the authors report new large cap set constructions beating the best-known ones, in finite dimensions and asymptotically.“Applying FunSearch to a central problem in extremal combinatorics—the cap set problem—we discover new constructions of large cap sets going beyond the best-known ones, both in finite dimensional and asymptotic cases.”

2. Mathematics › Limits and Structures in Graph Theory

   Ramsey numbers of semi-algebraic and semi-linear hypergraphs

   Jin and Tomon · Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series B · 2023

   The paper disproves a conjecture on asymmetric semi-algebraic Ramsey numbers for 3-uniform hypergraphs and gives upper and lower bounds when the defining polynomials are linear.

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   1. UncheckedFor some complexity, 3-uniform semi-algebraic hypergraphs can avoid a 4-clique and an n-independent set up to roughly n^((log n)^(1/3-o(1))) vertices.“We refute this conjecture by showing that $R_{3}^{\mathbf{t}}(4,n)>n^{(\log n)^{1/3-o(1)}}$ for some complexity $\mathbf{t}$.”