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11 claims from 11 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 › Cellular Automata and Applications

   Lenia: Biology of Artificial Life

   Kong and Chan · Complex Systems · 2019

   The paper presents Lenia, a continuous cellular automaton whose simulations produce many lifelike patterns, which the author surveys, classifies into a taxonomy and discusses in relation to biology and AI.

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   1. Supported · 71%In Lenia, a simulated artificial-life system, more than 400 species in 18 families have been identified, many found through interactive evolutionary computation.“More than 400 species in 18 families have been identified, many discovered via interactive evolutionary computation.”

3. Computer Science › Cellular Automata and Applications

   Lenia and Expanded Universe

   Chan · Conference on Artificial Life (ALIFE) · 2020

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   1. Supported · 71%“Using semi-automatic search e.g. genetic algorithm, we discovered new phenomena like polyhedral symmetries, individuality, self-replication, emission, growth by ingestion, and saw the emergence of "virtual eukaryotes" that possess internal division of labor…

4. Computer Science › Formal Methods in Verification

   Formal Verification of the Empty Hexagon Number

   Bernardo, Wojciech, James, Cayden, Mario and Heule · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2019

   The authors encode Keller's conjecture in dimension 7 as a satisfiability problem and use a SAT solver with symmetry breaking to find that no clique of size 128 exists in three related graphs.

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   1. Supported · 71%Using satisfiability solving, the authors report that none of three graphs tied to Keller's conjecture in dimension 7 contains a clique of size 128.“We consider three graphs, $G_{7,3}$, $G_{7,4}$, and $G_{7,6}$, related to Keller's conjecture in dimension 7. The conjecture is false for this dimension if and only if at least one of the graphs contains a clique of size $2^7 = 128$. We present an automated method to solve this conjecture by encodi…”

5. Computer Science › Advanced Graph Theory Research

   Computing Small Unit-Distance Graphs with Chromatic Number 5

   Heule · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2018

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   1. Supported · 71%A method based on clausal proof minimization found several 553-vertex unit-distance graphs needing 5 colours; the smallest published one had 1581 vertices.“Our method, which is based on clausal proof minimization, allowed us to compute several 553-vertex unit-distance graphs with chromatic number 5, while the smallest published unit-distance graph with chromatic number 5 has 1581 vertices.”

6. Computer Science › Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs

   Binary determinantal complexity

   Hüttenhain and Ikenmeyer · Linear Algebra and its Applications · 2016

   The paper proves a 7 by 7 lower bound for the 3 by 3 permanent using computer enumeration, and links determinants of such matrices to constant free skew circuits.

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   1. Supported · 71%Writing the 3 by 3 permanent polynomial as a determinant of a matrix of zeros, ones and variables needs a matrix of at least 7 by 7.“We prove that for writing the 3 by 3 permanent polynomial as a determinant of a matrix consisting only of zeros, ones, and variables as entries, a 7 by 7 matrix is required. Our proof is computer based and uses the enumeration of bipartite graphs.”

7. Computer Science › Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs

   Flip Graphs for Matrix Multiplication

   Kauers and Moosbauer · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2022

   The paper introduces a way of finding matrix multiplication schemes by random walks in a 'flip graph', and reports using it to cut the multiplications needed for two matrix formats.

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   1. Supported · 71%Using a random-walk method on a 'flip graph', the authors report fewer multiplications for 4×4 by 4×5 and 5×5 by 5×5 matrix products, including in characteristic two.“Using this method, we were able to reduce the number of multiplications for the matrix formats (4, 4, 5) and (5, 5, 5), both in characteristic two and for arbitrary ground fields.”

8. Computer Science › Cellular Automata and Applications

   Conway's Game of Life is Omniperiodic

   Brown, Cheng, Jacobi et al. · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2023

   The paper reports oscillators with the last two missing periods, 19 and 41, in Conway's Game of Life, and gives a history of the long search for oscillators of every period.

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   1. Supported · 71%Oscillators with periods 19 and 41 have been found in Conway's Game of Life, the last two missing, so Life has oscillators of every period.“The search has finally ended, with the discovery of oscillators having the final two periods, 19 and 41, proving that Life is omniperiodic.”

9. 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.”

10. Computer Science › Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs

    Fast Matrix Multiplication in Small Formats: Discovering New Schemes with an Open-Source Flip Graph Framework

    Perminov · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2026

    The paper presents an open-source C++ flip graph framework that searches for fast matrix multiplication schemes over several coefficient rings, improving the rank of 79 schemes among 680 studied.

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    1. Supported · 71%A new scheme multiplies a 4×4 matrix by a 4×10 matrix using 115 multiplications, giving an exponent of about 2.80478, below Strassen's.“Notably, a new $4 \times 4 \times 10$ scheme requiring only 115 multiplications is discovered, achieving $ω\approx 2.80478$ and beating Strassen's exponent for this specific size.”

11. Computer Science › Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs

    Flip Graphs with Symmetry and New Matrix Multiplication Schemes

    Moosbauer and Michael · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2025

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    1. Supported · 71%“Our results are new schemes for multiplying $5\times 5$ matrices using $93$ multiplications and $6\times 6$ matrices using $153$ multiplications over arbitrary ground fields.”