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The peer-reviewed Nature paper reports that an LLM paired with an evaluator discovered previously unknown cap-set constructions and improved bin-packing heuristics, producing verifiable results beyond prior best-known solutions. DIRECT_TEXT

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Source: Mathematical discoveries from program search with large language models · locator {} · excerpt hash sha256:953a3833c94bca1c51e25ea42a2fd3f6b3d6721da2948893dd330cb4de53223e

Applying FunSearch ... we discover new constructions of large cap sets going beyond the best-known ones ... This shows that it is possible to make discoveries for established open problems using LLMs. ... we also find new heuristics for online bin packing that improve on widely used baselines.