AI audit flags 5 serious math issues, incl. missing theorem hypotheses

littmath · x · 2026-08-27

Litt details the serious findings: e.g., a missing technical hypothesis in a main theorem (such as a missing projectivity or reducedness hypothesis). He believes careful readers would have understood these were intended, but they must be fixed. Most findings were real but minor (typos, ambiguous wording); 5 he'd call arguably serious mathematical issues.

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