Mathematicians publish open letter about the Mathathon with signatories from top universities
zetalyrae · x · 2026-09-10
A Google Docs "Open Letter about the Mathathon" is circulating, gathering signatures from PhD students, postdocs and professors at Caltech, Harvard, MIT, Berkeley, Cambridge and elsewhere, including senior researchers at the Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics. Shared on X by zetalyrae, it reflects a collective statement from the mathematics community around the AI math competition known as the Mathathon.
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