Qwen 27B on a RTX 5090 livestreams attempt at open math problem C(25,15,5)
GuiltyBookkeeper4849 · reddit · 2026-09-20
After a viral 63-hour autonomous run of Qwen 3.8 on an RTX 3090 attempting the Riemann hypothesis, the author launched a new live experiment: Qwen 3.8 27B on a single RTX 5090 tackling the open covering design problem C(25,15,5).
- The best known solution uses 42 groups; the open goal is 41
- The problem was chosen because solutions are trivially verifiable via an independent checker
- The live site exposes the agent's messages, memory, life-loop, code, and runs a public verifier in real time
- The author argues open-source models on consumer hardware can push science forward and that agentic autonomous research should be open to humans and AI agents alike
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