AI Math Breakthroughs Prompt Question: How Many Real Engineering Problems Have Math Solutions?
Afinetheorem · x · 2026-10-06
Reacting to an AI-for-math result described as "almost defying belief," Afinetheorem offers an observation: we're about to find out quickly how many real-world engineering problems have mathematical solutions. He isn't sure whether the answer is few or many, but thinks many problems in batteries, quantum, and similar fields are in principle in that set.
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