Community auto-research pushes integer multiplication bound up 69% in 24 hours
danielrock · x · 2026-10-12
A viral thread documents community-driven auto-research on integer multiplication: after an open call for wild new designs, the community improved the key bound from κ=2⁻¹⁸² to 0.001289283116 in 24 hours (+69.13%).
- The infamous "wall" between the bit side and complex side was flipped multiple times; @mrowdays contributed most of the gain and introduced Sussman's E8 geometry
- Contributors on both sides adopted the E8 symmetric lattice in eight dimensions
- Economist Daniel Rock RT'd with "where there is a number, there is a way"
A striking sample of how open collaboration accelerates theoretical frontier work.
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