Axiom machine-verifies math's largest proof: 15,000-page Classification of Finite Simple Groups in Lean
TheTuringPost · x · 2026-10-28
Axiom announces a complete Lean auto-formalization of the Classification of Finite Simple Groups — the "periodic table of symmetry" — making the largest proof in human history computer-verified. The 15,000-page result, built by 100+ mathematicians across generations, was formalized by an army of AI agents, which also fixed historical gaps in the original proof along the way.
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