17-year-old and his AI collaborator prove Stein numbers asymptotic for the first time
arampell · x · 2026-11-05
arampell announces his 17-year-old son cappucher proved the asymptotic for E.P. Stein numbers in the put-or-take-a-square game — a generalization of the subtract-a-square game — after months of work with an "AI collaborator," with advice from Scott Kominers. The father frames it as a real blueprint of AI-empowered mathematical research: "A 17 year old can just…do things. AI is enabling math, not ending it."
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