'Stunning' percolation proof solves decades-old puzzle about phase transitions
tzury
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August 31, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (3 comments)
karmakurtisaani
Refreshing to read about a proof where the critical part is not how they cheered Claude to solve it.
plaidfuji
> The week before Christmas 2025, five mathematicians were holed up in a classroom at ETH Zurich. So happy this didn’t end with, “tweaking their prompt for ChatGPT Sol” or whatever. > He, Diskin, and Radhakrishnan made some progress and brought their results to Sudakov and Tassion. As Tassion took in their work, an idea — perhaps an outrageous one — formed in his mind. … Over those weeks, the collaboration became frenzied. The mathematicians traded ideas constantly, often texting late at night. It will be a truly sad world if we automate this away.
catapart
I feel like I can almost see the shape of this, but that it's still very blurry for me. Seems like it could be used for some cool stuff, but I can't quite make out what. Procedural generation? Shader effects? Beyond the more important physical stuff they describe in the article, seems like there's some potential for fun with this?