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OpenAI's Astra Model Solves Ten Decade-Old Mathematical Problems

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  1. Version 2 2026-08-03 09:19 UTC · 101 items

    New items add more specific domain coverage — operator algebras and lattice cryptography are now named alongside the previously listed areas [^42853]. The most substantive new angle is that several outlets characterized…

  2. Version 1 2026-08-02 02:05 UTC · 20 items

    On August 1, 2026, OpenAI announced that an internal version of its next major model, Astra, produced new results on ten mathematical problems that had been open for at least a decade, spanning geometry, coding theory, …