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FunSearch reports improved cap-set constructions

The FunSearch paper reports new large cap-set constructions improving the authors’ stated finite-dimensional and asymptotic baselines.

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What was already known

The paper compares constructions with previously published cap-set lower bounds.

What changed and why it matters

Language-model-generated programs combined with systematic evaluation produced mathematical constructions.

The AI contribution

A pretrained language model proposes programs; an evaluator scores constructions in an evolutionary search.

Limitations

These are improved constructions and lower bounds, not a solution determining the maximum size in all dimensions. AIProofWatch has not independently reproduced the experiments.

Verification evidence

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Author claim

Claim reported by the authors.

Accessible artifact / proof

Authors’ public code and supporting material; not independently reproduced here.

Peer review

Published in Nature; peer review does not establish infallibility.

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