Weekly reads: Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026
Here are the reads I shared on Mastodon this past week:
1. Lean 4
- A constructive ATLAS of finite simple groups in Lean. ~ Gerald Höhn. #LeanProver #ITP #AI4Math
- A Lean formalization of the Hamilton-Perelman proof of the three-dimensional Poincaré conjecture. ~ Ziyang Qin, Yuan Liao, Ayush Khaitan, Bennett Chow. #LeanProver #ITP
- Formalising linear elliptic PDE theory in Lean 4. ~ Alejandro José Soto Franco, Kobe Marshall-Stevens. #LeanProver #ITP #Math
- Formalization of the Poincaré Conjecture in Lean 4. ~ PKU AI for Math team. #LeanProver #ITP #Math
- Formalize everything, now! ~ Justin Asher. #LeanProver #ITP #AI4Math
- Formalizing Carleson's theorem in Lean. ~ Lars Becker et als. #LeanProver #ITP #Math
- New proofs of weak normalization for propositional logic. ~ S P Suresh. #LeanProver #ITP #Logic
- Papers with Lean: arXiv papers that use Lean. #LeanProver #ITP
- Proving at scale for universal algebra. ~ João Araújo, Jan Hula, Mikoláš Janota, Edmond W. H. Lee, Bartosz Naskrecki. #LeanProver #ITP #AI4Math
- Sage: Formalization with semantic correction. ~ Thomas Hirtz, Farzad Jafarrahmani, Abdelmouksit Sagueni, Xiang Zhou, Wengping Deng, Liang Zhang. #LeanProver #ITP #AI4Math
- The Odlyzko–Poonen conjecture on irreducibility of random polynomials. ~ Constantin Kogler. #LeanProver #ITP #AI4Math
- What did the Lean proof of Fermat's Last Theorem formalize? ~ Justin Asher. #LeanProver #ITP #AI4Math
2. Isabelle/HOL
- Proofs without nominals: Gödel's ontological argument, its shallow embedding, and the open questions of the Monatshefte Notes. ~ Christoph Benzmüller. #LeanProver #IsabelleHOL #ITP
3. Artificial intelligence for mathematics (AI4Math)
- AI for mathematical problems: an invitation for mathematicians. ~ Matthew Colbrook et als. #AI4Math
- AI solves a ‘holy grail’ problem from probability theory. ~ Manon Bischoff. #AI4Math
- AIM, explained (Explanations of open applied mathematics). ~ Matthew Colbrook et als. #AI4Math
- AIM: an invitation to explore mathematics together. ~ Matthew Colbrook. #AI4Math
- Applied mathematics has met the machine before. ~ Denys Dutykh. #AI4Math
- Can AI truly prove anything? ~ Stepan Nesterov. #AI4Math
- If math is more than proof, we need to better celebrate the rest of it. ~ Grant Sanderson. #AI4Math
- Only Anatevka: the mathematical community's values, its incentives, and LLMs. ~ Ethan Sussman. #AI4Math
- Responsible release of AI-generated mathematics. ~ Advisory Group on Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence. #AI4Math
- To grieve, or not to grieve? (Mathematics and AI). ~ Kevin Buzzard. #AI4Math
- Why I became a professional mathematician. ~ Frank Vallentin. #AI4Math
- YAPOAI (Yet Another Post on AI): AI, understanding, and mathematical work. ~ Najib Idrissi. #AI4Math
4. Other topics
- Free math textbooks from university mathematicians. #Math
- Teaching Haskell in the age of LLMs, part 1: ban or embrace? ~ Vladislav Zavialov. #Haskell #FunctionalProgramming #LLMs
5. Content in Spanish
5.1 Lean 4 challenges (RetoLean4)
- #RetoLean4: Soluciones del reto 17 (Las sucesiones convergentes están acotadas). #LeanProver #ITP #Math
- #RetoLean4: Soluciones del reto 20 (Si aₙ → L y M es una cota superior de aₙ, entonces L ≤ M). #LeanProver #ITP #Math
- #RetoLean4: Enunciado del reto 21 (Las subsucesiones tienen el mismo límite que la sucesión). #LeanProver #ITP #Math
5.2 Reviews of AI4Math posts
- Reseña de «AI solves a ‘holy grail’ problem from probability theory». #AI4Math
- Reseña de «AIM: an invitation to explore mathematics together». #AI4Math
- Reseña de «Applied mathematics has met the machine before». #AI4Math
- Reseña de «Can AI truly prove anything?» #AI4Math
- Reseña de «Only Anatevka: the mathematical community's values, its incentives, and LLMs». ~ Ethan Sussman. #AI4Math
- Reseña de «Responsible release of AI-generated mathematics». #AI4Math
- Reseña de «To grieve, or not to grieve? (Mathematics and AI)». #AI4Math
- Reseña de «If math is more than proof, we need to better celebrate the rest of it». #AI4Math
- Reseña de «Why I became a professional mathematician». #AI4Math
- Reseña de «YAPOAI (Yet Another Post on AI): AI, understanding, and mathematical work». #AI4Math
6. Previous list
- Weekly reads: 21-27 September, 2026 #AI4Maht #Agda #ITP #IsabelleHOL #LeanProver #LogicProgramming #Math #Prolog #RocqProver