Mathematical Milestone in the AI World: Claude Achieves End-to-End Formalization of Fermat's Last Theorem in Just 11 Days
Anthropic announced that its AI model completed a basic autonomous operation in 11 days, achieving the first end-to-end, computer-checked formalized proof of Fermat's Last Theorem in Lean. This work did not rediscover mathematical proofs but transformed existing proofs into a form verifiable step-by-step by the Lean proof assistant, with Claude generating the relevant proof content.