Aristotle, an AI theorem prover using Lean
- đ¤ Speaker: Alex J Best (Harmonic)
- đ Date & Time: Thursday 29 January 2026, 17:00 - 18:00
- đ Venue: MR14 Centre for Mathematical Sciences
Abstract
I’ll describe the principles underlying the development of Aristotle, an AI theorem prover trained via reinforcement learning on Lean proofs, that acheived a gold medal equivalent score on this years IMO problems, has been used to solve open problems and autoformalize new papers in real time. I’ll give a demo of how this can be accessed and show some examples of projects making heavy use of this technology, in particular those using it for novel mathematical proofs and for library development. I’ll also discuss where (formal) mathematics might be headed as these tools continue to develop and evolve, and how working on mathematics might change as mathematicians incorporate these tools into their work process.
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Series This talk is part of the Formalisation of mathematics with interactive theorem provers series.
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Alex J Best (Harmonic)
Thursday 29 January 2026, 17:00-18:00