The closest the field has come to solving the planar unit distance problem, first proposed in the 1940s, was in 1984. Now, OpenAI claims an internal model has cracked the puzzle.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1993, Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdős—one of the most prolific mathematicians of the 20th century—posed a question with two ...

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In a world where scientific breakthroughs often bring fame, wealth, and global recognition, Grigori Perelman chose a completely different path. The Russian mathematician stunned the academic world ...