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Axiom Math's AI Agents Complete Computer Verification of Math's Longest Proof in 24 Days

October 28, 2026 at 06:44 EDT

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Axiom Math announced October 27 that an ensemble of AI agents produced the first computer-verified proof of the Classification of Finite Simple Groups, translating 15,000 pages of mathematics across more than 500 papers into 43.1 million lines of formally verified Lean code in just 24 days.

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Enormous Theorem Verified in 24 Days

Axiom's AI agents produced a computer-verified proof of the Classification of Finite Simple Groups, translating 15,000 pages of mathematics into 43.1 million lines of formal code.

15K

Pages in original proof

43.1M

Lines of Lean code

Scale Comparison

Original
1×

Formalized
2,870×

Lines of code per page of original proof

Key Finding

34 deviations discovered between published proofs and the formal verification, including a critical counterexample in the Unbalanced Group Theorem. All issues were resolved; the classification remains valid.

Timeline

Oct 1 – Oct 25, 2026 24 days from project start to completion

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