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Nine Ramsey Number Lower-Bound Records

partialconfidence 70%

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Precise statement

Improved lower bounds for nine classical Ramsey numbers, including $R(3,13) \geq 61$, $R(3,18) \geq 100$, and seven $R(4,k)$ records up to $R(4,20) \geq 237$, found by AlphaEvolve-discovered search algorithms.

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What AI did

AlphaEvolve

AlphaEvolve, an LLM-based code-mutation system, ran a meta-search that discovered the search algorithms which produced the record constructions; Gemini 3 summarized the generated code for the paper.

Provider: Google DeepMind · Prompt public: unknown · Independence: unknown

Verification boundary

unreviewed

Lower-bound constructions are finite certificates checkable by machine; no independent verification has been published yet.

Correctness: unknown · statement fidelity: unaudited · peer review: none

Timeline

  1. arXiv

    Records, not resolutions: the exact values of these Ramsey numbers remain unknown.

Known method families

construction (source-reported)

Source-reported tools: construction.

Independent: unknown · difference confidence: 0

What remains uncertain

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  • VibeMath has not independently audited the mathematical statement, proof, or novelty claim.