SUPR
Large Language Models for Mathematical Discovery
Dnr:

NAISS 2024/22-240

Type:

NAISS Small Compute

Principal Investigator:

Solrun Halla Einarsdottir

Affiliation:

Chalmers tekniska högskola

Start Date:

2024-02-28

End Date:

2025-03-01

Primary Classification:

10201: Computer Sciences

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Allocation

Abstract

The goal of this project is to create a prototype system for integrating a Large Language Model with a proof-assistant, for the purpose of generating new interesting conjectures. We believe a neuro-symbolic architecture, using an LLM to generate conjectures and a symbolic theorem prover or counter-example finder to check the correctness of the generated conjectures, could be an excellent fit for the task of automatically discovering interesting and useful mathematical properties. We have recently conducted a pilot study in this area with interesting results, manually querying ChatGPT for conjectures, and now plan to further explore the strengths and weaknesses of this approach. Building a prototype system that better automates and integrates LLM-based conjecturing with a proof assistant will enable us to perform experiments systematically.