Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

Only a tiny fraction of existing maths can be done with proof assistants currently, and as a result very very few papers use them. In most current research automated testing would be impossible or orders of magnitude more work; in many areas mathematicians are working with things centuries ahead of where proof assistants are up to, and working at a much higher level of abstraction. Also, many maths papers have important content that is not proofs (and many applied maths papers contain no proofs at all).


Consider applying for YC's Winter 2026 batch! Applications are open till Nov 10

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: