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High School Students Solve Fields Medalist's Open Problem With AI Help

Oak Park students publish AI-assisted proof of open problem in Lorentzian polynomials

Aayush Bathija and Prince Rohatgi, with guidance from UCLA postdoctoral researcher Daniel Soskin, released a 75-page paper titled "Bounded Ratios for Lorentzian Polynomials" on arXiv. The work solves an open problem related to the theory of Lorentzian polynomials pioneered by Fields Medalist June Huh, determining which coefficient ratios have universal upper bounds across all polynomials in the class.

Oak Park students publish AI-assisted proof of open problem in Lorentzian polynomials
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“The students heavily utilized AI assistants, specifically Claude Opus 5 and GPT-5.6 Sol, for computational exploration, proof idea generation, and editing.”

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Aayush Bathija High school student, lead authorPrince Rohatgi High school student, co-authorDaniel Soskin UCLA postdoctoral researcher, advisorJune Huh Fields Medalist, pioneered Lorentzian polynomial theory

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