AnalysisScienceAugust 30, 2026

GPT 5.6 Pro breaks record on large gaps between primes

GPT 5.6 Pro improved the lower bound for Jacobsthal's function to Y(X) ≫ (1/L3)XL1, beating the previous record by Ford, Green, Konyagin, Maynard, and Tao. The result, sketched on Erdős Problems, yields larger prime gaps than ever known.

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