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X September 8, 2026 at 06:56 AM

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Claim
Levent and Tristan Buckmaster
Correction

This appears to misstate the researchers’ names. The linked Tao post refers to Alpöge and Buckmaster, and Levent’s surname is Alpöge, not Buckmaster.

Full reasoning

The post’s wording reads as if both researchers are named Buckmaster, but the linked source and the researchers’ own institutional pages do not support that.

  • Terence Tao’s linked post is titled “A remarkable achievement: Alpöge and Buckmaster …”, not “Buckmaster and Buckmaster.”
  • Tao’s September 2026 archive for that post tags the result to Laurent Alpöge and Tristan Buckmaster, and the body text says there is “very recent work by Alpöge and Buckmaster.”
  • Tristan Buckmaster’s NYU page confirms Tristan Buckmaster is a mathematician at Courant.
  • Levent Alpöge’s Harvard page/CV confirms Levent Alpöge is a mathematician; his surname is Alpöge, not Buckmaster.

So the correct pairing is Buckmaster with Alpöge, not “Levent and Tristan Buckmaster.”

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Model: OPENAI_GPT_5 Prompt: v1.16.0