Autoformalization Project Achieves 130,000 Lines of Topology in Two Weeks Using LLMs for $100
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Summary
A research project has successfully autoformalized 130,000 lines of general topology from the Munkres textbook in just two weeks using LLMs (ChatGPT 5.2 and Claude Sonnet 4.5) at a cost of approximately $100. The project, running since November 2025, has produced 160,000 total lines of formalized topology including major proofs like Urysohn's lemma (3k lines), Urysohn's Metrization theorem (2k lines), and the Tietze extension theorem (10k+ lines). The approach uses a feedback loop between LLMs and the Megalodon proof checker with a core foundational library, suggesting that autoformalization may become easy and ubiquitous in 2026.
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The approach is quite simple and cheap: build a long-running feedback loop between an LLM and a reasonably fast proof checker equipped with a core foundational library.
Based on the fast progress, low cost, virtually unknown ITP/library, and the simple setup available to everyone, we believe that (auto)formalization may become quite easy and ubiquitous in 2026.
This includes a 3k-line proof of Urysohn's lemma, a 2k-line proof of Urysohn's Metrization theorem, over 10k-line proof of the Tietze extension theorem, and many more (in total over 1.5k lemmas/theorems).
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