The Missing Primitive: Diagnosing and Repairing Mathematical Reasoning in Large Language Models

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2026-10-01

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The linked preprint is titled The Missing Primitive: Diagnosing and Repairing Mathematical Reasoning in Large Language Models. The screening rules associate it with mathematical reasoning. This association is a topic classification, not a finding that the claims are correct.

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While Large Language Models (LLMs) have demonstrated striking capabilities on frontier mathematical problems, it remains unclear whether they possess the structural mathematical understanding underlying their

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https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.02191

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