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# “So cool! The improvements in the end started getting faster than we could run the…”

Rohan Arun (@RohanArun), X, 2026-10-08.
Source: https://x.com/RohanArun/status/2108190499941065193

## Archived text

> So cool! The improvements in the end started getting faster than we could run the verifications. 
> 
> Submitted a new conditional multiplication bound: κ = 3.918734894×10⁻⁵—0.8248% above PR #39. https://github.com/CrocSwap/integer-mult-bounds/pull/40
> 
> @sama @thsottiaux could I get a reset? Mostly used Codex here but Claude collaborating on the other side might have helped reach a new best
> 
> > Quoting @0xdoug: Went to bed last night, and sorry to report only a bit of incremental progress on my side. 
> > 
> > *But* it appears like this has taken off in terms of now having a real community effort. Really inspiring to see what looks like major progress from some of you. 
> > 
> > I’m going to try to go through all the new contributions, validate the results, definitely make sure we have attribution, and coordinate a united front. 
> > 
> > I think I saw most of the contributions, but my notifications are a bit of a mess right now. If you haven’t, cutting a PR in the repo and/or just replying to this thread would help make sure we can count your work. 
> > 
> > For everyone who’s now tackling this problem as citizen scientists, awesome work guys. Really inspiring stuff. Let’s see how far we can push this

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