The LLM took an entirely different route, using a formula that was well known in related parts of math, but which no one had thought to apply to this type of question.
这里暗示了AI的创新性在于跨领域应用已知公式,而非创造全新数学。'well known'的表述表明这不是突破性发现,而是应用方式的创新。这种'组合创新'可能是AI在数学领域的主要贡献方式,需要更多关于具体公式和应用案例的数据支持。