Reward-Oracle MCTS for Formal Theorem Proving: Sample-Efficient Search and the Need for Kernel-Level Proof Auditing

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2026-08-11

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The linked preprint is titled Reward-Oracle MCTS for Formal Theorem Proving: Sample-Efficient Search and the Need for Kernel-Level Proof Auditing. The screening rules associate it with formal verification. This association is a topic classification, not a finding that the claims are correct.

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Formal theorem proving with large language models remains challenging due to the difficulty of navigating large proof search spaces efficiently. Existing tree search approaches either

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https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.28639

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