LLMs have demonstrated strong mathematical reasoning abilities by leveraging reinforcement learning with long chain-of-thought, yet they continue to struggle with theorem proving due to the lack of clear supervision signals when solely using natural language. Dedicated domain-specific languages like Lean provide clear supervision via formal verification of proofs, enabling effective training through reinforcement learning. In this work, we propose \textbf{Seed-Prover}, a lemma-style whole-proof reasoning model. Seed-Prover can iteratively refine its proof based on Lean feedback, proved lemmas, and self-summarization. To solve IMO-level contest problems, we design three test-time inference strategies that enable both deep and broad reasoning. Seed-Prover proves $78.1%$ of formalized past IMO problems, saturates MiniF2F, and achieves over 50% on PutnamBench, outperforming the previous state-of-the-art by a large margin. To address the lack of geometry support in Lean, we introduce a geometry reasoning engine \textbf{Seed-Geometry}, which outperforms previous formal geometry engines. We use these two systems to participate in IMO 2025 and fully prove 5 out of 6 problems. This work represents a significant advancement in automated mathematical reasoning, demonstrating the effectiveness of formal verification with long chain-of-thought reasoning.
Seed-Prover: Deep and Broad Reasoning for Automated Theorem Proving
Seed-Prover, a lemma-style reasoning model using Lean, achieves high performance in formal theorem proving and automated mathematical reasoning through iterative refinement and specialized geometry support.
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36Chi ZhangGe ZhangYue ZhangFan YangWenhao HuangHuajian XinHongyi YuanZheng YuanYonghui WuHe SunChenggang LiTong SunYichi ZhouKaijing MaJiahui WangXing JinLuoxin ChenJinming GuLiankai HuangZhicheng JiangAllan JieXiaoran JinCheng RenJiawei ShenWenlei ShiSiran WangZhihong WangChenrui WeiShufa WeiYuchen WuYihang XiaHuaiyuan YingTianyang ZhanTianyun ZhaoJianqiu ZhaoThomas Hanwen Zhu