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The Modernized Fortran Had to Fail Like the Original

More than 2,200 paired fault runs tested whether LLM-converted scientific kernels preserved behavior beyond nominal outputs.

Published Updated Story ID: mp-2026-08-17-017
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Summary

More than 2,200 paired fault runs tested whether LLM-converted scientific kernels preserved behavior beyond nominal outputs.

The original and modernized GAMESS kernels agreed in all 200 paired injections, while the campaign also exposed phase-dependent deadlocks and false convergence.

Why it matters

More than 2,200 paired fault runs tested whether LLM-converted scientific kernels preserved behavior beyond nominal outputs.

Limits and context

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Key claims

  1. More than 2,200 paired fault runs tested whether LLM-converted scientific kernels preserved behavior beyond nominal outputs.

    Evidence: source-2026-08-17-019

Sources

  1. arXiv preprint 2608.14527arXiv · primary research

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