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Equal Answers Hid Different Mathematical Skills

A process benchmark decomposes agentic mathematics into planning, action and feedback capabilities.

Published Updated Story ID: mp-2026-08-28-015
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Summary

A process benchmark decomposes agentic mathematics into planning, action and feedback capabilities.

Models with similar final-answer accuracy showed materially different capability profiles, supporting more diagnostic evaluation than one end score. The trajectories include controlled model rewriting, so the benchmark's fine-grained annotations remain part of what must be audited.

Why it matters

A process benchmark decomposes agentic mathematics into planning, action and feedback capabilities.

Limits and context

  • The trajectories include controlled model rewriting, so the benchmark's fine-grained annotations remain part of what must be audited.

Key claims

  1. A process benchmark decomposes agentic mathematics into planning, action and feedback capabilities.

    Qualification: The trajectories include controlled model rewriting, so the benchmark's fine-grained annotations remain part of what must be audited.

    Evidence: source-2026-08-28-017

Sources

  1. arXiv preprint 2608.26950arXiv · primary research

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