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ArXivPhys

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Models answer research-level physics questions derived from recent arXiv papers, each with a reference final answer.

An exploratory physics extension of ArXivMath, first set from August 2026 papers.

Made by MathArena (ETH Zurich SRI Lab) Released Sep 2026 Research science All tasks public
Level
Research frontier Researchers, on open problems or tasks that take days
Scored
Checked automatically A program checks the result against an answer key, unit tests or the expected final state.
Answers
Short answer A number, word or short string matched to a key.

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