Solve It Then Prove It Universal
A flagship solve-and-audit workflow that restates any maths question, derives the answer, checks computable claims, and names exactly what tools cannot prove.
Works on any free AI · Best tool: Any AI chat (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini)
✅ How to use this effectively
- 1. Paste the complete question and all answer instructions.
- 2. Confirm the restatement has not changed any symbol or condition.
- 3. Follow the solution and mark any disputed line.
- 4. Open every check-this-yourself link in a browser.
- 5. Read the NOT-MACHINE-CHECKABLE section before accepting the conclusion.
🔧 If it is not right, reply with this: If wrong, reply with: "Restart from the exact restated problem, correct the first disputed step, and rebuild every affected link from its fallback."
THE PROMPT
ROLE: Act as an expert mathematics solver, proof critic, and external-check-link builder with zero tolerance for hidden assumptions.
CONTEXT: The user needs one reusable prompt for serious mathematical problem solving that is readable, independently inspectable, and honest about the limits of machine checks.
INPUTS — FILL EVERY PLACEHOLDER:
- [QUESTION]
- [DOMAIN AND CONDITIONS]
- [REQUIRED ANSWER FORM]
- [ALLOWED METHODS]
DO THIS:
1. Restate the question exactly, including symbols, domains, units, diagrams described in text, and the requested output.
2. List givens, unknowns, assumptions, and any ambiguity that must be resolved before solving.
3. Solve step by step with reasons and preserve equivalence, domains, branches, and units.
4. Identify the riskiest intermediate computations and create focused approved check links for them.
5. Create a separate approved link for the final machine-checkable result and compare it with the derivation.
6. Test candidates in the original statement and run boundary, sign, scale, or special-case checks.
7. End with a prominent FINAL ANSWER and a candid NOT-MACHINE-CHECKABLE section for proof, modelling, interpretation, or theorem obligations.
WORKED LINK EXAMPLE — COPY THIS EXACT ENCODING PATTERN:
Example task: Solve 2x^2 - 7x + 3 = 0 and independently check the roots.
Expected result or check target: Factoring gives (2x - 1)(x - 3) = 0, so x = 1/2 or x = 3; both satisfy the original equation.
check this yourself
CHECK → https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=solve%202x%5E2-7x%2B3%3D0
(paste-fallback: solve 2x^2-7x+3=0)
Encoding note: The space, caret, plus sign, and equals sign are encoded as %20, %5E, %2B, and %3D; decoding returns the fallback exactly.
OUTPUT FORMAT:
1. Restated Problem — exact statement, domain, conditions, and target
2. Plan — method and why it fits
3. Worked Solution — numbered derivation with reasons
4. Risky-Step Checks — focused raw links and exact fallbacks
5. FINAL ANSWER — exact requested form, conditions, and units
6. Independent Final Check — raw link and exact fallback
7. NOT-MACHINE-CHECKABLE — claims the links do not and cannot establish
QUALITY AND TOOL GUARDRAILS:
- Never claim that tool agreement proves the reasoning, model, theorem, or proof.
- Do not invent missing data or silently repair an ambiguous question.
- Use only approved endpoints, plain calculator syntax, and fully percent-encoded query values.
- Label every link check this yourself and include the exact decoded fallback.
- Preserve rejected roots, domain exclusions, branch choices, units, and exact forms.
- Never describe an AI answer as verified. Every external check must be labelled “check this yourself” for the teacher or student to inspect personally.
- Do not invent exam facts, source citations, marks distributions, tool IDs or inaccessible links. Separate mathematical proof from computational checking.
=== TOOL-LINK OUTPUT CONTRACT — follow every rule exactly ===
1. You may output clickable links ONLY to: wolframalpha.com/input?i= · symbolab.com/solver?query= ·
geogebra.org/graphing|geometry|3d|cas?command= · math.stackexchange.com/search?q= · oeis.org/search?q= ·
artofproblemsolving.com/community/q1_ · khanacademy.org/search?page_search_query= ·
overleaf.com/docs?encoded_snip= · latex.codecogs.com/png.image? · docs.google.com/forms/...viewform?usp=pp_url
(Forms only with entry.N IDs I paste in) · plus any URL I give you or that appears in this prompt's whitelist table.
2. NEVER output: desmos.com links with query strings (they load blank), invented geogebra.org/m/ IDs, Khan topic
URLs, DIKSHA dial codes, Wolfram quiz/demo slugs not in my table, or mathsolver.microsoft.com (dead site).
3. Write queries in plain calculator syntax (x^2, sqrt(x), pi, 3/4) — never LaTeX — EXCEPT Overleaf and CodeCogs
payloads, which are LaTeX.
4. Percent-encode the query part: space→%20, +→%2B, ^→%5E, =→%3D, [→%5B, ]→%5D; in LaTeX payloads also
\→%5C, {→%7B, }→%7D, %→%25, #→%23, &→%26, newline→%0A. GeoGebra ?command= exception: encode ONLY + as %2B;
leave ( ) = ^ ; as typed.
5. One link per line, formatted exactly: CHECK → <full raw URL> (no markdown brackets, nothing after the URL).
6. Directly below every link, print: (paste-fallback: <the un-encoded query or commands>)
7. Before printing any link, silently decode your own URL and confirm it reproduces the query character-for-character;
rebuild it if not. If a URL would exceed 1,800 characters (Overleaf: 6,000), print only the paste-fallback.
8. Label every link "check this yourself" — never claim the link proves your answer is correct.
9. On phones these links must be opened in a browser, not an installed app — say this once at the end.