--- title: "François Charton — author profile and papers · Reasoning" description: "François Charton, École nationale des ponts et chaussées: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2019–2021), h-index 12 — affiliations, topics…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/francois-charton/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/francois-charton/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / François Charton # François Charton François Charton has 2 papers in our library, in 2019–2021, most of them on [Reasoning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/); often with [Guillaume Lample](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/guillaume-lample/). 2 papers in our library · 2019–2021 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5045535925) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5912-3342) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q130976562) · [**h-index 12**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5045535925) · [64 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5045535925) · [341 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5045535925&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/francois-charton/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 217 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/francois-charton/cited-by/) · [8 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #6829](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/69/#star-6829) The profile is the library's match of the name; two people with one name are not always told apart. Elsewhere: [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&mauthors=Fran%C3%A7ois+Charton) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Fran%C3%A7ois+Charton) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Fran%C3%A7ois+Charton) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Fran%C3%A7ois+Charton) ## Affiliations [🎓**École nationale des ponts et chaussées** Champs-sur-Marne · France 2024–2026 · 9 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/ecole-nationale-des-ponts-et-chaussees/) · [🔬**CERMICS** Champs-sur-Marne · France 2024–2026 · 4 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/cermics/) · [🎓**Palo Alto University** Palo Alto · United States 2026 · 2 papers*current*](https://ror.org/04f812k67) · [🏢**Meta** Menlo Park · United States 2019–2025 · 10 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/companies/meta/) · [🏢**Meta** London · United Kingdom 2019–2021 · 4 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/companies/meta-united-kingdom/) 🏛️**Facebook France** Paris · [France](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/countries/france/) 2019Employment since 2019 · Visiting Entrepreneur, AI Research [🎓**ENSAE Paris** Palaiseau · France 1987–1990Education 1987–1990](https://ror.org/01fz7mn40) · [🎓**École Polytechnique** Palaiseau · France 1984–1987Education 1984–1987](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/ecole-polytechnique/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 2 more institutions on single bylines are not listed. ## Fields, topics and concepts Of its works in our library, with the number of works on each. 📚 Shelves 7 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Computational Theory and Mathematics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/computational-theory-and-mathematics/) · [Mathematics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/mathematics/) · [Modeling and Simulation · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/mathematics/modeling-and-simulation/) · [Arts and Humanities · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Language and Linguistics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) 🧭 Topics 1 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Reasoning · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/) 💡 Concepts 1 Key ideas and methods explained on our concept pages.[Latent semantic indexing · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/concepts/latent-semantic-indexing/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2021** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/francois-charton/year/2021/) ### 2010s [**2019** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/francois-charton/year/2019/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Deep Learning for Symbolic Mathematics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/lample-2019-deep-learning-symbolic-mathematics/)** *(2019 · 138 citations)* Neural networks are usually seen as good at approximate, statistical pattern matching and weak at exact symbolic manipulation. 2. **[Linear algebra with transformers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/charton-2021-linear-algebra-transformers/)** *(2021 · 31 citations)* Earlier research suggested that sequence models handle numerical work poorly: they struggle with arithmetic and fail outside their training distribution. ## All works 10 works of theirs in our library, the most cited first; 2 with a page here, the others link their original until we summarise them. 1. [**Deep Learning for Symbolic Mathematics arXiv:1912.01412**Guillaume Lample, François Charton*2019 · 138 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/lample-2019-deep-learning-symbolic-mathematics/) 2. **[Leveraging Automated Unit Tests for Unsupervised Code Translation ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/2110.06773) arXiv:2110.06773 · no summary yet**Baptiste Roziere et al.*2022 · 40 citations* 3. **[Régression symbolique de bout en bout avec des transformers. ↗](https://openalex.org/W4323050423) HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) · no summary yet**Pierre-Alexandre Kamienny et al.*2022 · 37 citations* 4. [**Linear algebra with transformers arXiv:2112.01898**François Charton*2021 · 31 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/charton-2021-linear-algebra-transformers/) 5. **[Length Generalization in Arithmetic Transformers ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.15400) arXiv:2306.15400 · no summary yet**Samy Jelassi et al.*2023 · 29 citations* 6. **[Deep Symbolic Regression for Recurrent Sequences ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/2201.04600) arXiv:2201.04600 · no summary yet**Stéphane d'Ascoli et al.*2022 · 27 citations* 7. **[End-to-end symbolic regression with transformers ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/2204.10532) arXiv:2204.10532 · no summary yet**Pierre-Alexandre Kamienny et al.*2022 · 27 citations* 8. **[Global Lyapunov functions: a long-standing open problem in mathematics, with symbolic transformers ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.08304) arXiv:2410.08304 · no summary yet**Alberto Alfarano, François Charton, Amaury Hayat*2024 · 19 citations* 9. **[Learning advanced mathematical computations from examples ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.06462) arXiv:2006.06462 · no summary yet**François Charton, Amaury Hayat, Guillaume Lample*2020 · 18 citations* 10. **[What is my math transformer doing? — Three results on interpretability and generalization ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.00170) arXiv:2211.00170 · no summary yet**François Charton*2022 · 5 citations* ## Co-authors here 1 co-author with a page, the most papers together first. - [Guillaume Lample](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/guillaume-lample/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 217 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [32 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/francois-charton/cited-by/). Updated 2 November 2026