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Integer Multiplication Below n log n

Turn proposed improvements to integer multiplication into complete Lean proofs, and push the exponent saving further.

Harvey and van der Hoeven established an O(nlog⁡n)O(n\log n)O(nlogn) algorithm in 2021. This campaign builds on that foundation, the OpenAI manuscript, and subsequent community constructions to pursue a strict asymptotic improvement.

For two nnn-bit integers, the target is

T(n)=O ⁣(n L(n)1−κ),L(n)=max⁡(⌈log⁡2n⌉,1).T(n)=O\!\left(n\,L(n)^{1-\kappa}\right),\qquad L(n)=\max(\lceil\log_2 n\rceil,1).T(n)=O(nL(n)1−κ),L(n)=max(⌈log2​n⌉,1).

A positive κ\kappaκ beats nlog⁡nn\log nnlogn asymptotically; larger κ\kappaκ is better. Every entry must exhibit one deterministic multitape Turing machine, with a fixed finite alphabet and tape count, that computes the exact product at every positive input length and meets the eventual worst-case time bound. The tracked number measures an asymptotic exponent saving.

NoneFormalized record→≥ 0.00003666565558019Open frontier
3 provers on it0 of 4 missions formalized

3SUM Exponent

Classical algorithms solve 3SUM in O(n2)O(n^2)O(n2) time. In a 2026 breakthrough, Alman and Vassilevska Williams gave a deterministic O(n1.9992)O(n^{1.9992})O(n1.9992) algorithm, refuting the integer 3SUM hypothesis. How low can the exponent go?

Building on existing Lean formalizations, this campaign tracks upper bounds for 3SUM on polynomially bounded integers, using a word RAM with O(log⁡n)O(\log n)O(logn)-bit words, and pursues smaller exponents.

≤ 1.999074Formalized record
3 provers on it4 of 4 missions formalized

All-Pairs Shortest Paths (APSP) Exponent

Classical algorithms solve all-pairs shortest paths in O(n3)O(n^3)O(n3) time. In a 2026 breakthrough, Alman and Vassilevska Williams refuted the APSP conjecture with a deterministic O(n2.99942)O(n^{2.99942})O(n2.99942) algorithm. How low can the exponent go?

Building on existing Lean formalizations, this campaign tracks upper bounds for exact APSP and pursues smaller exponents.

≤ 2.995561Formalized record
3 provers on it5 of 5 missions formalized

The irrationality measure of π

The irrationality measure of π quantifies how closely rational numbers can approximate it. This campaign seeks formal proofs of sharper upper bounds, starting with Mahler’s bound of 42.

≤ 7.103205334138Formalized record→≤ 2Open frontier
9 provers on it7 of 8 missions formalized

Sharp diagonal Hlawka constant

The sharp Hlawka inequality for Schatten ppp-norms is a cousin of the triangle inequality: it relates the norms of three matrices to the norms of their pairwise sums and their total sum. For complex diagonal matrices, an exact formula for the best possible comparison constant has been proved in Lean for every real p≥256p\ge256p≥256. We conjecture that the same formula holds for all p≥2p\ge2p≥2.

What is the smallest cutoff p′p'p′ for which this formula holds for every real p≥p′p\ge p'p≥p′?

References:

  • Wolfram MathWorld, Hlawka's Inequality.
  • Audenaert and Kittaneh, Problems and Conjectures in Matrix and Operator Inequalities, §8.2 (2017).
  • Marinescu and Niculescu, A New Look at the Hornich–Hlawka Inequality (2025).
  • Analytic argument for p≥90p\ge90p≥90, awaiting formalization in Lean.
≤ 80Formalized record→≤ 70Open frontier
3 provers on it7 of 8 missions formalized

Odd numbers as sums of primes

Is every odd number a sum of kkk primes? This campaign tracks formalized proofs of the smallest kkk that suffices.

Schnirelmann (1930) showed some finite kkk works. Vinogradov (1937) showed that three is enough for all sufficiently large odd numbers. Tao (2012) proved k=5k = 5k=5 unconditionally. Helfgott (2013) proved that every odd number greater than 555 is a sum of three primes, though the proof is still unrefereed. Ideally, we can formalize this statement here. Note that three is optimal: 272727 is neither prime nor 222 + prime.

≤ 27Formalized record→≤ 5Open frontier
35 provers on it13 of 15 missions formalized

Matrix multiplication exponent

Schoolbook matrix multiplication takes n3n^3n3 operations. The exponent ω\omegaω is the infimum of all τ\tauτ such that two n×nn \times nn×n matrices can be multiplied in O(nτ)O(n^{\tau})O(nτ) arithmetic operations; trivially ω≥2\omega \geq 2ω≥2, and ω=2\omega = 2ω=2 is conjectured but open.

Strassen gave the first nontrivial bound, ω<2.81\omega < 2.81ω<2.81, in 1969, and introduced the laser method in 1986 to reach ω<2.48\omega < 2.48ω<2.48. Coppersmith and Winograd's 1990 bound of 2.3762.3762.376 stood for two decades. Every subsequent improvement comes from analyzing higher tensor powers of their construction with refined laser-method variants. That line reached ω<2.371339\omega < 2.371339ω<2.371339 in 2025, and the current record is ω<2.371177\omega < 2.371177ω<2.371177, from August 2026. See Computational complexity of matrix multiplication for the full table. Can we formalize these results and even improve on them?

≤ 2.25Formalized record
16 provers on it9 of 9 missions formalized

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Functional Analysis·Captain: marwahaha

Midpoint convexity from bounded tree potentials and path costsOpen Problem

Motivation

A positive averaged midpoint modulus need not supply a positive one-sided asymptotic modulus. Tree-potential norms give explicit spaces in which to separate those notions. The pinned manuscript supplies the research context.

Setting

Coordinates are finite lists of natural numbers. Tests have bounded prefix potentials, one of the specified quadratic budgets and a budget-dependent support condition; the normed space is completed.

Formalization target

The selected goal is OAI.BoundedTreePotentials.TreeCalculus.main_counterexample. Its central assertion is

δ‾X(t)≥1+t2/4−1(0<t<1).\overline\delta_X(t)\geq\sqrt{1+t^2/4}-1\qquad(0<t<1).δX​(t)≥1+t2/4​−1(0<t<1).

The theorem states that, for every choice of a Boolean flag r (whether the root node, the empty list, is included as a coordinate) and every quadratic kind k among sibling, antichain and global, the following hold for the Banach space X = TestCompletion(treeTestFamily r k). Here nodes are finite lists of natural numbers, the potential of a coefficient function f at a node s is the sum of f over all prefixes of s, and a coefficient function f is a tree test if f vanishes at the root when r is false, every potential satisfies |potential f s| ≤ 1, a quadratic budget holds, and a support condition holds. The budget says that the sum of f(s)² over every admissible finite set B of nodes is at most 1, where admissible means: all of B are children of one common parent (sibling), pairwise prefix-incomparable (antichain), or any finite set (global). The support condition is vacuous for sibling, finite support for antichain, and square-summability for global. The tree test family is the set of such functions on the coordinates, and each finitely supported vector x is given the norm sup over tests f of |Σ x_i f_i|; X is the completion of this normed space. First, X is complete, separable, and not finite-dimensional over ℝ. Second, for every 0 < t < 1, the averaged modulus of X, defined as the infimum over unit vectors x of the supremum over closed finite-codimension subspaces F of the infimum over y in F with ‖y‖ ≥ 1 of (‖x+ty‖+‖x−ty‖)/2 − 1, is at least √(1+t²/4) − 1. Third, for every real normed space Y that is linearly homeomorphic to X, Y does not satisfy IsAUCReal, meaning it is false that the one-sided modulus (defined like the averaged one but with ‖y‖ = 1 and the quantity ‖x+ty‖ − 1) is positive for every t > 0.

Significance and status

The formal statement quantifies over both root flags and all three encoded quadratic kinds. Its claims are completeness, separability, infinite dimension, the stated modulus bound and no linearly equivalent AUC space. The target is currently Open on Prove2Me. The manuscript's mathematical argument and a machine-checked proof of the selected statement are separate deliverables.

Difficulty

The lower estimate must coexist with an obstruction to every equivalent AUC norm, not just failure for the original tree norm.

Formalization scope

The exact published goal, its hypotheses and its referenced definition blocks specify the requested formalization. The explanatory formula above is a summary; all quantifiers and additional clauses in the linked statement remain required.

The available published material supplies this goal and its necessary definitions. Additional manuscript lemmas are not represented as attached milestones.

Selected references

  • OpenAI, Midpoint convexity from bounded tree potentials and path costs, preprint, 2026. Manuscript.
  • OpenAI, accompanying formal statements, commit adc7f1241b42. Selected goal source.
2 thms1 active userReviewed
Functional Analysis·Captain: marwahaha

A uniformly discrete counterexample to bounded approximation in Lipschitz-free spacesOpen Problem

Motivation

Uniform discreteness places a lower bound on distances between points. The target tests whether that metric simplicity forces uniformly bounded finite-rank approximation in the associated Lipschitz-free space. The pinned manuscript supplies the research context.

Setting

The free space is the closed real span of point evaluations in the dual of Lipschitz functions vanishing at a base point. Approximation and bounded approximation retain their distinct operator-norm quantifiers.

Formalization target

The selected goal is OAI.DiscreteFree.source_endpoints. Its central assertion is

AP(F(M))∧∀Λ≥1, ¬BAPΛ(F(M)).\mathrm{AP}(\mathcal F(M))\quad\land\quad\forall\Lambda\geq1,\ \neg\mathrm{BAP}_\Lambda(\mathcal F(M)).AP(F(M))∧∀Λ≥1, ¬BAPΛ​(F(M)).

The theorem states that two propositions hold together, both about the Lipschitz-free space FreeSpace(o) of a pointed metric space (M,o), which is the closed linear span, inside the dual of the Banach space Lip0(o) of real Lipschitz functions vanishing at o (normed by the supremum of the slopes |f(x)-f(y)|/d(x,y)), of the point evaluations; delta(o,a) denotes the evaluation at a. The first, BlockStatement, says that for every natural number p ≥ 1 there exist a countable metric space M and a base point o with all distinct points at distance at least 1 and all distances at most 300p²+150p+5, together with a finite set A of M containing o, such that every bounded linear operator T on FreeSpace(o) of finite rank and norm at most p moves some delta(o,a) with a in A by at least 1/2, that is ‖T(delta(o,a))-delta(o,a)‖ ≥ 1/2. The second, MainStatement, says there exist a countable metric space M and a point o such that distinct points are at distance at least 1, M is unbounded, M is not a proper space, FreeSpace(o) has the approximation property (finite-rank bounded operators approximate the identity uniformly on every compact set to within any ε>0), and yet for every Λ ≥ 1 FreeSpace(o) fails the bounded approximation property with constant Λ, meaning the approximating finite-rank operators cannot all be chosen with norm at most Λ. The theorem is stated with sorry, so no proof is asserted here.

Significance and status

The selected conjunction includes quantitative block obstructions and an unbounded, nonproper, uniformly discrete example. The quantitative real-ℓ1 renorming target is retained as an additional reference. The target is currently Open on Prove2Me. The manuscript's mathematical argument and a machine-checked proof of the selected statement are separate deliverables.

Difficulty

Compact-set approximation must remain possible while every candidate uniform norm bound fails. The finite block obstruction must survive in one countable space.

Formalization scope

The exact published goal, its hypotheses and its referenced definition blocks specify the requested formalization. The explanatory formula above is a summary; all quantifiers and additional clauses in the linked statement remain required.

Additional published targets are included as separate references:

  • OAI.DiscreteFree.real_l1_quantitative_renorming (Open).

Selected references

  • OpenAI, A uniformly discrete counterexample to bounded approximation in Lipschitz-free spaces, preprint, 2026. Manuscript.
  • OpenAI, accompanying formal statements, commit adc7f1241b42. Selected goal source.
4 thms1 active userReviewed
Functional AnalysisProbability·Captain: marwahaha

Nontrivial Markov Type Forces SuperreflexivityOpen Problem

Motivation

Markov type is a metric inequality for the displacement of reversible chains. The target connects this probabilistic control to the possibility of uniformly convex renorming. The pinned manuscript supplies the research context.

Setting

Chains are finite, stationary and reversible. A map sends their states into a complete real normed space, and the inequality compares n-step and one-step pth displacement moments.

Formalization target

The selected goal is OAI.MarkovSuperreflexivity.hasNontrivialMarkovType_iff_hasEquivalentUCNorm. Its central assertion is

Markov type>1⟺equivalent uniformly convex norm.\mathrm{Markov\ type}>1\quad\Longleftrightarrow\quad\mathrm{equivalent\ uniformly\ convex\ norm}.Markov type>1⟺equivalent uniformly convex norm.

The theorem states that for a real normed space X that is complete (a Banach space), X has nontrivial Markov type if and only if X admits an equivalent uniformly convex norm. Nontrivial Markov type means there exist p>1 and K>0 such that for every finite reversible Markov chain on m states {0,…,m−1}, with stationary probability vector π, nonnegative row-stochastic transition matrix P, and detailed balance π(s)P(s,t)=π(t)P(t,s), every map f from the states to X, and every n≥1, the expected value of ‖f(Z_n)−f(Z_0)‖^p along n-step paths, started from π, is at most K^p·n times the corresponding one-step expectation of ‖f(Z_1)−f(Z_0)‖^p. Having an equivalent uniformly convex norm means there is a seminorm q on X and constants a,b>0 with a‖x‖≤q(x)≤b‖x‖ for all x, such that for every ε in (0,2] there is δ>0 with q((x+y)/2)≤1−δ whenever q(x)≤1, q(y)≤1 and q(x−y)≥ε.

Significance and status

The exact target uses uniformly convex norms with two-sided equivalence constants. It is not phrased as a direct uniformly smooth norm construction. The target is currently Open on Prove2Me. The manuscript's mathematical argument and a machine-checked proof of the selected statement are separate deliverables.

Difficulty

The inequality is uniform over all finite chains and state maps, while the conclusion is one norm controlling all vectors of the Banach space.

Formalization scope

The exact published goal, its hypotheses and its referenced definition blocks specify the requested formalization. The explanatory formula above is a summary; all quantifiers and additional clauses in the linked statement remain required.

The available published material supplies this goal and its necessary definitions. Additional manuscript lemmas are not represented as attached milestones.

Selected references

  • OpenAI, Nontrivial Markov Type Forces Superreflexivity, preprint, 2026. Manuscript.
  • OpenAI, accompanying formal statements, commit adc7f1241b42. Selected goal source.
2 thms1 active userReviewed
Functional Analysis·Captain: marwahaha

The cotype–cotype conjecture under the approximation propertyOpen Problem

Motivation

Rademacher cotype measures how vector norms compare with random signed sums. The target relates cotype of a space and its dual to boundedness of the Rademacher projection. The pinned manuscript supplies the research context.

Setting

X is a nonzero real Banach space with the ordinary approximation property: finite-rank operators approximate the identity on each compact set, with no uniform operator-norm bound required.

Formalization target

The selected goal is OAI.Cotype.mainTarget_proved. Its central assertion is

K-convex(X)⟺finite cotype(X)∧finite cotype(X∗).K\text{-convex}(X)\quad\Longleftrightarrow\quad\mathrm{finite\ cotype}(X)\land\mathrm{finite\ cotype}(X^*).K-convex(X)⟺finite cotype(X)∧finite cotype(X∗).

The theorem states that, for every real Banach space X (a complete real normed space) that is nontrivial, the defined proposition MainTarget(X) holds. MainTarget(X) says: if X has the approximation property, then X is K-convex if and only if both X and its dual space of continuous linear functionals X →L[ℝ] ℝ have finite cotype. Here the approximation property means that for every compact set M ⊆ X and every δ > 0 there is a continuous linear operator S : X → X with finite-dimensional range such that ‖Sx − x‖ < δ for all x in M. On the discrete cube {±1}ⁿ (with sign false = +1 and true = −1), the L² norm of f : cube → X is the square root of the average of ‖f(ε)‖² over all ε. The moment of f at coordinate i is the average of ε_i f(ε), and the Rademacher projection of f is the function ε ↦ Σᵢ ε_i times the moment at i. X is K-convex if there is a constant K ≥ 0 such that, for every n and every f on the n-cube, the L² norm of the Rademacher projection of f is at most K times the L² norm of f. X has cotype q, for real q ≥ 2, if there is C ≥ 0 such that, for every n and all vectors x₁, …, xₙ in X, (Σ ‖xᵢ‖^q)^(1/q) ≤ C times the L² norm of ε ↦ Σ ε_i xᵢ. Finite cotype means cotype q for some such q.

Significance and status

The approximation property is a hypothesis inside MainTarget. The statement does not assert the equivalence without it; the cube normalization is the encoded average L² norm. The target is currently Open on Prove2Me. The manuscript's mathematical argument and a machine-checked proof of the selected statement are separate deliverables.

Difficulty

The two cotype exponents may differ, and ordinary approximation cannot be strengthened silently to bounded approximation.

Formalization scope

The exact published goal, its hypotheses and its referenced definition blocks specify the requested formalization. The explanatory formula above is a summary; all quantifiers and additional clauses in the linked statement remain required.

The available published material supplies this goal and its necessary definitions. Additional manuscript lemmas are not represented as attached milestones.

Selected references

  • OpenAI, The cotype–cotype conjecture under the approximation property, preprint, 2026. Manuscript.
  • OpenAI, accompanying formal statements, commit adc7f1241b42. Selected goal source.
2 thms1 active userReviewed
Functional Analysis·Captain: marwahaha

Bi-Lipschitz Absorption of c0 Without a Linear Copy of c0Open Problem

Motivation

Metric absorption asks whether adjoining a null-sequence component changes a space up to controlled distances. Linear absorption imposes a different requirement. The pinned manuscript supplies the research context.

Setting

The space Z is a separable real Banach space. The product Z×c0 uses the product metric, and equivalent metrics are compared through positive bi-Lipschitz constants.

Formalization target

The selected goal is OAI.C0Absorption.main_result. Its central assertion is

Z×c0≃biLipZ,c0̸↪linearZ.Z\times c_0\simeq_{\rm biLip}Z,\qquad c_0\not\hookrightarrow_{\rm linear}Z.Z×c0​≃biLip​Z,c0​↪linear​Z.

The theorem states that there exists a real normed space Z, in a fixed universe, with the following properties, where C₀ denotes the real Banach space of sequences ℝ-valued on ℕ that tend to zero at infinity, and a map f between metric spaces is bi-Lipschitz if there are constants 0<c≤C with c·d(x,y) ≤ d(f x,f y) ≤ C·d(x,y) for all x,y. First, Z is complete and separable. Second, Z contains no linear copy of C₀: every continuous linear map T from C₀ to Z fails to satisfy ‖Tx‖ ≥ c‖x‖ for all x for any c>0. Third, there is a surjective bi-Lipschitz map F from the product metric space Z × C₀ onto Z. Fourth, there is a bi-Lipschitz map from C₀ into Z. Fifth, Z is metrically universal for separable metric spaces: every separable metric space M, in the base universe, admits a bi-Lipschitz map into Z. Sixth, Z × C₀ is not linearly homeomorphic to Z, that is, there is no continuous linear equivalence, with continuous inverse, between Z × C₀ and Z.

Significance and status

The target also includes a bi-Lipschitz embedding of c0, universality for base-universe separable metric spaces, and failure of linear homeomorphism between the product and Z. The target is currently Open on Prove2Me. The manuscript's mathematical argument and a machine-checked proof of the selected statement are separate deliverables.

Difficulty

The metric universality and absorption maps must not produce a bounded-below linear embedding of c0.

Formalization scope

The exact published goal, its hypotheses and its referenced definition blocks specify the requested formalization. The explanatory formula above is a summary; all quantifiers and additional clauses in the linked statement remain required.

The available published material supplies this goal and its necessary definitions. Additional manuscript lemmas are not represented as attached milestones.

Selected references

  • OpenAI, Bi-Lipschitz Absorption of c0 Without a Linear Copy of c0, preprint, 2026. Manuscript.
  • OpenAI, accompanying formal statements, commit adc7f1241b42. Selected goal source.
2 thms1 active userReviewed
Functional Analysis·Captain: marwahaha

Lipschitz Equivalent Separable Banach Spaces Need Not Be Linearly IsomorphicOpen Problem

Motivation

A Banach norm supplies both linear and metric structure. A bi-Lipschitz equivalence controls distances, but the target asks for spaces whose linear structures cannot be identified. The pinned manuscript supplies the research context.

Setting

The two spaces are real, complete and separable. The obstruction uses the space of null sequences with values in the real Hilbert space ℓ².

Formalization target

The selected goal is OAI.LipschitzCounterexample.main. Its central assertion is

421∥s−t∥≤∥Ψ(s)−Ψ(t)∥≤7625∥s−t∥.\frac4{21}\|s-t\|\leq\|\Psi(s)-\Psi(t)\|\leq\frac{76}{25}\|s-t\|.214​∥s−t∥≤∥Ψ(s)−Ψ(t)∥≤2576​∥s−t∥.

The theorem states that the defined proposition MainClaim holds (it is admitted in the source, not proved here). MainClaim asserts that there exist two separable real Banach spaces X and Y, each given as a type with a norm, a real normed-space structure, completeness and separability, together with a bijection Ψ from X onto Y, such that Ψ is a bi-Lipschitz equivalence with explicit constants: for all s and t in X, (4/21)‖s−t‖ ≤ ‖Ψ(s)−Ψ(t)‖ ≤ (76/25)‖s−t‖. Moreover, there is no continuous linear equivalence (linear homeomorphism) between X and Y, so the two spaces are Lipschitz equivalent but not linearly isomorphic. In addition, there is a linear isometric embedding of C0L2 into X, where C0L2 is the space of continuous functions from the natural numbers to the real Hilbert space ℓ² that vanish at infinity. Finally, Y does not contain a linear copy of C0L2, meaning there is no bounded linear map T from C0L2 to Y and constant a>0 with a‖x‖ ≤ ‖T x‖ for every x in C0L2.

Significance and status

The goal includes the explicit distortion bounds, lack of continuous linear equivalence, an isometric copy of c0(ℓ²) in X, and absence of a bounded-below linear copy in Y. The target is currently Open on Prove2Me. The manuscript's mathematical argument and a machine-checked proof of the selected statement are separate deliverables.

Difficulty

A global metric bijection must coexist with a linear embedding obstruction, so the counterexample cannot follow merely from nonlinearity of a particular map.

Formalization scope

The exact published goal, its hypotheses and its referenced definition blocks specify the requested formalization. The explanatory formula above is a summary; all quantifiers and additional clauses in the linked statement remain required.

The available published material supplies this goal and its necessary definitions. Additional manuscript lemmas are not represented as attached milestones.

Selected references

  • OpenAI, Lipschitz Equivalent Separable Banach Spaces Need Not Be Linearly Isomorphic, preprint, 2026. Manuscript.
  • OpenAI, accompanying formal statements, commit adc7f1241b42. Selected goal source.
2 thms1 active userReviewed
Functional AnalysisMathematical Logic·Captain: marwahaha

Relative independence of the separable quotient problemOpen Problem

Motivation

The separable quotient problem asks whether every infinite-dimensional Banach space admits a separable infinite-dimensional quotient. The selected statement isolates a negative result under the continuum hypothesis. The pinned manuscript supplies the research context.

Setting

A quotient is encoded as a surjective bounded linear map between Banach spaces over the same scalar field. The target considers both real and complex scalars.

Formalization target

The selected goal is OAI.SeparableQuotient.negative_main. Its central assertion is

CH⟹¬SQ(R)∧¬SQ(C).\mathrm{CH}\quad\Longrightarrow\quad\neg\mathrm{SQ}(\mathbb R)\land\neg\mathrm{SQ}(\mathbb C).CH⟹¬SQ(R)∧¬SQ(C).

The theorem states that, under the continuum hypothesis CH (the defined proposition that the cardinality of ℝ equals ℵ₁), the separable quotient assertion fails over both the real and the complex numbers, at any universe level u. Here SQ over a scalar field 𝕜 (ℝ or ℂ) asserts that every complete normed space X over 𝕜 in Type u that is not finite-dimensional has a separable quotient in the following sense: there exist a complete, separable, infinite-dimensional normed space Y over 𝕜, also in Type u, and a bounded 𝕜-linear map T from X to Y that is surjective. The conclusion is the conjunction of ¬SQ(ℝ) and ¬SQ(ℂ), so for each field there is an infinite-dimensional Banach space with no such bounded surjection onto an infinite-dimensional separable Banach space. The statement is admitted without proof in the source.

Significance and status

CH is an explicit assumption. The published goal does not state relative consistency, a positive model, or the complete independence assertion in the manuscript title. The target is currently Open on Prove2Me. The manuscript's mathematical argument and a machine-checked proof of the selected statement are separate deliverables.

Difficulty

The obstruction must rule out every bounded surjection onto every separable infinite-dimensional target space, rather than one proposed quotient.

Formalization scope

The exact published goal, its hypotheses and its referenced definition blocks specify the requested formalization. The explanatory formula above is a summary; all quantifiers and additional clauses in the linked statement remain required.

The available published material supplies this goal and its necessary definitions. Additional manuscript lemmas are not represented as attached milestones.

Selected references

  • OpenAI, Relative independence of the separable quotient problem, preprint, 2026. Manuscript.
  • OpenAI, accompanying formal statements, commit adc7f1241b42. Selected goal source.
2 thms1 active userReviewed
Algebraic TopologyCategory Theory·Captain: marwahaha

The Grothendieck homotopy hypothesis via elementary expansionsOpen Problem

Motivation

The homotopy hypothesis relates algebraic higher groupoids to spaces. Elementary expansions provide a concrete test of whether adjoining a higher cell preserves homotopy information. The pinned manuscript supplies the research context.

Setting

C is a globular coherator in the encoded convention, X is a cellular model, and Y is a pushout that attaches an (n+1)-disk along the source-face inclusion of an n-disk.

Formalization target

The selected goal is OAI.Grothendieck.elementary_expansion. Its central assertion is

X⟶X⨿DnDn+1is a weak equivalence.X\longrightarrow X\amalg_{D_n}D_{n+1}\quad\text{is a weak equivalence}.X⟶X⨿Dn​​Dn+1​is a weak equivalence.

The theorem states that, for a coherator C (a globular theory, meaning a category of shapes built from globes by iterated gluing, with morphisms preserving the globular pushouts, which has a cellular presentation as a countable-stage colimit of free extensions along admissible pairs of parallel cells and in which every admissible pair is filled by some morphism), the following holds for models of C, i.e. presheaves on C sending globular pushouts to pullbacks. Let X be a cellular model, meaning that it is built from an initial model by a well-ordered transfinite composition in which each successor step attaches cells freely along boundaries of cells of the previous stage. Let n be a natural number, let a be a map from the free model disk(n) on the n-globe to X, and let J_n : disk(n) → disk(n+1) be the map induced by the source-face inclusion of the n-globe into the (n+1)-globe. If Y, together with i : X → Y and b : disk(n+1) → Y, forms a pushout square of a and J_n, then i is a weak equivalence. Here weak equivalence means that i induces a bijection on sets of components (0-cells modulo being joined by a 1-cell) and, for every 0-cell x of X and every n, a bijection on homotopy groups, which are classes of n-loops based at the degenerate cells above x, identified when joined by an (n+1)-cell.

Significance and status

The selected goal is the elementary-expansion theorem. It does not itself assert the complete equivalence between the homotopy theory of spaces and all coherator models. The target is currently Open on Prove2Me. The manuscript's mathematical argument and a machine-checked proof of the selected statement are separate deliverables.

Difficulty

The conclusion requires preservation of components and every based homotopy group, for cellular models built through transfinite attachments.

Formalization scope

The exact published goal, its hypotheses and its referenced definition blocks specify the requested formalization. The explanatory formula above is a summary; all quantifiers and additional clauses in the linked statement remain required.

The available published material supplies this goal and its necessary definitions. Additional manuscript lemmas are not represented as attached milestones.

Selected references

  • OpenAI, The Grothendieck homotopy hypothesis via elementary expansions, preprint, 2026. Manuscript.
  • OpenAI, accompanying formal statements, commit adc7f1241b42. Selected goal source.
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Functional Analysis·Captain: marwahaha

The Kirchberg–Rørdam character criterionOpen Problem

Motivation

Tensorial absorption is a structural regularity property of a C*-algebra. A criterion in the central-sequence algebra would detect it through asymptotically commuting elements. The pinned manuscript supplies the research context.

Setting

For a nontrivial separable unital C*-algebra A and a free ultrafilter, the central algebra is the commutant of A's diagonal copy inside its norm ultrapower.

Formalization target

The selected goal is OAI.KirchbergRordam.character_criterion. Its central assertion is

Char(Fω(A))=∅⟺A≅A⊗min⁡Z.\mathrm{Char}(F_\omega(A))=\varnothing\quad\Longleftrightarrow\quad A\cong A\otimes_{\min}\mathcal Z.Char(Fω​(A))=∅⟺A≅A⊗min​Z.

The theorem states that, for a nontrivial separable C*-algebra A (in the base universe Type) and a free ultrafilter ω on the natural numbers, meaning an ultrafilter that refines the cofinite filter, the norm central-sequence algebra of A has no characters if and only if A is isomorphic to its minimal (spatial) C*-tensor product with the Jiang–Su algebra. The norm ultrapower of A is the quotient of the C*-algebra of bounded sequences in A by the ideal of sequences whose norms tend to zero along ω; the central algebra is the closed star-subalgebra of this ultrapower consisting of elements commuting with the diagonal copy of A, the images of constant sequences. The central algebra has no characters means that every star-homomorphism from it to ℂ (a linear, multiplicative, star-preserving map, not required to preserve the unit) is the zero map. The Jiang–Su algebra is the inductive limit C*-algebra of the standard prime-dimension-drop model system. The right-hand side asserts the existence of a star-algebra isomorphism over ℂ from A onto this tensor product. The proof is admitted in the source.

Significance and status

The target is the character criterion for one algebra and one free ultrafilter. The manuscript's infinite tensor-power consequence is not separately attached. The target is currently Open on Prove2Me. The manuscript's mathematical argument and a machine-checked proof of the selected statement are separate deliverables.

Difficulty

The two directions relate a scalar-valued representation obstruction to an isomorphism with a tensor product, using the precise inductive-limit Jiang–Su model.

Formalization scope

The exact published goal, its hypotheses and its referenced definition blocks specify the requested formalization. The explanatory formula above is a summary; all quantifiers and additional clauses in the linked statement remain required.

The available published material supplies this goal and its necessary definitions. Additional manuscript lemmas are not represented as attached milestones.

Selected references

  • OpenAI, The Kirchberg–Rørdam character criterion, preprint, 2026. Manuscript.
  • OpenAI, accompanying formal statements, commit adc7f1241b42. Selected goal source.
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Functional AnalysisMathematical Logic·Captain: marwahaha

A counterexample to Naimark's problem in ZFCOpen Problem

Motivation

Uniqueness of irreducible representations is a strong condition on a C*-algebra. The target asks for a counterexample to the expected compact-operator characterization without added set-theoretic hypotheses. The pinned manuscript supplies the research context.

Setting

Representations are nonzero star homomorphisms on complete complex inner product spaces. Irreducibility is expressed by closed invariant subspaces, and equivalence by an intertwining linear isometry.

Formalization target

The selected goal is OAI.NaimarkZFC.main. Its central assertion is

∃A:simple(A)∧unique irreducible representation(A)∧A≇K(H).\exists A:\quad\mathrm{simple}(A)\land\mathrm{unique\ irreducible\ representation}(A)\land A\not\cong\mathcal K(H).∃A:simple(A)∧unique irreducible representation(A)∧A≅K(H).

The theorem states that, for every universe level choice, there exists a type A carrying a C*-algebra structure (over ℂ) with the following five properties. First, A is simple in the sense that it is nontrivial and its only closed two-sided ideals are {0} and A itself. Second, A is not finite-dimensional as a complex vector space. Third, there is a continuous linear functional τ : A → ℂ that is a faithful tracial state: τ has norm 1, τ(aa) is a nonnegative real number for every a, τ(ab) = τ(ba) for all a and b, and τ(aa) > 0 whenever a ≠ 0. Fourth, A has a unique irreducible representation up to unitary equivalence: whenever π and ρ are nonzero star-homomorphisms (non-unital algebra homomorphisms preserving star) from A into the bounded operators on complete complex inner product spaces H and K, taken in the stated universe levels, and each has no closed invariant subspace other than 0 and the whole space, there is a linear isometric isomorphism U : H → K with U(π(a)x) = ρ(a)(Ux) for all a and x. Fifth, for every complete complex inner product space H in the stated universe, A is not isomorphic to the algebra of compact operators on H, meaning there is no injective star-homomorphism φ : A → B(H) whose range is exactly the set of compact operators on H.

Significance and status

The target explicitly requires simplicity, infinite dimension, a faithful tracial state and failure of all compact-operator isomorphisms in the stated universes. No additional set-theoretic hypothesis appears in its binders. The target is currently Open on Prove2Me. The manuscript's mathematical argument and a machine-checked proof of the selected statement are separate deliverables.

Difficulty

The construction must combine infinite dimension, a faithful trace and uniqueness across the specified representation universes.

Formalization scope

The exact published goal, its hypotheses and its referenced definition blocks specify the requested formalization. The explanatory formula above is a summary; all quantifiers and additional clauses in the linked statement remain required.

The available published material supplies this goal and its necessary definitions. Additional manuscript lemmas are not represented as attached milestones.

Selected references

  • OpenAI, A counterexample to Naimark's problem in ZFC, preprint, 2026. Manuscript.
  • OpenAI, accompanying formal statements, commit adc7f1241b42. Selected goal source.
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AlgebraFunctional Analysis·Captain: marwahaha

Vanishing of higher bounded Hochschild cohomologyOpen Problem

Motivation

Hochschild cohomology measures whether a cocycle equation admits a primitive. In an operator algebra the boundedness requirement is part of the mathematical problem. The pinned manuscript supplies the research context.

Setting

Cochains are continuous complex multilinear maps into the von Neumann algebra itself, with its natural left and right multiplication actions.

Formalization target

The selected goal is OAI.BoundedHochschild.KadisonRingrose.main_result. Its central assertion is

df=0⟹∃g: dg=f,deg⁡(f)=n+2.df=0\quad\Longrightarrow\quad\exists g:\ dg=f,\qquad\deg(f)=n+2.df=0⟹∃g: dg=f,deg(f)=n+2.

The theorem states that, for a complex von Neumann algebra M (a C*-algebra with a partial order making it star-ordered, equipped with the W*-algebra structure), and any natural number n, every bounded Hochschild cocycle of degree n+2 with values in M is a coboundary. Here a cochain of degree m is a continuous complex m-linear map from M^m to M. The Hochschild differential of a cochain f of degree m, evaluated at (v_0,...,v_m), is v_0 f(v_1,...,v_m) plus the sum over j from 0 to m-1 of (-1)^(j+1) f(v_0,...,v_j v_{j+1},...,v_m), where the j-th and (j+1)-th inputs are multiplied into one, plus (-1)^(m+1) f(v_0,...,v_{m-1}) v_m. The hypothesis is that f has degree n+2 and its differential vanishes at every (n+3)-tuple of elements of M. The conclusion is that there exists a continuous multilinear cochain g of degree n+1 whose differential equals f at every (n+2)-tuple of elements of M.

Significance and status

The goal covers every natural n, hence degrees at least two. It does not include a separately referenced degree-one inner-derivation theorem. The target is currently Open on Prove2Me. The manuscript's mathematical argument and a machine-checked proof of the selected statement are separate deliverables.

Difficulty

An algebraic primitive is insufficient: the lower-degree cochain must remain continuous and bounded in the encoded operator-norm sense.

Formalization scope

The exact published goal, its hypotheses and its referenced definition blocks specify the requested formalization. The explanatory formula above is a summary; all quantifiers and additional clauses in the linked statement remain required.

The available published material supplies this goal and its necessary definitions. Additional manuscript lemmas are not represented as attached milestones.

Selected references

  • OpenAI, Vanishing of higher bounded Hochschild cohomology, preprint, 2026. Manuscript.
  • OpenAI, accompanying formal statements, commit adc7f1241b42. Selected goal source.
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Functional Analysis·Captain: marwahaha

A counterexample to Kaplansky's quasitrace conjecture and failure of tensor-product stable finitenessOpen Problem

Motivation

Quasitraces behave linearly on commutative subalgebras but need not initially be additive on all positive elements. A uniform defect on a fixed pair would separate them from traces. The pinned manuscript supplies the research context.

Setting

The algebra is separable and carries a normalized 2-quasitrace, meaning a quasitrace with the specified extension to two by two matrices. The witnesses are positive contractions.

Formalization target

The selected goal is OAI.Kaplansky.kaplansky_quasitrace_counterexample. Its central assertion is

Re⁡(τ(a+b)−τ(a)−τ(b))≥1/144.\operatorname{Re}(\tau(a+b)-\tau(a)-\tau(b))\geq1/144.Re(τ(a+b)−τ(a)−τ(b))≥1/144.

The theorem (admitted in the source, not proved there) states that there exists a separable C*-algebra A, with its complex C*-algebra structure, for which the following hold. First, A carries a normalized 2-quasitrace. Here a 1-quasitrace is a function τ : A → ℂ such that τ(xx) is a nonnegative complex number for all x; τ(xx) = τ(xx*); τ(h + i k) = τ(h) + i τ(k) for self-adjoint h and k; and the restriction of τ to every norm-closed commutative (non-unital) star-subalgebra over ℂ is ℂ-linear. It is normalized if τ(1) = 1, and it is a 2-quasitrace if it extends to a 1-quasitrace σ on the 2×2 matrices over A (as a C*-matrix algebra) satisfying σ of the matrix with a in the upper-left corner and zeros elsewhere equal to τ(a) for all a. Second, there are positive contractions a and b in A, meaning each is of the form x*x and has norm at most 1, such that every normalized 2-quasitrace τ on A satisfies Re(τ(a+b) − τ(a) − τ(b)) ≥ 1/144. So no such τ is additive on this pair.

Significance and status

The selected goal is the quantitative quasitrace counterexample. The stable-finiteness and tensor-product consequences are retained as a separate published bundle. The target is currently Open on Prove2Me. The manuscript's mathematical argument and a machine-checked proof of the selected statement are separate deliverables.

Difficulty

The same positive contractions must exhibit the defect for every normalized 2-quasitrace, while at least one such quasitrace exists.

Formalization scope

The exact published goal, its hypotheses and its referenced definition blocks specify the requested formalization. The explanatory formula above is a summary; all quantifiers and additional clauses in the linked statement remain required.

Additional published targets are included as separate references:

  • OAI.KaplanskyConsequences.stable_finiteness_bundle (Open).

Selected references

  • OpenAI, A counterexample to Kaplansky's quasitrace conjecture and failure of tensor-product stable finiteness, preprint, 2026. Manuscript.
  • OpenAI, accompanying formal statements, commit adc7f1241b42. Selected goal source.
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Functional AnalysisGroup Theory·Captain: marwahaha

An explicit obstruction to nuclear norm-ultrapower embeddingsOpen Problem

Motivation

Norm ultrapowers permit approximations along a free ultrafilter. An explicit algebra excluded from every nuclear target ultrapower tests the limits of this embedding mechanism. The pinned manuscript supplies the research context.

Setting

The group is the stated dyadic semidirect product. Its full group C*-algebra is specified by a universal property, and the ultrapower is bounded sequences modulo norm-null sequences along the ultrafilter.

Formalization target

The selected goal is OAI.NuclearUltrapower.main_no_embedding. Its central assertion is

A↪̸Bωfor every nonzero unital nuclear B.A\not\hookrightarrow B^\omega\quad\text{for every nonzero unital nuclear }B.A↪Bωfor every nonzero unital nuclear B.

The theorem states that, working in universe level 0, there exist a nonzero unital complex C*-algebra A and a group homomorphism ι from G into the unitary group of A such that the following hold. Here G is the semidirect product of the additive group of 3-vectors over the dyadic rationals Z[1/2] by SL₃(ℤ) × ℤ, where a matrix acts linearly on the vectors and the integer n acts by multiplication by 2ⁿ. First, (A, ι) is the full group C*-algebra of G: the span of ι(G) is dense in A, and every homomorphism of G into the unitaries of a nonzero unital C*-algebra D extends uniquely to a unital -homomorphism A → D. Second, A is separable as a topological space. Third, for every nonzero unital C-algebra B that is nuclear in the tensor-norm sense (minimal and maximal C*-tensor norms agree on B ⊗ C for every C*-algebra C) and every free ultrafilter ω on ℕ (one containing no finite set), there is no injective unital -homomorphism from A into the norm ultrapower of B, namely bounded B-valued sequences modulo those tending to 0 along ω. Fourth, there exist a nonzero unital C-algebra O and two elements s₀, s₁ of O satisfying the Cuntz relations (each sᵢsᵢ = 1 and s₀s₀ + s₁s₁* = 1), with O universal for these relations, such that for every free ultrafilter ω there is likewise no injective unital *-homomorphism from A into the norm ultrapower of O. The theorem is admitted in the source, not proved.

Significance and status

The goal includes separability, the full group universal property, nonembedding and the Cuntz-algebra corollary in the stated base universe. The target is currently Open on Prove2Me. The manuscript's mathematical argument and a machine-checked proof of the selected statement are separate deliverables.

Difficulty

A single source algebra must obstruct all nuclear targets and free ultrafilters. Universal full-group and Cuntz-algebra constructions are part of the target.

Formalization scope

The exact published goal, its hypotheses and its referenced definition blocks specify the requested formalization. The explanatory formula above is a summary; all quantifiers and additional clauses in the linked statement remain required.

The available published material supplies this goal and its necessary definitions. Additional manuscript lemmas are not represented as attached milestones.

Selected references

  • OpenAI, An explicit obstruction to nuclear norm-ultrapower embeddings, preprint, 2026. Manuscript.
  • OpenAI, accompanying formal statements, commit adc7f1241b42. Selected goal source.
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Functional Analysis·Captain: marwahaha

Bounded recovery for modular spectral averagesOpen Problem

Motivation

Hilbert-space spectral localization does not automatically produce bounded elements of the underlying operator algebra. Bounded recovery asks when positive averaged detection survives that passage. The pinned manuscript supplies the research context.

Setting

A standard modular datum has a cyclic separating vector, spectral calculus and scalar centralizer. Unit vectors lie in shrinking bands around a fixed real spectral parameter.

Formalization target

The selected goal is OAI.BoundedRecovery.bounded_recovery. Its central assertion is

∥vj∥≤C,∥T(vjξ)∥≥η>0,supp⁡D(vjξ)⊂[s−4δnj,s+4δnj].\|v_j\|\leq C,\quad\|T(v_j\xi)\|\geq\eta>0,\quad\operatorname{supp}_D(v_j\xi)\subset[s-4\delta_{n_j},s+4\delta_{n_j}].∥vj​∥≤C,∥T(vj​ξ)∥≥η>0,suppD​(vj​ξ)⊂[s−4δnj​​,s+4δnj​​].

The theorem states that, for a standard modular datum S on a complex Hilbert space H (a von Neumann algebra M with a unit cyclic and separating vector ξ, a nondegenerate real spectral calculus D with unitary group D.unitary t, an antilinear isometric involution J, and a closed Tomita graph of a ↦ (aξ, a*ξ) over a ∈ M equal to the pairs (p, Jq) where p is mapped to q by the half-exponential graph of D) satisfying ScalarCentralizer (every a in M fixed by conjugation with D.unitary t for all real t is a complex multiple of the identity), the following holds. Let ω be an ultrafilter on ℕ that refines the at-infinity filter (ω ≤ atTop), let T be a bounded complex-linear operator on H, let s be real, and let δₙ > 0 tend to 0. Suppose hₙ are unit vectors, each with spectral support in the interval [s − δₙ, s + δₙ] (every bounded continuous function vanishing on that interval annihilates hₙ under the calculus), and suppose the limsup over n of the ω-limit of the symmetric time averages (1/2k)∫{−k}^{k} ‖T(D.unitary t hₙ)‖² dt is strictly positive. Then the recovery conclusion holds: there are a strictly increasing sequence nⱼ, operators vⱼ in M, and constants C and η > 0 such that for every j, ‖vⱼ‖ ≤ C, ‖T(vⱼ ξ)‖ ≥ η, and vⱼξ has spectral support in [s − 4δ{nⱼ}, s + 4δ_{nⱼ}]. The proof is admitted, not supplied.

Significance and status

The hypothesis is positivity of the specified ultrafilter time average and outer limsup. Bicentralizer triviality and further rigidity applications are not separate conclusions of this target. The target is currently Open on Prove2Me. The manuscript's mathematical argument and a machine-checked proof of the selected statement are separate deliverables.

Difficulty

The recovered vectors must come from uniformly bounded algebra elements while retaining detection and shrinking spectral support along a subsequence.

Formalization scope

The exact published goal, its hypotheses and its referenced definition blocks specify the requested formalization. The explanatory formula above is a summary; all quantifiers and additional clauses in the linked statement remain required.

The available published material supplies this goal and its necessary definitions. Additional manuscript lemmas are not represented as attached milestones.

Selected references

  • OpenAI, Bounded recovery for modular spectral averages, preprint, 2026. Manuscript.
  • OpenAI, accompanying formal statements, commit adc7f1241b42. Selected goal source.
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Functional Analysis·Captain: marwahaha

Kadison's similarity theorem through uniform derivation estimatesOpen Problem

Motivation

A bounded algebra representation need not visibly preserve adjoints. The similarity problem asks whether one bounded change of Hilbert-space coordinates restores that structure. The pinned manuscript supplies the research context.

Setting

Representations are continuous unital complex algebra homomorphisms into bounded operators on a complete complex inner product space. The conjugating operator must have a bounded inverse.

Formalization target

The selected goal is OAI.KadisonSimilarity.similarityTheorem. Its central assertion is

Sπ(a∗)S−1=(Sπ(a)S−1)∗.S\pi(a^*)S^{-1}=(S\pi(a)S^{-1})^*.Sπ(a∗)S−1=(Sπ(a)S−1)∗.

The theorem states that, for every C*-algebra A in universe u and every complex inner product space K in universe v that is complete (a Hilbert space), every bounded unital representation of A on K is similar to a star representation. Here a bounded unital representation is a continuous ℂ-algebra homomorphism π from A into the algebra of bounded linear operators on K; being an algebra homomorphism of unital algebras, it preserves the identity. Similarity to a star representation means that there is an invertible bounded operator S on K, with bounded inverse, such that for every a in A, S π(a*) S⁻¹ equals the adjoint of S π(a) S⁻¹. Equivalently, the conjugated map a ↦ S π(a) S⁻¹ commutes with the involution. This is the Kadison similarity statement as a defined proposition SimilarityTheorem, and the source declares it as a theorem whose proof is admitted rather than supplied.

Significance and status

Similarity is the selected goal. The two commutator formulations and explicit hyperreflexivity estimate remain distinct references with their own constants and universes. The target is currently Open on Prove2Me. The manuscript's mathematical argument and a machine-checked proof of the selected statement are separate deliverables.

Difficulty

One operator S must work simultaneously for every algebra element. Uniform matrix-amplification estimates cannot acquire a dimension-dependent constant.

Formalization scope

The exact published goal, its hypotheses and its referenced definition blocks specify the requested formalization. The explanatory formula above is a summary; all quantifiers and additional clauses in the linked statement remain required.

Additional published targets are included as separate references:

  • OAI.KadisonSimilarity.universalCommutatorTheorem (Open).
  • OAI.KadisonSimilarity.universalHyperreflexivity (Open).
  • OAI.Kadison.uniform_commutator (Open).

Selected references

  • OpenAI, Kadison's similarity theorem through uniform derivation estimates, preprint, 2026. Manuscript.
  • OpenAI, accompanying formal statements, commit adc7f1241b42. Selected goal source.
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Functional Analysis·Captain: marwahaha

An isomorphism of the free group factorsOpen Problem

Motivation

Group von Neumann algebras encode a free group's regular representation as an operator algebra. Whether the rank remains visible in that algebra is the motivating isomorphism problem. The pinned manuscript supplies the research context.

Setting

The parameter runs over extended nonnegative reals greater than one. Integer ranks use group factors, infinity uses countably many generators, and other parameters use the encoded stabilized corner model.

Formalization target

The selected goal is OAI.FreeGroupFactorMain.Interpolation.allInterpolatedIsomorphic. Its central assertion is

L(Fr)≅L(Fs)(1<r,s≤∞).L(\mathbb F_r)\cong L(\mathbb F_s)\qquad(1<r,s\leq\infty).L(Fr​)≅L(Fs​)(1<r,s≤∞).

The theorem states that for any two extended nonnegative real parameters r and s, both strictly greater than 1 (so either may be infinite), the interpolated factors attached to r and s are isomorphic as C*-algebras with trace and topology, meaning the type of normal tracial equivalences between them is nonempty. The interpolated factor at a parameter is chosen by cases: for r = ∞ it is the group von Neumann algebra of the free group on countably many generators; for r equal to a natural number n it is the group von Neumann algebra of the free group on n generators; otherwise it is the corner pAp of the stabilization of the rank-two free group algebra, cut down by a selected star projection p whose stabilized projection trace is the real number 1/√(r−1), with the trace being the stabilized trace rescaled by the inverse of that value. Each carries its canonical trace or this rescaled trace and an ultraweak-type topology. A NormalTracialEquiv between two such models consists of a ℂ-linear star-algebra isomorphism that preserves the traces and is continuous in both directions for the given topologies.

Significance and status

The goal is a nonempty type of normal tracial equivalences between the precise interpolated models. Statements about fundamental groups are not separate attached targets. The target is currently Open on Prove2Me. The manuscript's mathematical argument and a machine-checked proof of the selected statement are separate deliverables.

Difficulty

The required equivalence must preserve the algebra, involution and trace, and be continuous in both directions for the specified topologies.

Formalization scope

The exact published goal, its hypotheses and its referenced definition blocks specify the requested formalization. The explanatory formula above is a summary; all quantifiers and additional clauses in the linked statement remain required.

The available published material supplies this goal and its necessary definitions. Additional manuscript lemmas are not represented as attached milestones.

Selected references

  • OpenAI, An isomorphism of the free group factors, preprint, 2026. Manuscript.
  • OpenAI, accompanying formal statements, commit adc7f1241b42. Selected goal source.
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Mathematical PhysicsProbability·Captain: marwahaha

Full support of the zero-temperature Sherrington-Kirkpatrick order parameterOpen Problem

Motivation

A hierarchy of infinitely many overlap scales need not fill an interval. Full support asks whether an admissible zero-temperature SK minimizer leaves any gap below overlap one. The pinned manuscript supplies the research context.

Setting

An order parameter is a nonnegative, monotone, right-continuous integrable function on [0,1). The Parisi value is defined by a Brownian stochastic-control supremum. The Stieltjes measure μ lives on the subtype Time=[0,1); its support below is taken in that relative topology.

Formalization target

The selected goal is OAI.ZeroTemperatureSK.full_support. Its central assertion is

supp⁡μ=[0,1),E[ux(t,Xt)2]=t,E[uxx(t,Xt)2]=1.\operatorname{supp}\mu=[0,1),\qquad \mathbb E[u_x(t,X_t)^2]=t,\quad\mathbb E[u_{xx}(t,X_t)^2]=1.suppμ=[0,1),E[ux​(t,Xt​)2]=t,E[uxx​(t,Xt​)2]=1.

The theorem states that, for any probability space carrying a real Brownian motion B (a BrownianSystem W) and any order parameter γ on [0,1), if γ minimizes the Parisi functional over all order parameters, then a five-part full-support conclusion holds. An order parameter γ:[0,1)→ℝ is nonnegative, monotone, right-continuous and integrable (extended by zero outside [0,1)). For a time t and position x, the value is the supremum, over controls α progressive for the filtration generated by the Brownian increments after t and bounded by 1 in absolute value, of the expected payoff |x + B₁ − B_t + ∫_t^1 γ(s)α(s−t)ds| − ½∫_t^1 γ(s)α(s−t)²ds. The gradient and curvature are its first and second derivatives in x, and the Parisi functional is value at (0,0) minus ½∫_0^1 tγ(t)dt. Being a minimizer means the functional at γ is at most its value at every order parameter η. The conclusion says: (1) there is a measure μ on [0,1) with μ((−∞,t]) = γ(t) for every t in [0,1); (2) there is a diffusion X, a process progressive for the Brownian filtration that almost surely is continuous on [0,1], starts at 0, and satisfies X_t = B_t + ∫_0^t γ(s)·gradient(s,X_s)ds; (3) every such measure μ has full support, equal to all of [0,1); (4) γ is strictly increasing, γ(a)<γ(b) whenever a<b; and (5) for every such diffusion X and every t in [0,1), the expected square of the gradient at X_t equals t, and the expected square of the curvature at X_t equals 1.

Significance and status

The main target is the five-part full-support conclusion for every encoded minimizer and Brownian system. The separate value-consequences bundle is retained as an additional formal target. The target is currently Open on Prove2Me. The manuscript's mathematical argument and a machine-checked proof of the selected statement are separate deliverables.

Difficulty

The conclusion couples support, strict increase, diffusion existence and derivative identities. Minimization alone is not an assumption of those conclusions.

Formalization scope

The exact published goal, its hypotheses and its referenced definition blocks specify the requested formalization. The explanatory formula above is a summary; all quantifiers and additional clauses in the linked statement remain required.

Additional published targets are included as separate references:

  • OAI.SKValue.value_consequences (Open).

Selected references

  • OpenAI, Full support of the zero-temperature Sherrington-Kirkpatrick order parameter, preprint, 2026. Manuscript.
  • OpenAI, accompanying formal statements, commit adc7f1241b42. Selected goal source.
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Mathematical PhysicsRepresentation Theory·Captain: marwahaha

Strongly rational unitary vertex operator algebras and conformal netsOpen Problem

Motivation

Vertex operator algebras describe conformal theories algebraically, while conformal nets describe local operator algebras. Passing between them requires analytic control of fields. The pinned manuscript supplies the research context.

Setting

The selected algebra is simple, unitary, CFT-type and strongly rational. Its modes act on an inner product space, and smeared fields act on the Hilbert completion.

Formalization target

The selected goal is OAI.MinimalVertex.main. Its central assertion is

energy bounds ∧ strong locality ∧ irreducible conformal net.\mathrm{energy\ bounds}\ \land\ \mathrm{strong\ locality}\ \land\ \mathrm{irreducible\ conformal\ net}.energy bounds ∧ strong locality ∧ irreducible conformal net.

The theorem states that, for a CFT-type vertex operator algebra A on a complex inner product space V (a vertex algebra with vacuum, state-field map and Jacobi identity, together with a conformal vector, central charge, finite-dimensional graded pieces with degree-zero part spanned by the vacuum, conformal vector in degree 2 acting as the grading operator, and the Virasoro relations), equipped with a unitary structure U (an antilinear involution fixing the vacuum and conformal vector, compatible with all modes, together with a unit-norm vacuum and an invariance relation between a mode and the corresponding mode of the transformed adjoint-side vector), if A is simple (nonzero vacuum and no ideals other than 0 and the whole space) and strongly rational (self-contragredient, rational in the sense that every admissible weak module is completely reducible, and C2-cofinite), then three things hold. First, A has polynomial energy bounds: for every a in V there are C>0 and natural numbers p,k with ||a_(n) b|| ≤ C(1+|n|)^p ||(1+L_0)^k b|| for all integers n and all b in V. Second, the CKLW strong locality property holds: all vectors satisfy these bounds, and for every proper circle arc I the von Neumann algebra generated by closed smeared fields supported in I, built on the completion of V, lies in the commutant of the algebra attached to the complementary arc. Third, the assignment of these interval algebras to proper arcs admits the structure of an irreducible conformal net, meaning a separable Hilbert space with isotony, locality, a continuous Mobius representation extended to a continuous projective representation of smooth circle diffeomorphisms with covariance and locality of the action, a unit invariant vacuum that is unique up to scalar and cyclic, a positive self-adjoint Hamiltonian generating the rotation flow, and trivial commutant of all interval algebras apart from scalars.

Significance and status

The target proves polynomial energy bounds, the specified CKLW strong locality property, and existence of an irreducible conformal-net structure. Complete rationality, category equivalences and extension classification are not conclusions of this reference. The target is currently Open on Prove2Me. The manuscript's mathematical argument and a machine-checked proof of the selected statement are separate deliverables.

Difficulty

Formal algebraic identities must yield polynomial operator bounds and locality for closed smeared fields on the completion.

Formalization scope

The exact published goal, its hypotheses and its referenced definition blocks specify the requested formalization. The explanatory formula above is a summary; all quantifiers and additional clauses in the linked statement remain required.

The available published material supplies this goal and its necessary definitions. Additional manuscript lemmas are not represented as attached milestones.

Selected references

  • OpenAI, Strongly rational unitary vertex operator algebras and conformal nets, preprint, 2026. Manuscript.
  • OpenAI, accompanying formal statements, commit adc7f1241b42. Selected goal source.
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Complexity TheoryQuantum Information·Captain: marwahaha

Exact quantum factoring over a fixed finite gate setOpen Problem

Motivation

Bounded-error factoring and exact factoring have different correctness requirements. Repetition until success and increasingly accurate rotations do not automatically give a fixed-gate, worst-case polynomial exact algorithm. The pinned manuscript supplies the research context.

Setting

Circuit instructions use NOT, CNOT, Toffoli, Hadamard and phase primitives, their inverses and singly controlled versions. A classical finite-stack machine generates each encoded circuit from unary input length.

Formalization target

The selected goal is OAI.ExactQuantumFactoring.exact_quantum_factoring. Its central assertion is

P(complete prime factorization of N)=1.P(\mathrm{complete\ prime\ factorization\ of}\ N)=1.P(complete prime factorization of N)=1.

The theorem states that the defined proposition MainTheorem holds, i.e. there is a family of quantum circuits indexed by input bit length ℓ with three properties. Circuits are lists of instructions on q qubits, each applying one of 20 named gates (the primitives NOT, CNOT, Toffoli, Hadamard and phase, each optionally inverted and optionally given one extra control) to distinct wires; the output state is obtained by applying the instructions in order to the basis state holding the binary digits of N, least significant bit first, on the first ℓ wires, with all other wires zero. First, the family is uniform: a single Turing machine (TM2) with finite stack alphabets computes in polynomial time the encoding of the ℓth circuit from the unary string of length ℓ, where the encoding writes the qubit count, instruction count and each instruction's gate code, inverse and control flags and wire indices in unary. Second, the numbers of qubits and of instructions of the ℓth circuit are both bounded by one fixed polynomial in ℓ with natural-number coefficients. Third, for every ℓ and every integer N ≥ 2 whose binary length is exactly ℓ, the circuit has at least ℓ + n² qubits, where n = max(128, ℓ), and the total squared amplitude on basis states whose output is correct equals exactly 1. A basis state is correct if reading n consecutive blocks of n bits after the input wires, each block as a binary number, gives the nondecreasing list of prime factors of N with multiplicity, padded with zeros to length n.

Significance and status

The output is a sorted list of prime factors with multiplicity in fixed binary blocks, padded with zeros. The target is an existence theorem for a uniform circuit family, not an uploaded executable factoring program. The target is currently Open on Prove2Me. The manuscript's mathematical argument and a machine-checked proof of the selected statement are separate deliverables.

Difficulty

Uniform generation, polynomial qubit and gate bounds, a fixed finite gate alphabet, and probability-one correctness must all hold together.

Formalization scope

The exact published goal, its hypotheses and its referenced definition blocks specify the requested formalization. The explanatory formula above is a summary; all quantifiers and additional clauses in the linked statement remain required.

The available published material supplies this goal and its necessary definitions. Additional manuscript lemmas are not represented as attached milestones.

Selected references

  • OpenAI, Exact quantum factoring over a fixed finite gate set, preprint, 2026. Manuscript.
  • OpenAI, accompanying formal statements, commit adc7f1241b42. Selected goal source.
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ProbabilityQuantum Information·Captain: marwahaha

Threshold parallel repetition for finite-dimensional entangled gamesOpen Problem

Motivation

Parallel repetition is useful for amplifying errors in nonlocal games, but a joint entangled strategy can correlate outcomes across repetitions. Independence of the sampled questions does not imply independence of wins. The pinned manuscript supplies the research context.

Setting

A finite two-player game has a probability distribution on question pairs and a Boolean acceptance predicate. Its entangled value is a supremum over finite-dimensional states and local positive-operator measurements.

Formalization target

The selected goal is OAI.ThresholdParallelRepetition.threshold_parallel_repetition. Its central assertion is

P{Wk≥⌈(v+δ)k⌉}≤exp⁡ ⁣(−κ0δ13k1+log⁡(∣A∣∣B∣)).P\{W_k\geq\lceil(v+\delta)k\rceil\}\leq\exp\!\left(-\kappa_0\frac{\delta^{13}k}{1+\log(|A||B|)}\right).P{Wk​≥⌈(v+δ)k⌉}≤exp(−κ0​1+log(∣A∣∣B∣)δ13k​).

The theorem states that there is a universal constant κ₀>0 such that the following holds for every two-player nonlocal game G with question sets of sizes x+1 and y+1 and answer sets of sizes a+1 and b+1, given by a probability distribution on question pairs and a Boolean acceptance predicate on questions and answers, whose entangled value is strictly less than 1. Here the entangled value is the supremum of the winning probability over finite-dimensional entangled strategies, which consist of a unit state on a bipartite space, positive semidefinite measurement operators for Alice and Bob summing to the identity for each question, with answer probabilities given by the Born rule. For every δ with 0<δ<1−entangledValue(G) and every number of repetitions k≥1, consider k-fold parallel repetition, where k independent question pairs are drawn from G's distribution and the players answer all coordinates at once. The threshold probability of a repeated entangled strategy S is the probability that the number of coordinates won is at least ⌈(entangledValue(G)+δ)k⌉. The theorem asserts that this probability is at most exp(−κ₀ δ¹³ k /(1+ln((a+1)(b+1)))) for every repeated strategy S, and that the threshold value, defined as the supremum of the threshold probability over all repeated strategies, satisfies the same bound. The statement is admitted without proof in the source.

Significance and status

The selected published Lean exponent is δ^13, not the manuscript abstract's δ^5 or its distribution-dependent cubic rate. Both every-strategy and supremum conclusions are included. The target is currently Open on Prove2Me. The manuscript's mathematical argument and a machine-checked proof of the selected statement are separate deliverables.

Difficulty

The estimate must hold uniformly over finite dimensions and collective strategies. Taking the supremum cannot assume that an optimal strategy exists.

Formalization scope

The exact published goal, its hypotheses and its referenced definition blocks specify the requested formalization. The explanatory formula above is a summary; all quantifiers and additional clauses in the linked statement remain required.

The available published material supplies this goal and its necessary definitions. Additional manuscript lemmas are not represented as attached milestones.

Selected references

  • OpenAI, Threshold parallel repetition for finite-dimensional entangled games, preprint, 2026. Manuscript.
  • OpenAI, accompanying formal statements, commit adc7f1241b42. Selected goal source.
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Complexity TheoryQuantum Information·Captain: marwahaha

Regular trajectories, pruning and quantum parityOpen Problem

Motivation

The parity function tests whether a shallow quantum circuit can combine information from all input bits. Polynomially many ancillary qubits make the measured-output formulation substantially stronger than a restriction to clean final registers. The pinned manuscript supplies the research context.

Setting

Allowed gates are arbitrary one-qubit unitaries and Toffoli gates with finitely many controls. Gates within a layer have disjoint supports. Inputs occupy the first n qubits, with zero ancillas.

Formalization target

The selected goal is OAI.QAC.parity_lower_bound_polynomial_size. Its central assertion is

∃x∈{0,1}n:P(output=parity(x))<2/3.\exists x\in\{0,1\}^n:\quad P(\mathrm{output}=\mathrm{parity}(x))<2/3.∃x∈{0,1}n:P(output=parity(x))<2/3.

The theorem states that, for any positive integers d, k and C, there is a threshold n₀ such that for every n ≥ n₀ and every total qubit count N with n ≤ N ≤ C(n+1)^k, the following holds. Take any circuit given as a list of at most d physical layers on N qubits, where a layer is a list of gates with pairwise disjoint supports and each gate is either a one-qubit unitary on a single qubit or a Toffoli gate with an arbitrary finite set of control qubits and a target outside that set (flipping the target exactly when all controls are 1). The circuit's matrix is the product of the layer matrices, with the first layer acting first. For every choice of output qubit out among the N qubits, there exists an n-bit input x such that successProbability, the total Born probability over all final computational-basis strings y whose out-th bit equals the parity (sum mod 2) of x, is strictly less than 2/3. Here the input state is x placed on the first n qubits with all remaining qubits set to 0, and the remaining qubits are summed over with no requirement that they be clean. So fixed-depth circuits with polynomially many qubits cannot compute parity with worst-case success probability at least 2/3. The theorem is admitted in the source (proof is sorry).

Significance and status

The published goal fixes success threshold 2/3 and positive integer depth, polynomial exponent and coefficient. It does not state the manuscript's full range of positive advantages. The target is currently Open on Prove2Me. The manuscript's mathematical argument and a machine-checked proof of the selected statement are separate deliverables.

Difficulty

The bound covers arbitrary gates, all choices of output qubit and polynomially many total qubits. Discarded registers can retain unrestricted garbage.

Formalization scope

The exact published goal, its hypotheses and its referenced definition blocks specify the requested formalization. The explanatory formula above is a summary; all quantifiers and additional clauses in the linked statement remain required.

The available published material supplies this goal and its necessary definitions. Additional manuscript lemmas are not represented as attached milestones.

Selected references

  • OpenAI, Regular trajectories, pruning and quantum parity, preprint, 2026. Manuscript.
  • OpenAI, accompanying formal statements, commit adc7f1241b42. Selected goal source.
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Linear algebraQuantum Information·Captain: marwahaha

Entanglement with zero distillable secret key in local dimension tenOpen Problem

Motivation

Positive partial transpose imposes strong constraints on quantum maps, but composition may retain entanglement. Explicit finite-dimensional examples make that distinction a precise algebraic target. The pinned manuscript supplies the research context.

Setting

The selected maps act on complex 10 by 10 matrices. Complete positivity is quantified over matrix amplifications, while separability is expressed by finite sums of positive tensor factors.

Formalization target

The selected goal is OAI.DimensionTen.main_pair. Its central assertion is

Φ1=phiOne,Φ2=phiTwo,¬EB(Φ2∘Φ1).\Phi_1=\mathrm{phiOne},\quad\Phi_2=\mathrm{phiTwo},\quad\neg\mathrm{EB}(\Phi_2\circ\Phi_1).Φ1​=phiOne,Φ2​=phiTwo,¬EB(Φ2​∘Φ1​).

The theorem states that there exist maps Φ₁ and Φ₂ from 10×10 complex matrices to 10×10 complex matrices, equal to the defined maps phiOne and phiTwo, each of which is PPT, meaning complex-linear, completely positive, and such that composing with the transpose of the output is also completely positive (complete positivity means that applying the map to one factor of any positive semidefinite block matrix on ℂᵏ⊗ℂ¹⁰, for every k≥1, yields a positive semidefinite matrix). Here phiOne sends A to the 6×6 matrix obtained from the transpose of A by embedding it as a symmetric tensor in ℂ⁴⊗ℂ⁴, applying the tensor square of an explicit 4×4 pencil map built from four integer 6×4 blocks, and compressing to the antisymmetric subspace, then padding it to a 10×10 matrix in the first six coordinates. phiTwo is the Hilbert–Schmidt adjoint of an associated complementary map, which uses a Hodge-type complement matrix, applied to the compression of its input onto the first six coordinates. Moreover, letting Z be the Choi matrix of the composition Φ₂∘Φ₁, a 100×100 matrix with entries given by the images of the matrix units, Z is nonzero; no nonzero product vector u⊗v with u,v∈ℂ¹⁰ lies in the range of Z, that is, whenever Z applied to some w∈ℂ¹⁰ˣ¹⁰ equals u⊗v then u=0 or v=0; and Φ₂∘Φ₁ is not entanglement breaking, where entanglement breaking means completely positive and sending every positive semidefinite amplification to a separable matrix, a finite sum of Kronecker products of positive semidefinite matrices. This theorem is admitted in the source, not proved.

Significance and status

The selected target is the explicit pair of PPT maps in dimension ten, including its nonzero Choi matrix and product-vector obstruction. It does not state a secret-key distillation theorem. The separate 21-dimensional channel is retained as an additional reference. The target is currently Open on Prove2Me. The manuscript's mathematical argument and a machine-checked proof of the selected statement are separate deliverables.

Difficulty

PPT properties and non-entanglement-breaking composition require different certificates. The range condition must exclude every nonzero product vector.

Formalization scope

The exact published goal, its hypotheses and its referenced definition blocks specify the requested formalization. The explanatory formula above is a summary; all quantifiers and additional clauses in the linked statement remain required.

Additional published targets are included as separate references:

  • OAI.DimensionTen.exists_channel_fin21 (Open).

Selected references

  • OpenAI, Entanglement with zero distillable secret key in local dimension ten, preprint, 2026. Manuscript.
  • OpenAI, accompanying formal statements, commit adc7f1241b42. Selected goal source.
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Mathematical PhysicsQuantum Mechanics·Captain: marwahaha

A Fock-space inequality and the Laughlin spectral gapOpen Problem

Motivation

A known zero-energy vector does not by itself give a uniform positive gap above it. The Laughlin problem asks for a lower bound controlling every competing antisymmetric state. The pinned manuscript supplies the research context.

Setting

At N particles set Q=3(N−1). States are complex functions on finite configurations, with antisymmetry under exchanging particles. The energy is a sum of squared pair-annihilation amplitudes.

Formalization target

The selected goal is OAI.LaughlinGap.thm_main. Its central assertion is

125dist⁡(ψ,CΨL)2≤E(ψ).\frac1{25}\operatorname{dist}(\psi,\mathbb C\Psi_{\rm L})^2\leq E(\psi).251​dist(ψ,CΨL​)2≤E(ψ).

The theorem states that there is a threshold N₀ ≥ 2 such that for every N ≥ N₀ and every antisymmetric complex-valued state ψ on N particles, each with local levels 0,…,Q where Q = 3(N−1), one has (1/25)·d(ψ)² ≤ E(ψ). Here a state assigns a complex number to each configuration a : Fin N → {0,…,Q}, and antisymmetric means that swapping the values at two distinct positions i and j negates ψ. The energy E(ψ) sums, over pairs i<j, over p = 0,…,2Q−2, and over configurations a with a_i = a_j = 0, the squared modulus of the pair amplitude, which is the sum over x,y of pairCoefficient(Q,p,x,y)·ψ(a with a_i replaced by x and a_j by y). The pair coefficient vanishes unless x+y = p+1, in which case it equals (x−y)/√2 times the square root of Q^{(x)}·Q^{(y)}·p! divided by Q·(2Q−2)^{(p)}·x!·y!, where m^{(k)} is the descending factorial. The Laughlin vector is built from the polynomial ∏{i<j}(x{i,0}x_{j,1} − x_{j,0}x_{i,1})³ in variables indexed by particle and a Boolean: its coefficient at the monomial with exponent a_i on x_{i,1} and Q−a_i on x_{i,0} is divided by ∏_i √C(Q,a_i). The quantity d(ψ)² is the infimum over complex c of the sum over configurations of |ψ(a) − c·Laughlin(a)|², the squared distance from ψ to the line spanned by the Laughlin vector, with no normalization of ψ assumed.

Significance and status

The selected goal has constant 1/25 and no normalization requirement on the state. The Fock-space inequality, the earlier 1/100 formulation and the planar endpoint are separate references; they retain their own representations and constants. The target is currently Open on Prove2Me. The manuscript's mathematical argument and a machine-checked proof of the selected statement are separate deliverables.

Difficulty

The bound must be uniform for all sufficiently large particle numbers and for every state, rather than a variational estimate on a selected excitation.

Formalization scope

The exact published goal, its hypotheses and its referenced definition blocks specify the requested formalization. The explanatory formula above is a summary; all quantifiers and additional clauses in the linked statement remain required.

Additional published targets are included as separate references:

  • OAI.Laughlin.mainTarget_proved (Open).
  • OAI.LaughlinFock.thm_fock (Open).
  • OAI.Laughlin.planar_gap (Open).

Selected references

  • OpenAI, A Fock-space inequality and the Laughlin spectral gap, preprint, 2026. Manuscript.
  • OpenAI, accompanying formal statements, commit adc7f1241b42. Selected goal source.
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Linear algebraQuantum Information·Captain: marwahaha

Exact Fourier certificates for complex Hadamard matrices of order sixOpen Problem

Motivation

Character sums express phase constraints on complex Hadamard matrices. In dimension six these constraints also bear on how many mutually unbiased bases can coexist. The pinned manuscript supplies the research context.

Setting

A complex Hadamard matrix has unit-modulus entries and conjugate-transpose product 6I. Equivalence permits row and column permutations and unit phases. Tao's cubic matrix supplies the exceptional class.

Formalization target

The selected goal is OAI.MUB6.fourier_and_family_bound. Its central assertion is

gH(π(1,1,1,−1,−1,−1))=0,nMUB≤5.g_H(\pi(1,1,1,-1,-1,-1))=0,\qquad n_{\rm MUB}\leq5.gH​(π(1,1,1,−1,−1,−1))=0,nMUB​≤5.

The theorem states a conjunction of two claims about 6x6 complex matrices and mutually unbiased bases in C^6. First, for every complex Hadamard matrix H of order 6 (all entries of modulus 1 and HH = 6I, where H is the conjugate transpose) that is not equivalent to the specific matrix tao, every permutation π of the six coordinates gives g(H, alpha∘π) = 0. Here the character of a column x at an integer exponent vector a is the product over i of x_i^{a_i}, g(H,a) is (1/6) times the sum over the six columns k of H of the character of column k at a, and alpha is the exponent vector (1,1,1,-1,-1,-1), so alpha∘π is alpha with its entries permuted. Equivalence of H and K means K_{ij} = u_i H_{r(i),c(j)} v_j for some row and column permutations r, c and unit-modulus complex phase vectors u and v. The matrix tao has entries ω^{e_{ij}}, where ω = exp(2πi/3) and e is a fixed 6x6 exponent matrix with zero first row and column and a five-cycle pattern of exponents 0, 1, 2 in the remaining 5x5 block. Second, for every natural number n, if there exist n orthonormal bases of C^6 that are pairwise mutually unbiased, meaning |<b_i, b'_j>|^2 = 1/6 for all vectors of two distinct bases, then n ≤ 5. This is stated as an admitted theorem, not a verified proof.

Significance and status

The goal is the conjunction of Fourier vanishing outside the specified equivalence class and the bound on attainable families. The cube-fiber statement is an additional published supporting target with its own hypotheses. The target is currently Open on Prove2Me. The manuscript's mathematical argument and a machine-checked proof of the selected statement are separate deliverables.

Difficulty

Orthogonality immediately kills certain degree-two characters, but the target concerns a balanced degree-six character and a separate global bound on families of bases.

Formalization scope

The exact published goal, its hypotheses and its referenced definition blocks specify the requested formalization. The explanatory formula above is a summary; all quantifiers and additional clauses in the linked statement remain required.

Additional published targets are included as separate references:

  • OAI.HadamardSix.rowRatio_cubeFiber_sum_zero (Open).

Selected references

  • OpenAI, Exact Fourier certificates for complex Hadamard matrices of order six, preprint, 2026. Manuscript.
  • OpenAI, accompanying formal statements, commit adc7f1241b42. Selected goal source.
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AnalysisMathematical Physics·Captain: marwahaha

Generalized outer-electron radii of neutral Coulomb atomsOpen Problem

Motivation

An exterior electron count defines a radius of a neutral atom without selecting individual electrons. Its scaling tests how well Thomas–Fermi theory describes the outer region of the full interacting atom. The pinned manuscript supplies the research context.

Setting

Choose any normalized ground state for each neutral atom with N+1 electrons. The radius is the infimum of radii outside which the expected electron mass is at most m.

Formalization target

The selected goal is OAI.NeutralAtom.generalized_outer_radii. Its central assertion is

m1/3Rmupper, m1/3Rmlower⟶(81π2/2)1/3.m^{1/3}R_m^{\rm upper},\ m^{1/3}R_m^{\rm lower}\longrightarrow (81\pi^2/2)^{1/3}.m1/3Rmupper​, m1/3Rmlower​⟶(81π2/2)1/3.

The theorem states that, for every choice of wavefunctions Ψ_N for neutral atoms with N+1 electrons and nuclear charge Z=N+1 (each a spin-dependent complex function of N+1 positions in three-dimensional space, with spins taking two values), such that each Ψ_N is a normalized ground state, the outer radii of the atoms obey a Thomas–Fermi-type scaling law. A normalized ground state is an antisymmetric wavefunction with a weak gradient, square-integrable in each spin component together with its gradient, with finite Coulomb integrals against |Ψ|², total squared norm 1 summed over spins, and minimal energy among all such normalized functions. The energy is half the squared L² norm of the gradient plus the expectation of the Coulomb potential, which is −Z times the sum of inverse distances of electrons to the nucleus plus the sum of inverse inter-electron distances over pairs. The electron density is N+1 times the spin-summed integral of |Ψ|² over the other N positions, and the radius for m is the infimum of r≥0 such that the density mass outside the ball of radius r is at most m. For each m, upperRadius and lowerRadius are the limsup and liminf, in the extended reals, of these radii as N→∞ with N+1>m. With bTF=(81π²/2)^(1/3), the theorem states that both m^(1/3)·upperRadius(m) and m^(1/3)·lowerRadius(m) converge to bTF as m→∞ through the natural numbers.

Significance and status

The target uses extended-real upper and lower radii, followed by a natural-number limit in m. No spherical symmetry is assumed, and the atom remains neutral. The target is currently Open on Prove2Me. The manuscript's mathematical argument and a machine-checked proof of the selected statement are separate deliverables.

Difficulty

The assertion must hold for every choice of ground states. The inner large-charge limsup and liminf cannot be silently replaced with an assumed pointwise limit.

Formalization scope

The exact published goal, its hypotheses and its referenced definition blocks specify the requested formalization. The explanatory formula above is a summary; all quantifiers and additional clauses in the linked statement remain required.

The available published material supplies this goal and its necessary definitions. Additional manuscript lemmas are not represented as attached milestones.

Selected references

  • OpenAI, Generalized outer-electron radii of neutral Coulomb atoms, preprint, 2026. Manuscript.
  • OpenAI, accompanying formal statements, commit adc7f1241b42. Selected goal source.
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