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.
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.