\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{article} \usepackage[a4paper,left=21mm,right=21mm,top=20mm,bottom=20mm,headheight=12pt,headsep=6mm,footskip=9mm]{geometry} \usepackage{fontspec} \setmainfont{texgyrepagella-regular.otf}[BoldFont=texgyrepagella-bold.otf,ItalicFont=texgyrepagella-italic.otf,BoldItalicFont=texgyrepagella-bolditalic.otf] \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{unicode-math} \setmathfont{texgyrepagella-math.otf} \usepackage[protrusion=true,expansion=false]{microtype} \usepackage{fancyhdr,lastpage,xcolor,ragged2e,needspace} \definecolor{muted}{gray}{0.38} \definecolor{linkink}{HTML}{275B59} \usepackage[unicode,colorlinks=true,linkcolor=linkink,urlcolor=linkink,pdfauthor={OpenAI},pdftitle={OpenAI Research Catalog},pdfsubject={372 result families in 722 manuscripts}]{hyperref} \setlength{\parindent}{0pt} \setlength{\parskip}{0pt} \setlength{\emergencystretch}{1.2em} \widowpenalty=10000 \clubpenalty=10000 \raggedbottom \pagestyle{fancy} \fancyhf{} \fancyhead[L]{\footnotesize\scshape OpenAI Research Catalog} \fancyhead[R]{\footnotesize\scshape OpenAI} \fancyfoot[L]{\footnotesize\color{muted}372 result families\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace722 manuscripts} \fancyfoot[R]{\footnotesize\thepage\, /\,\pageref*{LastPage}} \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0.3pt} \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt} \fancypagestyle{firstpage}{\fancyhead{}\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}} \newcommand{\cataloguesection}[2]{% \par\Needspace{10\baselineskip}\addvspace{12pt}% \hypertarget{subject#2}{}\label{subject#2}% \pdfbookmark[0]{#1}{section#2}% {\fontsize{15}{18}\selectfont\bfseries #1\par}% \nobreak\vspace{9pt}\nobreak } \newcommand{\resultentry}[4]{% \par\noindent\begin{minipage}{\linewidth}% \fontsize{10.5}{12.6}\selectfont\RaggedRight% \hypertarget{result#1}{}% {\bfseries\textcolor{muted}{#1.}\enspace #2.}\enspace #3\par% \vspace{1.2pt}{\fontsize{8}{9.5}\selectfont\color{muted}#4\par}% \end{minipage}\par\vspace{5pt}% } \begin{document} \thispagestyle{firstpage} {\small\scshape Mathematics\hfill OpenAI\par} \vspace{5pt} {\LARGE\bfseries OpenAI Research Catalog\par} \vspace{4pt} {\small 372 result families in 722 manuscripts\hfill October 6, 2026\par} \vspace{7pt} {\small An overview of the \href{https://github.com/openai/math}{manuscript collection}. Results are grouped by subject; entry numbers follow the catalog order and do not indicate a ranking. PDF links follow each summary.\par} \vspace{8pt}\hrule height 0.35pt\vspace{5pt} {\large\bfseries Contents\par} \vspace{7pt} \noindent\hyperlink{subject1}{Number theory}\nobreak\hfill\pageref*{subject1}\par\vspace{5pt} \noindent\hyperlink{subject3}{Algebraic and complex geometry}\nobreak\hfill\pageref*{subject3}\par\vspace{5pt} \noindent\hyperlink{subject10}{Real and complex analysis}\nobreak\hfill\pageref*{subject10}\par\vspace{5pt} \noindent\hyperlink{subject8}{Convex and metric geometry}\nobreak\hfill\pageref*{subject8}\par\vspace{5pt} \noindent\hyperlink{subject14}{Theoretical computer science}\nobreak\hfill\pageref*{subject14}\par\vspace{5pt} \noindent\hyperlink{subject12}{Dynamical systems and ergodic theory}\nobreak\hfill\pageref*{subject12}\par\vspace{5pt} \noindent\hyperlink{subject13}{Combinatorics}\nobreak\hfill\pageref*{subject13}\par\vspace{5pt} \noindent\hyperlink{subject2}{Algebra}\nobreak\hfill\pageref*{subject2}\par\vspace{5pt} \noindent\hyperlink{subject15}{Probability and statistical mechanics}\nobreak\hfill\pageref*{subject15}\par\vspace{5pt} \noindent\hyperlink{subject6}{Mathematical logic}\nobreak\hfill\pageref*{subject6}\par\vspace{5pt} \noindent\hyperlink{subject5}{Group theory}\nobreak\hfill\pageref*{subject5}\par\vspace{5pt} \noindent\hyperlink{subject17}{Mathematical physics}\nobreak\hfill\pageref*{subject17}\par\vspace{5pt} \noindent\hyperlink{subject16}{Operator algebras}\nobreak\hfill\pageref*{subject16}\par\vspace{5pt} \noindent\hyperlink{subject4}{Topology}\nobreak\hfill\pageref*{subject4}\par\vspace{5pt} \noindent\hyperlink{subject11}{Functional analysis}\nobreak\hfill\pageref*{subject11}\par\vspace{5pt} \noindent\hyperlink{subject7}{Differential geometry}\nobreak\hfill\pageref*{subject7}\par\vspace{5pt} \noindent\hyperlink{subject9}{Partial differential equations}\nobreak\hfill\pageref*{subject9}\par\vspace{5pt} \clearpage \cataloguesection{Number theory}{1} \resultentry{001}{Milne's rationality conjecture}{Proves Milne's rationality conjecture for abelian varieties over $\overline{\mathbb Q}$ with good reduction: specialized Hodge classes pair rationally with complementary divisor products, independently of cohomology theory. Together with result 032, every specialized Hodge class is represented by a single rational algebraic cycle simultaneously in all prime-to-$p$ and crystalline realizations, for every residue characteristic $p$.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Milnes-rationality-conjecture-for-abelian-varieties-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Milne's rationality conjecture for abelian varieties}} \resultentry{002}{The full Birch--Swinnerton-Dyer formula in Selmer coranks zero and one}{Proves the full Birch--Swinnerton-Dyer leading-term formula for every elliptic curve over $\mathbb Q$ whose full $q$-power Selmer group has corank zero or one for some prime $q$, including finiteness of the Tate--Shafarevich group. With result 006, this gives full BSD for a density-one set of quadratic twists of every elliptic curve over $\mathbb Q$.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Exact-Birch-Swinnerton-Dyer-Formula-from-Low-Selmer-Corank-October-3-2026/exact-bsd-low-selmer-corank.pdf}{Exact Birch–Swinnerton-Dyer Formula from Low Selmer Corank}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-Selmer-converse-for-elliptic-curves-at-every-prime-September-24-2026/main.pdf}{The Selmer converse for elliptic curves at every prime}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-two-primary-Birch-Swinnerton-Dyer-formula-in-Selmer-corank-at-most-one-September-24-2026/paper.pdf}{The two-primary Birch–Swinnerton-Dyer formula in Selmer corank at most one}} \resultentry{003}{The quasi-Riemann hypothesis}{Proves that every Dirichlet $L$-function, including $\zeta(s)$, is zero-free in $\Re s>7/8$, resolving the quasi-Riemann hypothesis. The same half-plane is zero-free for every finite-order Hecke $L$-function over $\mathbb Q(\sqrt{-3})$. A companion gives a different proof of the zero-free half-plane $\Re s>11/12$.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-Quasi-Riemann-Hypothesis-September-30-2026/paper.pdf}{The Quasi-Riemann Hypothesis: A Zero-Free Half-Plane $\Re s>7/8$}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-Quasi-Riemann-Hypothesis-October-5-2026/paper2.pdf}{The Quasi-Riemann Hypothesis (alternate $11/12$ proof)}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Uniform-exclusion-of-Landau-Siegel-zeros-October-1-2026/paper.pdf}{Uniform exclusion of Landau--Siegel zeros}} \resultentry{004}{Hilbert's tenth problem over $\mathbb Q$}{Proves that no algorithm decides whether an integer-coefficient polynomial in an arbitrary number of variables has a rational zero, resolving Hilbert's tenth problem over $\mathbb Q$ negatively.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Hilberts-tenth-problem-over-the-rational-numbers-September-24-2026/main.pdf}{Hilbert’s tenth over $\mathbb Q$}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-pointwise-2-converse-for-elliptic-curves-with-rational-two-torsion-September-24-2026/paper.pdf}{Pointwise 2-converse with rational two-torsion}} \resultentry{005}{Irrationality of Catalan's constant}{Proves that Catalan's constant $G=\sum_{j\ge0}(-1)^j/(2j+1)^2$ is irrational.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Catalans-constant-is-irrational-September-24-2026/paper.pdf}{Catalan's constant is irrational}} \resultentry{006}{Goldfeld's conjecture}{Proves Goldfeld's conjecture for quadratic twists of every elliptic curve over $\mathbb Q$: analytic ranks zero and one each have density $1/2$, and the mean analytic rank tends to $1/2$. Both statements order signed squarefree twist parameters by absolute value.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Goldfelds-analytic-density-conjecture-and-the-2-converse-for-elliptic-curves-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Analytic density and 2-converse}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-mean-analytic-rank-of-quadratic-twists-of-elliptic-curves-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Mean analytic rank}} \resultentry{007}{Two-point Chowla and the corrected binary Elliott conjecture}{Proves the ordinary two-point Chowla conjecture, with a bound $O(X/(\log X)^c)$ for Liouville correlation sums along fixed nonproportional affine forms, where $c>0$ is absolute. More generally, proves the binary corrected Elliott conjecture for complex multiplicative functions bounded by one when one factor is uniformly nonpretentious against each fixed Dirichlet character times $n^{it}$ for $|t|\le X$.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Ordinary-two-point-correlations-of-multiplicative-functions-September-24-2026/final.pdf}{Ordinary two-point correlations of multiplicative functions}} \resultentry{008}{The Deligne--Drinfeld conjecture}{Proves that the rational Grothendieck--Teichm\"uller Lie algebra, with the Ihara bracket, is freely generated by one element in each odd weight $3,5,7,\ldots$, resolving the Deligne--Drinfeld conjecture.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-Deligne-Drinfeld-conjecture-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{The Deligne-Drinfeld conjecture}} \resultentry{009}{Bogomolov--Pop and Milnor $K$-theoretic reconstruction}{Reconstructs function fields of transcendence degree at least two over algebraically closed constants from $K^{\mathrm M}_1/\ell$, $K^{\mathrm M}_2/\ell$, and their product. These data recover the perfect closure and constants when $\ell$ differs from the characteristic, and the original field and its named base in equal characteristic. Also proves Bogomolov--Pop reconstruction from abelian-by-central pro-$\ell$ Galois data away from the characteristic.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Reconstruction-of-Function-Fields-from-Mod-ell-Milnor-K-Theory-October-5-2026/mod-ell-bogomolov-pop.pdf}{Reconstruction of Function Fields from Mod-$\ell$ Milnor $K$-Theory}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Reconstruction-from-Milnor-K-theory-modulo-the-characteristic-October-5-2026/paper.pdf}{Reconstruction from Milnor $K$-theory modulo the characteristic}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-Bogomolov-Pop-reconstruction-theorem-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{The Bogomolov-Pop reconstruction theorem}} \resultentry{010}{Fontaine--Mazur modularity at the prime $2$ and $2$-adic pro-modularity}{Every continuous odd absolutely irreducible two-dimensional $2$-adic representation of $G_{\mathbb Q}$ unramified outside finitely many primes occurs in a completed Hecke algebra at some odd tame level. Also proves classical modularity up to Tate twist for irreducible odd representations with these finiteness conditions that are de Rham at $2$ with distinct Hodge--Tate weights, resolving the dyadic Fontaine--Mazur case without residual restrictions.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Unrestricted-pro-modularity-at-the-prime-two-October-4-2026/two-adic-promodularity.pdf}{Unrestricted pro-modularity}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-Dimension-of-the-Two-Adic-Hecke-Algebra-at-Odd-Level-October-5-2026/two-adic-hecke.pdf}{Two-adic Hecke dimension}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Fontaine-Mazur-modularity-at-the-prime-2-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Fontaine–Mazur modularity at the prime 2}} \resultentry{011}{The Ford--Konyagin--Luca conjecture on prime predecessors}{Proves that the normalized ordered logarithms of the prime factors of $p-1$, counted with multiplicity, converge jointly to the Poisson--Dirichlet law $\mathrm{PD}(1)$ as $p$ ranges uniformly over primes up to $x$ and $x\to\infty$. This resolves the Ford--Konyagin--Luca conjecture. It also proves that infinitely many integers $n$ have more than $n^{1-\varepsilon}$ totient preimages, for every $\varepsilon>0$.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Weighted-Dilation-Graphs-Smooth-Shifted-Primes-and-Totient-Fibers-September-24-2026/paper.pdf}{Weighted dilation graphs, smooth shifted primes and totient fibers}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-Poisson-Dirichlet-Law-for-Prime-Predecessors-September-24-2026/paper.pdf}{The Poisson-Dirichlet law for prime predecessors}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Prime-Predecessors-with-an-Even-Number-of-Prime-Factors-September-17-2026/paper.pdf}{Prime Predecessors with an Even Number of Prime Factors}} \resultentry{012}{Independent largest prime factors of consecutive integers}{Resolves the Erd\H{o}s--Pomerance joint Dickman conjecture: the logarithmic sizes of the largest prime factors of $n$ and $n+1$ are asymptotically independent in ordinary natural density. In particular, the integers satisfying $P^+(n)
0$, the same conclusion holds assuming additionally that $p$ is very good for the group and $p\nmid |W_G|$. Over global function fields, proves Ramanujan at every place for globally generic cuspidal representations of split adjoint absolutely simple exceptional groups, without characteristic or ramification-depth restrictions, and at every unramified place for cuspidal representations of split adjoint absolutely simple groups with a generic unramified component. Assuming the finite-level Ramanujan--Arthur decomposition, constructs global Arthur enhancements of occurring cuspidal excursion parameters for split connected semisimple groups at full finite level, recovering the given parameters by diagonal specialization on the entire Weil group, including inertia.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Global-Arthur-Enhancements-of-Cuspidal-Excursion-Parameters-October-5-2026/manuscript.pdf}{Global Arthur Enhancements of Cuspidal Excursion Parameters}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Rationality-of-the-Canonical-Unramified-Arthur-Filtration-September-24-2026/paper.pdf}{Unramified Arthur filtration}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Ramanujan-Arthur-Decompositions-of-Cuspidal-Functions-at-Full-Finite-Level-September-24-2026/paper.pdf}{Arthur decompositions at full finite level}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Temperedness-at-ramified-places-for-globally-generic-exceptional-groups-October-5-2026/ramified-ramanujan.pdf}{Temperedness at ramified places for globally generic exceptional groups}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-Restricted-Geometric-Langlands-Equivalence-in-Positive-Characteristic-September-24-2026/paper.pdf}{Restricted geometric Langlands}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Constructible-tame-Hecke-eigensheaves-in-positive-characteristic-October-5-2026/constructible-tame-hecke-eigensheaves-positive-characteristic.pdf}{Constructible tame Hecke eigensheaves in positive characteristic}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Tame-Hecke-Eigensheaves-with-Several-Marked-Points-October-5-2026/Tame-Hecke-Eigensheaves-with-Several-Marked-Points.pdf}{Tame Hecke Eigensheaves with Several Marked Points}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Frobenius-Structures-on-Tame-Hecke-Eigensheaves-October-5-2026/tame-hecke-frobenius.pdf}{Frobenius Structures on Tame Hecke Eigensheaves}}
\resultentry{015}{Torus-packet equidistribution in prime, quartic, and sextic degrees}{Proves Haar equidistribution without escape of mass for complete volume-weighted torus packets from totally real fields: arbitrary lattices and prescribed local types in fixed prime degree at least five, arbitrary-order Picard packets in primitive quartic fields, and maximal-order ideal-class packets in primitive sextic fields. Here primitive means having no proper intermediate field; the relevant order or field discriminant tends to infinity.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Equidistribution-of-Prime-Degree-Torus-Packets-with-Arbitrary-Local-Type-September-24-2026/paper.pdf}{Equidistribution of Prime-Degree Torus Packets with Arbitrary Local Type}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Equidistribution-of-Primitive-Quartic-Torus-Packets-for-Arbitrary-Orders-October-5-2026/quartic-torus-packets.pdf}{Equidistribution of primitive quartic torus packets for arbitrary orders}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Equidistribution-of-Primitive-Sextic-Torus-Packets-October-5-2026/primitive-sextic-torus-packets.pdf}{Equidistribution of Primitive Sextic Torus Packets}}
\resultentry{016}{Zilber--Pink in abelian varieties and the Siegel threefold}{Proves the abelian Zilber--Pink conjecture over $\overline{\mathbb Q}$: every irreducible subvariety has finitely many maximal atypical subvarieties relative to its smallest containing torsion coset. It also proves the full curve case in the Siegel threefold $\mathcal A_2$ for Hodge-generic curves defined over $\overline{\mathbb Q}$, without boundary or reduction assumptions.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-Abelian-Zilber-Pink-Conjecture-September-24-2026/paper.pdf}{Abelian Zilber–Pink}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-E-times-CM-Component-of-Zilber-Pink-for-Curves-in-A2-September-24-2026/paper.pdf}{$E\times\mathrm{CM}$ component}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Quaternionic-Division-Points-on-Curves-in-the-Siegel-Threefold-September-24-2026/paper.pdf}{Quaternionic division points}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Elliptic-Squares-and-Zilber-Pink-for-Curves-in-A2-September-24-2026/paper.pdf}{Elliptic squares}}
\resultentry{017}{The irrationality exponent of $\pi$ is $2$}{Proves that the irrationality exponent of $\pi$ is exactly $2$: for every $\varepsilon>0$ and all sufficiently large denominators $q$, every rational $p/q$ satisfies $|\pi-p/q|\ge q^{-2-\varepsilon}$. This also proves convergence of the Flint--Hills series $\sum_{n\ge1}1/(n^3\sin^2 n)$, with angles in radians.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-irrationality-exponent-of-pi-is-2-September-24-2026/paper.pdf}{The irrationality exponent of pi is 2}}
\resultentry{018}{The Margulis--Platonov conjecture over global fields}{Proves the Margulis--Platonov conjecture over every global field, including function fields of characteristic two. For an absolutely almost simple simply connected algebraic group $G$ over $k$, every noncentral abstract normal subgroup of $G(k)$ is the inverse image of an open normal subgroup in the finite product of its anisotropic nonarchimedean local groups.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-Margulis-Platonov-conjecture-over-global-function-fields-October-5-2026/margulis-platonov-global-function-fields.pdf}{The Margulis--Platonov conjecture over global function fields}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-Margulis-Platonov-conjecture-over-number-fields-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{The Margulis–Platonov conjecture over number fields}}
\resultentry{019}{The $p$-adic section conjecture}{Proves that rational points on every smooth proper geometrically connected curve of genus at least two over a finite extension of $\mathbb Q_p$ correspond bijectively to conjugacy classes of sections of its full arithmetic \'etale fundamental group. It also proves Grothendieck's section conjecture over $\mathbb Q$ for the modular curves $X_0(N)$ and $X_1(N)$ of genus at least two.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Etale-covers-with-a-prescribed-exterior-sheet-September-24-2026/main.pdf}{Prescribed exterior sheet}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-p-adic-section-conjecture-September-24-2026/main.pdf}{p-adic section conjecture}}
\resultentry{020}{Squarefree quartics and power-free polynomial values}{Proves the squarefree-values conjecture for irreducible integer quartics with no fixed prime-square divisor: squarefree values on positive integers have the predicted positive Euler-product density. More generally, establishes the $(d-2)$-power-free density for irreducible integer polynomials of degrees four through eight under the necessary local condition; together with Browning's higher-degree theorem, this covers every $d\ge4$.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Squarefree-values-of-quartics-and-power-free-values-of-polynomials-September-24-2026/manuscript.pdf}{Squarefree values of quartics and power-free values of polynomials}}
\resultentry{021}{A quadratic bound for Jacobsthal's function}{Answers Jacobsthal's quadratic-bound question: every interval of $Ck^2$ consecutive integers contains an integer coprime to any prescribed positive integer with at most $k$ distinct prime divisors, for an absolute constant $C$. The bound is uniform over prime sets and interval positions and removes the classical logarithmic loss.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-quadratic-bound-for-Jacobsthals-function-September-25-2026/paper.pdf}{A quadratic bound for Jacobsthal's function}}
\resultentry{022}{The weak inhomogeneous Duffin--Schaeffer conjecture}{Proves that for every real shift $\gamma$ and finite-valued $\psi:\mathbb N\to[0,\infty)$, divergence of $\sum_q\phi(q)\psi(q)/q$ implies $\|qx-\gamma\|<\psi(q)$ for infinitely many $q$, for almost every $x$. Here $\phi$ is Euler's totient and the norm is distance to the nearest integer. Numerators are unrestricted; no monotonicity or Diophantine condition on $\gamma$ is needed.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-weak-inhomogeneous-Duffin-Schaeffer-conjecture-September-25-2026/paper.pdf}{The Weak Inhomogeneous Duffin–Schaeffer Conjecture}}
\resultentry{023}{Patterson’s first moment for cubic Gauss sums}{Proves unconditionally the all-primary-prime form of Patterson’s first-moment asymptotic: normalized cubic Gauss sums over primary Eisenstein primes of norm at most $X$, including both conjugates, have an explicit positive main term of order $X^{5/6}/\log X$. Every fixed nonzero prime-angle Fourier mode has smaller order.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/An-unconditional-first-moment-for-cubic-Gauss-sums-September-25-2026/paper.pdf}{An unconditional first moment for cubic Gauss sums}}
\resultentry{024}{An asymptotic formula for the number of totients}{Gives an asymptotic equivalent for the number $V(x)$ of distinct totient values up to $x$, with a positive bounded phase-dependent factor determined by convergent arithmetic approximations. In particular, $V(cx)/V(x)\to c$ for every fixed $c>0$, answering Erd\H{o}s and Hall’s scaling question.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/An-asymptotic-formula-for-the-number-of-totients-September-25-2026/An-asymptotic-formula-for-the-number-of-totients-September-25-2026.pdf}{An asymptotic formula for the number of totients}}
\resultentry{025}{Erd\H{o}s’s short Egyptian-fraction conjecture}{Every rational $a/b$ with $1\le a0$, a positive proportion of consecutive prime gaps exceed $C\log p_n$, throughout every sufficiently large initial segment of the primes. The proportion may depend on $C$. Consequently, the indices where $p_n/n$ increases have positive lower density, answering Erd\H{o}s and Prachar.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Positive-lower-density-of-large-prime-gaps-September-25-2026/main.pdf}{Positive lower density of large prime gaps}}
\resultentry{027}{Integral density on curve character varieties}{Resolves the determinant-one curve case of Litt's integral-density question. For every smooth connected complex algebraic curve and every rank, integral points become Zariski dense in every component of its $\mathrm{SL}_r$ character variety over the full ring of integers of one number field. Prescribed quasi-unipotent boundary conjugacy classes are allowed, including nonsemisimple classes.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Integral-points-on-character-varieties-of-curves-September-25-2026/paper.pdf}{Integral points on character varieties of curves}}
\resultentry{028}{The Gaussian moat conjecture}{Proves the Gaussian moat conjecture: no infinite walk through distinct Gaussian primes can have uniformly bounded steps. More strongly, for every distance bound $D$, the graph joining Gaussian primes at distance at most $D$ has uniformly bounded finite component sizes, depending only on $D$, including primes on the coordinate axes.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Bounded-Step-Walks-on-Gaussian-Primes-September-26-2026/paper.pdf}{Bounded-Step Walks on Gaussian Primes}}
\resultentry{029}{Artin's primitive root conjecture: infinitude for every base}{Proves the infinitude assertion in Artin's primitive root conjecture for every integer $a$ that is neither $-1$ nor a square. For each such base, at least $c_a x/(\log x)^2$ primes in every sufficiently large interval $(x,2x)$ have primitive root $a$, with $c_a>0$.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Primitive-roots-for-every-admissible-integer-base-October-4-2026/primitive-roots-all-integer-bases.pdf}{Primitive roots for every admissible integer base}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Simultaneous-primitive-roots-a-conditional-lower-bound-for-prime-bases-October-4-2026/simultaneous-primitive-roots-conditional-lower-bound-prime-bases.pdf}{Simultaneous primitive roots: a conditional lower bound for prime bases}}
\resultentry{030}{Modularity over imaginary quadratic fields}{Proves the modularity conjecture for elliptic curves over imaginary quadratic fields: every elliptic curve over every imaginary quadratic field is modular, with matching local parameters at every place.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Modularity-of-elliptic-curves-over-imaginary-quadratic-fields-October-4-2026/paper.pdf}{Modularity of elliptic curves over imaginary quadratic fields}}
\resultentry{031}{Uchida's conjecture for open Galois homomorphisms}{Proves Uchida's conjecture: every continuous open homomorphism between Galois groups of possibly infinite solvably closed Galois extensions of number fields comes from a unique equivariant field embedding in the opposite direction. No restriction on the kernel or separate cyclotomic-compatibility assumption is needed.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Open-Homomorphisms-of-Global-Solvably-Closed-Galois-Groups-October-5-2026/open-homomorphisms-solvably-closed-galois-groups.pdf}{Open Homomorphisms of Global Solvably Closed Galois Groups}}
\cataloguesection{Algebraic and complex geometry}{3}
\resultentry{032}{The rational Hodge conjecture for CM abelian varieties and products of K3 surfaces}{Proves the rational Hodge conjecture for every complex CM abelian variety, in every dimension and codimension. Through Milne's theorems, this also gives the Tate conjecture for all abelian varieties over finite fields and the Hodge standard conjecture for abelian varieties in every characteristic. Companion results prove rational Hodge for arbitrary products of projective complex K3 surfaces and algebraicity of the Kuga--Satake correspondence for every such surface.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-rational-Hodge-conjecture-for-CM-abelian-varieties-September-30-2026/paper.pdf}{The rational Hodge conjecture for CM abelian varieties}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-rational-Hodge-conjecture-for-products-of-K3-surfaces-October-4-2026/hodge-conjecture-products-k3.pdf}{The rational Hodge conjecture for products of K3 surfaces}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Algebraicity-of-Kuga-Satake-Correspondences-for-K3-Surfaces-October-3-2026/manuscript.pdf}{Algebraicity of Kuga–Satake Correspondences for K3 Surfaces}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Algebraic-Kuga-Satake-correspondences-and-Hodge-conjectures-on-a-K3-quadratic-locus-September-30-2026/paper.pdf}{Algebraic Kuga–Satake correspondences and Hodge conjectures on a K3 quadratic locus}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Weil-classes-and-Hodge-classes-on-abelian-powers-September-30-2026/paper.pdf}{Weil classes and Hodge classes on abelian powers}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Abelian-covers-Gale-correspondences-and-the-Hodge-conjecture-for-powers-September-30-2026/paper.pdf}{Abelian covers, Gale correspondences, and the Hodge conjecture for powers}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Algebraicity-of-Weil-classes-on-split-abelian-eightfolds-September-18-2026/paper.pdf}{Algebraicity of Weil classes on split abelian eightfolds}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-Conditional-Reduction-for-Algebraic-Kuga-Satake-Correspondences-September-10-2026/paper.pdf}{A Conditional Reduction for Algebraic Kuga–Satake Correspondences}}
\resultentry{033}{Campana's orbifold Iitaka conjecture and logarithmic subadditivity}{Proves Campana's orbifold Iitaka subadditivity conjecture for smooth Fujiki-class-$\mathcal C$ manifolds with rational simple-normal-crossing boundaries. For projective fibrations $f:U\to V$ of smooth complex quasi-projective varieties with connected fibers, general fiber $F$, and $\bar\kappa(V)\ge0$, proves Popa's inequality $\bar\kappa(U)\ge\kappa(F)+\max\{\bar\kappa(V),\operatorname{Var}(f)\}$, where variation measures the whole geometric generic fiber.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Orbifold-and-logarithmic-Iitaka-subadditivity-September-26-2026/paper.pdf}{Orbifold and logarithmic subadditivity}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Logarithmic-Kodaira-dimension-and-whole-fiber-variation-September-26-2026/paper.pdf}{Whole-fiber variation}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-reverse-logarithmic-Kodaira-inequality-and-additivity-September-26-2026/paper.pdf}{Reverse inequality and additivity}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Projective-Hodge-lines-and-ordinary-Iitaka-subadditivity-September-27-2026/paper.pdf}{Projective Hodge lines}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/B-semiampleness-for-compact-log-smooth-Kahler-fibrations-September-10-2026/paper.pdf}{Kähler b-semiampleness}}
\resultentry{034}{Log abundance and effective Iitaka fibrations}{Using logarithmic Iitaka subadditivity, proves log abundance in every dimension for normal compact K\"ahler log canonical pairs with effective rational boundary: an analytically nef $\mathbb Q$-Cartier adjoint is semiample. It also proves projective log abundance over every algebraically closed field of characteristic zero and the effective Iitaka fibration conjecture for smooth projective varieties of nonnegative Kodaira dimension in that setting. A further result resolves the finite-rational-coefficient index conjecture for connected projective semi-log-canonical log Calabi--Yau pairs over such fields in each fixed dimension and for each fixed finite set of rational boundary coefficients, with a uniform index independent of the number of components.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Log-abundance-for-compact-Kahler-spaces-under-logarithmic-Iitaka-subadditivity-October-4-2026/main.pdf}{Log abundance for compact Kähler spaces}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Uniform-indices-for-semi-log-canonical-log-Calabi-Yau-pairs-October-5-2026/uniform-slc-index.pdf}{Uniform indices for semi-log-canonical log Calabi--Yau pairs}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Conditional-good-minimal-models-for-compact-Kahler-fourfolds-October-5-2026/paper.pdf}{Conditional Kähler good minimal models}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Log-abundance-in-characteristic-zero-September-24-2026/paper.pdf}{Log abundance in characteristic zero}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Minimal-metrics-and-interior-injectivity-for-nef-adjoints-September-27-2026/paper.pdf}{Minimal metrics and interior injectivity}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Fourfold-nonvanishing-by-minimal-metrics-and-moving-jets-September-27-2026/paper.pdf}{Fourfold nonvanishing}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Lifting-sections-from-the-reduced-support-of-an-adjoint-September-27-2026/paper.pdf}{Lifting sections from reduced support}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Schnell-fiber-spaces-and-good-canonical-models-September-24-2026/paper.pdf}{Schnell fiber spaces}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Uniform-log-Iitaka-fibrations-and-bounded-moduli-denominators-October-4-2026/uniform-log-iitaka.pdf}{Uniform log Iitaka fibrations}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Uniform-Pluricanonical-Iitaka-Fibrations-October-3-2026/paper.pdf}{Uniform pluricanonical Iitaka fibrations}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Relative-denominators-and-effective-systems-for-log-Calabi-Yau-fibrations-September-27-2026/paper.pdf}{Log Calabi–Yau fibrations}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Arithmetic-Stein-degree-bounds-for-log-Calabi-Yau-pairs-September-25-2026/paper.pdf}{Arithmetic Stein-degree bounds}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Uniform-effective-log-Iitaka-fibrations-for-fourfolds-September-26-2026/paper.pdf}{Log Iitaka fibrations for fourfolds}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Abundance-after-nonvanishing-for-compact-Kahler-fourfolds-September-27-2026/paper.pdf}{Compact Kähler fourfolds after nonvanishing}}
\resultentry{035}{Threefold log abundance in numerical dimension one in characteristic $p>3$}{Proves log abundance for projective log canonical threefold pairs over algebraically closed fields of characteristic $p>3$ when the effective boundary is rational and the $\mathbb Q$-Cartier adjoint is nef of numerical dimension one. The adjoint is semiample, without requiring the original variety to be terminal or $\mathbb Q$-factorial.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Log-abundance-in-numerical-dimension-one-for-threefolds-in-positive-characteristic-October-5-2026/paper.pdf}{Log abundance in numerical dimension one for threefolds in positive characteristic}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Abundance-in-numerical-dimension-one-for-terminal-threefolds-in-positive-characteristic-September-24-2026/paper.pdf}{Abundance in numerical dimension one for terminal threefolds in positive characteristic}}
\resultentry{036}{Numerical semiampleness and generalized minimal models}{Proves numerical semiampleness for nef adjoints $K_X+B+M$ with $K_X+B$ pseudo-effective and $M$ nef rational, for projective klt rational pairs over algebraically closed characteristic-zero fields and smooth compact K\"ahler rational klt simple-normal-crossing pairs, using Bott--Chern cohomology in the latter case. Separately, projective generalized log canonical rational pairs over such fields admit minimal models for pseudo-effective adjoints and Mori fiber spaces otherwise, with nef b-data fixed.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Numerical-semiampleness-of-nef-adjoint-classes-on-compact-Kahler-manifolds-October-4-2026/numerical-generalized-abundance.pdf}{Compact Kähler numerical semiampleness}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Numerical-Semiampleness-of-Nef-Adjoint-Divisors-October-3-2026/paper.pdf}{Projective numerical semiampleness}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Minimal-models-and-Mori-fibre-spaces-for-generalized-log-canonical-Q-pairs-September-24-2026/paper.pdf}{Generalized log canonical Q-pairs}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Minimal-models-in-numerical-dimension-one-September-24-2026/paper.pdf}{Numerical dimension one}}
\resultentry{037}{The sharp ordinary-double-point volume gap}{Proves the ordinary-double-point volume-gap conjecture: every singular complex algebraic klt germ of dimension $n\ge2$, with zero boundary, has normalized volume at most $2(n-1)^n$. Equality holds precisely for an analytic ordinary double point.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-ordinary-double-point-gap-in-every-dimension-September-24-2026/paper.pdf}{Gap in every dimension}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-normalized-volume-gap-in-dimension-four-September-24-2026/paper.pdf}{Dimension-four normalized-volume gap}}
\resultentry{038}{Fujita's freeness conjecture}{Proves Fujita's freeness conjecture at its sharp bound in every dimension: for a smooth projective complex variety $X$ of dimension $n$ and an ample line bundle $L$, the adjoint $K_X+mL$ is globally generated for every integer $m\ge n+1$.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Fujitas-freeness-conjecture-September-23-2026/Fujitas-freeness-conjecture-September-23-2026.pdf}{Fujita's freeness conjecture}}
\resultentry{039}{Nagata's conjecture and maximal Seshadri constants}{Proves Nagata's strict inequality $\sum_i m_i 2$, from complex $L^3(\mathbb R^2)\times L^3(\mathbb R^2)$ to $L^{3/2}(\mathbb R^2)$. The maximal estimate controls both hard truncation endpoints and gives almost-everywhere and norm convergence. Pairing with a third input settles the triangular Hilbert transform estimate at the symmetric $L^3\times L^3\times L^3$ point.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Annular-variation-of-the-triangular-Hilbert-transform-at-the-symmetric-point-October-5-2026/annular-variation.pdf}{Annular variation of the triangular Hilbert transform at the symmetric point}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/An-L3-bound-for-the-dyadic-triangular-Hilbert-form-October-5-2026/dyadic-triangular-hilbert.pdf}{An $L^3$ bound for the dyadic triangular Hilbert form}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-maximal-triangular-Hilbert-transform-at-the-symmetric-point-September-24-2026/paper.pdf}{The maximal triangular Hilbert transform at the symmetric point}}
\resultentry{083}{Stein's conjecture for Hilbert transforms along Lipschitz directions}{Proves a uniform strong $L^2$ bound for the planar Hilbert transform along any Lipschitz unit vector field, at integration lengths bounded by an absolute multiple of its reciprocal Lipschitz constant. The estimate is uniform over inner truncations and yields an $L^2$-bounded principal-value operator, establishing Stein's weak-type conjecture at this short scale.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-uniform-Hilbert-transform-estimate-for-Lipschitz-directions-September-25-2026/main.pdf}{A uniform Hilbert transform estimate for Lipschitz directions}}
\resultentry{084}{The geometric case of the Erd\H{o}s similarity conjecture}{For every fixed $q\in(0,1)$, constructs compact subsets of $[0,1]$ with measure arbitrarily close to one containing no translated and nontrivially dilated copy of $\{q^n:n\ge1\}$, with dilations of either sign. This resolves the geometric-progression case of the Erd\H{o}s similarity conjecture for every ratio.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-geometric-case-of-the-Erdos-similarity-conjecture-October-5-2026/geometric-erdos-similarity.pdf}{The geometric case of the Erd\H{o}s similarity conjecture}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-dyadic-case-of-the-Erdos-similarity-conjecture-September-25-2026/paper.pdf}{The dyadic case of the Erdős similarity conjecture}}
\resultentry{085}{Endpoint regularity of the planar centered maximal function}{Resolves the planar centered-disk case of the Haj{\l}asz--Onninen maximal-function regularity problem. For every real $f\in W^{1,1}(\mathbb R^2)$, the centered disk maximal function satisfies $\|\nabla Mf\|_1\le C\|\nabla f\|_1$ with an absolute constant. It belongs locally to $W^{1,1}$ and has a globally integrable weak gradient.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/An-Endpoint-Gradient-Bound-for-the-Centered-Disk-Maximal-Operator-September-26-2026/article.pdf}{An Endpoint Gradient Bound for the Centered Disk Maximal Operator}}
\resultentry{086}{An $L^3$ bound for the trilinear Hilbert transform}{Proves that the principal-value trilinear Hilbert transform with shifts $x-t$, $x-2t$, $x-3t$ is bounded from $L^3(\mathbb R)^3$ to $L^1(\mathbb R)$. This resolves the $L^3$ exponent case of the standard conjecture for slopes $1,2,3$.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/An-L3-bound-for-the-trilinear-Hilbert-transform-October-5-2026/paper.pdf}{An $L^3$ bound for the trilinear Hilbert transform}}
\cataloguesection{Convex and metric geometry}{8}
\resultentry{087}{The Mahler conjectures and symplectic width}{Resolves the symmetric and nonsymmetric geometric Mahler conjectures in every dimension, with Hanner polytopes and simplices as the respective volume-product minimizers and all equality cases classified. The corresponding sharp functional Mahler inequalities also hold. For $n\ge2$, every symmetric polar product $K\times K^\circ$ in dimension $2n$ has Gromov width $4$.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-symmetric-Mahler-conjecture-and-its-equality-cases-September-22-2026/paper.pdf}{Symmetric Mahler equality cases}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-Mahler-Conjecture-for-General-Convex-Bodies-September-22-2026/paper.pdf}{General Mahler conjecture}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Symplectic-Balls-in-Symmetric-Polar-Products-September-22-2026/paper.pdf}{Symplectic balls in polar products}}
\resultentry{088}{Petty's projection-volume conjecture and simplex counterexamples}{Proves Petty's projection-volume conjecture in the remaining dimensions $n\ge4$: ellipsoids uniquely minimize projection-body volume at fixed body volume. Also establishes the full Lutwak--Petty projection inequalities. In contrast, products of simplices exceed Brannen's proposed simplex maximum for normalized projection-body volume by an exponential factor in every sufficiently large dimension.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Pettys-projection-volume-conjecture-in-dimensions-at-least-four-September-24-2026/paper.pdf}{Petty’s projection-volume conjecture}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-product-counterexample-to-the-simplex-maximum-for-projection-body-volume-September-24-2026/paper.pdf}{Product counterexample to simplex maximum}}
\resultentry{089}{Bounded-distortion $L_1$ embeddings of planar and bounded-treewidth graphs}{Resolves the planar and bounded-treewidth cases of the Gupta--Newman--Rabinovich--Sinclair conjecture. Shortest-path metrics of finite connected graphs with arbitrary positive edge lengths embed into real $L_1$ with universal distortion for planar graphs, and distortion depending only on treewidth for bounded-treewidth graphs. The corresponding multicommodity flow--cut gaps are uniformly bounded.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Planar-Graph-Metrics-Embed-into-L1-with-Constant-Distortion-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Planar graph embeddings}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/L1-Embeddings-of-Graphs-of-Bounded-Treewidth-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Bounded-treewidth embeddings}}
\resultentry{090}{Universal optimality of the triangular lattice}{Proves that the triangular lattice minimizes the lower limit of energy per particle for every nonnegative completely monotone potential of squared distance among locally finite planar configurations of centered-disk density one. It also minimizes unit-background renormalized Riesz energies for $0 1$, every $n$-point subset of real $L_p$ embeds into $\ell_p^d$ with distortion at most $D$ and dimension $d=n^{o(1)}$, answering Naor's sublinear-dimension question for $p\ne2$. In contrast, exact embeddings require worst-case dimension $\Theta(n^2)$ when $p\ne2$.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Subpolynomial-dimension-reduction-in-Lp-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Subpolynomial dimension reduction in Lp}}
\resultentry{095}{Hyperbolicity cones without semidefinite lifts}{Disproves the Projected Lax conjecture: some hyperbolicity cones are not spectrahedral shadows. The examples admit no exact finite affine semidefinite lift, regardless of the number of auxiliary variables or the real coefficients used. This also disproves the generalized Lax conjecture that every hyperbolicity cone is spectrahedral.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Hyperbolicity-Cones-Without-Semidefinite-Lifts-October-5-2026/nonliftable-hyperbolicity.pdf}{Hyperbolicity Cones Without Semidefinite Lifts}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-Nonspectrahedral-Hyperbolicity-Cone-September-24-2026/nonspectrahedral-hyperbolicity-cone.pdf}{A nonspectrahedral hyperbolicity cone}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/An-Exact-Semidefinite-Lift-of-a-Nonspectrahedral-Hyperbolicity-Cone-October-5-2026/Exact-Semidefinite-Lift-of-a-Nonspectrahedral-Hyperbolicity-Cone.pdf}{An Exact Semidefinite Lift of a Nonspectrahedral Hyperbolicity Cone}}
\resultentry{096}{The Gaussian propeller conjecture}{Proves that the sum of squared Gaussian first moments of any finite measurable partition is at most $9/(8\pi)$. In dimension at least two, three planar sectors of angle $2\pi/3$, extended orthogonally, attain the bound. Combined with the separate Unique Games theorem, this proves NP-hardness of improving the loss factor $(8\pi/9)(1-1/k)$ for identity-target kernel clustering with fixed $k\ge3$ on rational centered positive semidefinite inputs.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-Gaussian-Propeller-Bound-in-Every-Dimension-September-24-2026/main.pdf}{The Gaussian propeller bound in every dimension}}
\resultentry{097}{The Euclidean Steinitz--Bergstr\"om conjecture}{Proves that any finite sequence in the Euclidean unit ball of $\mathbb R^d$ admits signs keeping every partial sum within $C\sqrt d$, independently of length. Consequently every zero-sum family can be reordered with the same bound on unsigned partial sums. A matching lower bound gives the optimal order $S_2(d)=\Theta(\sqrt d)$.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-Euclidean-Steinitz-Bergstrom-theorem-September-24-2026/The-Euclidean-Steinitz-Bergstrom-theorem-September-24-2026.pdf}{The Euclidean Steinitz–Bergström theorem}}
\resultentry{098}{A negative answer to the Lang--Plaut problem}{Every infinite-dimensional real Banach space contains a compact doubling set that admits no bi-Lipschitz embedding into any finite-dimensional normed space. The doubling constant is universal. This answers the Lang--Plaut problem negatively, even for compact subsets of Hilbert space.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-doubling-Hilbert-subset-with-no-finite-dimensional-bi-Lipschitz-embedding-September-25-2026/main.pdf}{A doubling Hilbert subset with no finite-dimensional bi-Lipschitz embedding}}
\resultentry{099}{The sharp distortion of edit distance into $\ell_1$}{Determines the least distortion of embedding edit distance on words of length at most $d$ into real $\ell_1$: it is $\exp(\Theta(\sqrt{\log d\,\log\log d}))$. Insertions, deletions and substitutions have unit cost. The constants are uniform over all finite alphabets with at least two symbols, even when the alphabet grows with $d$; binary words already force the lower bound.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Edit-Distance-in-l1-Matching-Bounds-up-to-Constants-in-the-Exponent-September-27-2026/paper.pdf}{Matching bounds}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Finite-Circle-Obstructions-Binary-Codes-and-Histogram-Embeddings-for-Edit-Distance-September-27-2026/paper.pdf}{Finite circles}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Tree-Constructions-for-the-l1-Distortion-of-Binary-Edit-Distance-September-27-2026/paper.pdf}{Tree constructions}}
\resultentry{100}{A counterexample to Bang's cylinder-covering bound}{Covers the entire closed regular tetrahedron by finitely many cylinders with compact triangular perpendicular bases whose total area is less than half its smallest orthogonal projection area. This disproves Bang's half-area cylinder-covering bound and the stronger directionwise normalized conjecture in dimension three.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Finite-angular-cylinder-covers-below-the-half-area-bound-September-27-2026/main.pdf}{Angular cylinder covers}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Finite-cylinder-approximation-of-ruled-sets-September-27-2026/main.pdf}{Ruled-set approximation}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Slope-field-perturbations-of-the-two-cylinder-covering-September-27-2026/main.pdf}{Slope-field perturbations}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Finite-triangular-approximation-of-radial-sweeps-September-27-2026/main.pdf}{Radial-sweep approximation}}
\resultentry{101}{The sharp simplex conjecture for isotropic constants}{Proves that simplices uniquely maximize the isotropic constant among convex bodies in every dimension, resolving the strong isotropic constant conjecture. Also establishes the sharp entropy lower bound for log-concave probability densities, with equality precisely for invertible affine images of products of one-sided exponential laws.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-sharp-entropy-bound-and-the-simplex-inequality-for-isotropic-constants-October-5-2026/isotropic-simplex.pdf}{A sharp entropy bound and the simplex inequality for isotropic constants}}
\cataloguesection{Theoretical computer science}{14}
\resultentry{102}{The Unique Games Conjecture and optimal approximation thresholds}{Proves Khot's Unique Games Conjecture. Independent direct reductions also establish NP-hardness, on unweighted graphs, of approximation beyond the Goemans--Williamson ratio for Max-Cut, below factor two for Vertex Cover, and within any fixed constant factor for Min-UnCut and directed feedback vertex set. These direct proofs use established PCP and Label Cover hardness results.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-Unique-Games-Theorem-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Unique Games theorem}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-Direct-Proof-of-Optimal-Max-Cut-Hardness-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Optimal Max-Cut hardness}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-Factor-Two-Hardness-Threshold-for-Vertex-Cover-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Factor-two Vertex Cover hardness}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Constant-factor-hardness-of-Min-UnCut-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Constant-factor Min-UnCut hardness}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Constant-factor-hardness-of-directed-feedback-vertex-set-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Directed feedback vertex set hardness}}
\resultentry{103}{Derandomization of logarithmic space: $\mathsf L=\mathsf{RL}=\mathsf{BPL}$}{Proves $\mathsf L=\mathsf{RL}=\mathsf{BPL}$, resolving derandomization for bounded-error logarithmic-space computation. An effective compiler converts each randomized polynomial-time logarithmic-space machine deciding a language with one-sided or two-sided error into a deterministic logarithmic-space decider with explicit polynomial running-time bounds.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Exact-Derandomization-of-Logarithmic-Space-L-equals-RL-equals-BPL-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Exact derandomization of logarithmic space: L = RL = BPL}}
\resultentry{104}{Quasipolynomial algorithms for mean-payoff, stochastic and parity games}{Gives deterministic algorithms using $2^{O((\log(L+2))^2)}$ bit operations, for complete binary input length $L$, for ordinary mean-payoff games and two separate extensions. They compute exact values and optimal positional strategies in ordinary games, the nonnegative expectation-of-liminf value set in turn-based stochastic games, and the winning set for nonnegative liminf mean payoff conjoined with parity. Signed rewards, rational chance probabilities, and parity priorities are unrestricted and binary-encoded.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Turn-Based-Stochastic-Mean-Payoff-Games-in-Deterministic-Quasipolynomial-Time-October-5-2026/stochastic-mean-payoff-games.pdf}{Turn-Based Stochastic Mean-Payoff Games in Deterministic Quasipolynomial Time}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Mean-payoff-parity-games-in-quasipolynomial-time-October-5-2026/mean-payoff-parity.pdf}{Mean-payoff parity games in quasipolynomial time}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Deterministic-quasipolynomial-time-mean-payoff-games-September-25-2026/paper.pdf}{Deterministic algorithm}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Randomized-quasipolynomial-time-mean-payoff-games-September-25-2026/paper.pdf}{Randomized algorithm}}
\resultentry{105}{The 2-to-1 Games Conjecture with perfect completeness}{Proves Khot's 2-to-1 Games Conjecture with perfect completeness: for every fixed rational $\delta\in(0,1)$, it is NP-hard to distinguish satisfiable games from games whose optimum is at most $\delta$, on explicit unweighted instances. The alphabet depends only on $\delta$, and every right-hand label has exactly two preimages under each constraint map.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Perfect-completeness-for-2-to-1-games-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Perfect completeness for 2-to-1 games}}
\resultentry{106}{Hardness of coloring three-colorable graphs}{It is NP-hard to color a three-colorable graph using any fixed number $c\ge3$ of colors. More strongly, for every fixed $0<\delta<1/3$, a deterministic polynomial-time reduction from $3$SAT produces simple unweighted graphs that are three-colorable in the satisfiable case and have no independent set of size $\delta n$ otherwise, where $n$ is the number of vertices.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Hardness-of-finding-large-independent-sets-in-three-colorable-graphs-September-24-2026/Hardness-of-finding-large-independent-sets-in-three-colorable-graphs-September-24-2026.pdf}{Hardness of finding large independent sets in three-colorable graphs}}
\resultentry{107}{Matrix multiplication with exponent at most $9/4$}{Proves $\omega\le9/4$ over $\mathbb C$, giving $O_\varepsilon(n^{9/4+\varepsilon})$ arithmetic operations for square matrix multiplication. In characteristic zero, some inner dimension $n^a$ with $a>0.465$ permits $n^{2+o(1)}$ rectangular multiplication. Further square bounds give $\omega<2.258$ outside finitely many positive characteristics and $\omega<2.371054886006746$ over every fixed field.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Matrix-Multiplication-Nine-Fourths-October-2-2026/paper.pdf}{Exponent at most $9/4$ over $\mathbb C$}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Complex-Matrix-Multiplication-Below-2.258-and-Rectangular-Bounds-September-24-2026/Complex-Matrix-Multiplication-Below-2.258-and-Rectangular-Bounds-September-24-2026.pdf}{Earlier complex and rectangular bounds}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Staggered-extraction-for-exact-matrix-multiplication-over-every-field-September-24-2026/Staggered-extraction-for-exact-matrix-multiplication-over-every-field-September-24-2026.pdf}{Staggered extraction over every field}}
\resultentry{108}{A cubic permanent--determinant lower bound}{Proves an $\Omega(n^3)$ lower bound for the border determinantal complexity of the $n\times n$ permanent over $\mathbb C$. Even coefficientwise limits of determinants of affine-linear matrices require matrix size at least $cn^3$, for an absolute $c>0$ and all sufficiently large $n$; the same bound therefore holds for exact representations.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-cubic-lower-bound-for-border-determinantal-complexity-of-the-permanent-September-24-2026/A-cubic-lower-bound-for-border-determinantal-complexity-of-the-permanent-September-24-2026.pdf}{A cubic lower bound for border determinantal complexity of the permanent}}
\resultentry{109}{Integer multiplication below $n\log n$}{Multiplies two $n$-bit integers exactly at every input length in deterministic worst-case time $O(n(\log n)^{1-\kappa})$, with $\kappa=2^{-182}$, on one fixed finite-alphabet Turing machine with finitely many one-dimensional tapes. This disproves the Sch\"onhage--Strassen $n\log n$ optimality conjecture in the ordinary multitape bit model.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Integer-multiplication-below-n-log-n-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Integer multiplication below n log n}}
\resultentry{110}{Optimal-order randomized $k$-server on arbitrary metrics}{Establishes a randomized competitive ratio $O(\log^2(k+1))$ for $k$-server on every metric space, matching the worst-case lower-bound order. One policy serves every finite oblivious request sequence, including on infinite unbounded metrics. On finite rational metrics, a uniform implementation has polynomial preprocessing and per-request bit cost in the input length and $\log(t+1)$ at request $t$, with a finite instance-dependent additive movement constant.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Squared-logarithmic-randomized-k-server-on-arbitrary-metrics-September-24-2026/Squared-logarithmic-randomized-k-server-on-arbitrary-metrics-September-24-2026.pdf}{Squared-logarithmic randomized k-server}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Uniform-computation-of-the-squared-logarithmic-k-server-bound-September-24-2026/Uniform-computation-of-the-squared-logarithmic-k-server-bound-September-24-2026.pdf}{Uniform computation}}
\resultentry{111}{One-sample matroid prophet inequalities against an almighty adversary}{For every finite matroid known in advance, gives a distribution-independent online rule using one independent sample per element and earning a universal constant fraction of the expected offline optimum. Values are independent and nonnegative, with finite expected optimum. The guarantee holds even when the arrival-order adversary sees all samples, values, and the rule's entire random seed; no polynomial-time implementation is asserted.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/One-Sample-Suffices-for-Matroid-Prophet-Inequalities-against-an-Almighty-Adversary-September-23-2026/final.pdf}{One Sample Suffices for Matroid Prophet Inequalities against an Almighty Adversary}}
\resultentry{112}{Beyond the square-root exponent for depth-three circuits}{Constructs a single language in deterministic polynomial time whose $n$-bit membership function requires $2^{\omega(\sqrt n)}$ total gates in unbounded-fan-in OR--AND--OR circuits, at every sufficiently large input length. This crosses the square-root-exponent threshold for explicit depth-three Boolean circuit lower bounds.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Beyond-the-Square-Root-Exponent-for-Depth-Three-Boolean-Circuits-September-23-2026/main.pdf}{Beyond the Square-Root Exponent for Depth-Three Boolean Circuits}}
\resultentry{113}{Approximate counting and the perfect-matching entropy conjecture}{Gives a fully polynomial randomized approximation scheme for counting perfect matchings in arbitrary finite simple graphs, with exact detection of zero counts. Also proves the perfect-matching entropy conjecture of Anari, Oveis Gharan, and Vinzant, bounding the maximum entropy of a matching law at every feasible edge-marginal vector in a loopless labelled multigraph, including boundary points.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-Fully-Polynomial-Randomized-Approximation-Scheme-for-Perfect-Matchings-in-General-Graphs-September-23-2026/main.pdf}{Perfect-matching FPRAS}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Entropy-and-Face-Dimension-of-the-Perfect-Matching-Polytope-September-23-2026/main.pdf}{Entropy and face dimension}}
\resultentry{114}{Approximate counting of common integer polymatroid bases}{Gives a fully polynomial randomized approximation scheme for counting common integer bases of two integral polymatroids of equal total rank, supplied by exact rank-value oracles. Capacities are binary-encoded, each integer vector counts once, and oracle calls and bit operations outside the oracles are polynomial on every execution. For matroids presented by independence oracles, the results also cover common independent sets of prescribed, unrestricted, or maximum cardinality, even when the ranks differ.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/An-FPRAS-for-Common-Integer-Polymatroid-Bases-with-Binary-Capacities-October-5-2026/polymatroid-fpras.pdf}{An FPRAS for Common Integer Polymatroid Bases with Binary Capacities}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Approximate-counting-of-common-bases-of-two-matroids-September-23-2026/main.pdf}{Approximate counting of common bases of two matroids}}
\resultentry{115}{Sampling and counting contingency tables with arbitrary margins}{For nonnegative integer matrices with prescribed row and column sums, gives exact uniform sampling in expected polynomial bit time and almost-uniform sampling in worst-case polynomial bit time. The dimensions and binary-encoded margins are unrestricted. Also gives a fully polynomial randomized approximation scheme for counting such tables with arbitrary individual cell bounds, including structural zeros, with polynomial cost on every execution.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Exact-Uniform-Sampling-of-Contingency-Tables-with-Arbitrary-Margins-September-24-2026/main.pdf}{Exact uniform sampling}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/An-FPRAS-for-Cell-Bounded-Contingency-Tables-September-24-2026/main.pdf}{Cell-bounded counting FPRAS}}
\resultentry{116}{Uniform identity testing for noncommutative formulas}{For each characteristic, constructs in deterministic polynomial bit time a polynomial-dimensional matrix tuple detecting every nonzero division-free noncommutative formula of bounded size over any field of that characteristic. Rational formulas over $\mathbb Q$ also admit polynomial-size hitting lists whenever they have a defined rational-matrix evaluation.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Uniform-Matrix-Hitting-Points-in-Every-Positive-Characteristic-October-4-2026/uniform-matrix-hitting-points-positive-characteristic.pdf}{Uniform Matrix Hitting Points in Every Positive Characteristic}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/One-Rational-Matrix-Hitting-Point-for-Noncommutative-Formulas-September-24-2026/One-Rational-Matrix-Hitting-Point-for-Noncommutative-Formulas-September-24-2026.pdf}{One rational matrix hitting point}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Polynomial-Hitting-Lists-for-Noncommutative-Rational-Formulas-September-24-2026/Polynomial-Hitting-Lists-for-Noncommutative-Rational-Formulas-September-24-2026.pdf}{Rational-formula hitting lists}}
\resultentry{117}{Uniform sparsest cut: hardness and semidefinite gaps}{Proves that approximating Uniform Sparsest Cut within any fixed constant factor is NP-hard, even with nonnegative rational capacities and unit demands. The Goemans--Linial semidefinite relaxation also has integrality gaps of order at least $\sqrt{\log n}/(\log\log n)^3$, approaching the square-root-logarithmic upper bound.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Constant-factor-hardness-of-uniform-sparsest-cut-September-24-2026/Constant-factor-hardness-of-uniform-sparsest-cut-September-24-2026.pdf}{Constant-factor hardness}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Near-square-root-logarithmic-integrality-gaps-for-uniform-sparsest-cut-September-24-2026/Near-square-root-logarithmic-integrality-gaps-for-uniform-sparsest-cut-September-24-2026.pdf}{Near-square-root logarithmic integrality gaps}}
\resultentry{118}{Unbounded bin-packing gaps and the modified integer round-up conjecture}{Disproves the modified integer round-up conjecture of Scheithauer and Terno: the integral bin-packing optimum can exceed its configuration linear-programming value by an arbitrarily large additive constant. Approximating the optimum within any fixed additive constant is also NP-hard, even when every item exceeds $1/6$ and each bin holds at most five items.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Additive-hardness-and-unbounded-configuration-gaps-in-bin-packing-September-24-2026/Additive-hardness-and-unbounded-configuration-gaps-in-bin-packing-September-24-2026.pdf}{Additive hardness and unbounded configuration gaps in bin packing}}
\resultentry{119}{The Courtade--Kumar and Hellinger conjectures}{Proves the Courtade--Kumar conjecture: among Boolean functions of independent uniform bits, a single coordinate retains the most mutual information after independent bit-flip noise. A stronger theorem treats randomized binary summaries at fixed initial information. The Hellinger conjecture is also proved for every Boolean output bias and noise correlation.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Sharp-binary-information-contraction-on-the-discrete-cube-September-24-2026/main.pdf}{Sharp binary-information contraction}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Hellinger-contraction-with-arbitrary-Boolean-output-bias-September-24-2026/main.pdf}{Arbitrary-bias Hellinger contraction}}
\resultentry{120}{Almost-linear-time exact matching in general graphs}{Gives a randomized algorithm finding an exact maximum-cardinality matching in any simple undirected graph in $(n+m)^{1+o(1)}$ word time, with success probability at least $2/3$. The time bound holds on every computation path. The same guarantees apply to finding a spanning subgraph with prescribed admissible vertex degrees, or deciding that none exists.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Almost-Linear-Time-Maximum-Cardinality-Matching-in-Sparse-General-Graphs-September-24-2026/main.pdf}{Almost-Linear-Time Maximum-Cardinality Matching in General Graphs}}
\resultentry{121}{Almost-linear expected-time approximation of edit distance}{For every fixed rational $\varepsilon\in(0,1)$, gives a randomized $(1+\varepsilon)$ approximation to unit-cost edit distance in worst-case expected time $N^{1+o(1)}$, with success probability at least $2/3$. The strings have total length $N$ and polynomially bounded integer symbols. This is an asymptotic guarantee at fixed accuracy.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/An-Almost-Linear-Approximation-Scheme-for-Edit-Distance-September-24-2026/paper.pdf}{An Almost-Linear Approximation Scheme for Edit Distance}}
\resultentry{122}{Superpolynomial lower bounds and quasipolynomial reconstruction from deletion traces}{At every fixed deletion probability in $(0,1)$, reconstructing an arbitrary length-$n$ binary string requires $n^{\Omega(\log\log n)}$ independent traces, ruling out polynomial-sample reconstruction. A uniform decoder achieves quasipolynomial sample and running-time bounds for known fixed rational retention probabilities. When the deletion probability is at most $n^{-\varepsilon}$ for fixed $\varepsilon>0$, both bounds become polynomial in the input and parameter encoding.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Uniform-quasipolynomial-time-trace-reconstruction-October-5-2026/uniform-trace-reconstruction.pdf}{Uniform quasipolynomial-time trace reconstruction}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-latest-anchor-induction-with-spectrally-compact-masks-for-worst-case-trace-reconstruction-October-5-2026/paper.pdf}{A latest-anchor induction with spectrally compact masks for worst-case trace reconstruction}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/quantitative-lower-bounds-for-trace-reconstruction-September-24-2026/paper.pdf}{Quantitative lower bounds for trace reconstruction}}
\resultentry{124}{Polynomial-time scheduling on three identical machines}{Resolves the three-processor unit-job scheduling problem of Garey and Johnson: a deterministic polynomial-time algorithm minimizes makespan for nonpreemptive unit-length jobs with arbitrary precedence constraints on three identical parallel machines. For an explicitly given precedence graph, it decides deadline feasibility exactly and constructs a feasible schedule.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-polynomial-time-algorithm-for-three-machine-unit-job-scheduling-September-24-2026/paper.pdf}{A Polynomial-Time Algorithm for Three-Machine Unit-Job Scheduling}}
\resultentry{125}{The approximation threshold for metric $k$-median}{Gives a deterministic polynomial-time $(1+2/e+\varepsilon)$-approximation for finite rational metric $k$-median with specified candidate facilities, for every fixed $\varepsilon>0$. Assuming $P\ne NP$, the optimal infimum approximation factor is $1+2/e$.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Single-Exponential-Recovery-and-Bounded-Price-Strictness-for-Metric-k-Median-September-24-2026/paper.pdf}{Single-exponential recovery}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-Approximation-Threshold-for-Metric-k-Median-September-24-2026/main.pdf}{Approximation threshold}}
\resultentry{126}{Exponential semidefinite complexity of perfect matching}{Proves that every exact semidefinite lift of the perfect matching polytope has exponential size, answering Rothvoss's polynomial-size lift question negatively. The bound holds even for the positive semidefinite rank of its odd-cut slack matrix after any fixed shift $0<\rho<1$, allowing arbitrary real positive semidefinite factors.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Exponential-PSD-rank-of-positively-shifted-matching-matrices-October-5-2026/shifted-matching-psd.pdf}{Exponential PSD rank of positively shifted matching matrices}}
\resultentry{127}{The asymptotic Gotsman--Linial conjecture}{Proves that a degree-at-most-$d$ polynomial threshold function on the uniform $n$-dimensional Boolean cube has average sensitivity at most $8d\sqrt n$, uniformly for $1\le d\le n$. Average sensitivity counts expected output changes under single-bit flips. This establishes the asymptotic Gotsman--Linial conjecture, allowing polynomial zeros with $\operatorname{sign}(0)=1$.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Average-Sensitivity-of-Polynomial-Threshold-Functions-September-25-2026/main.pdf}{Average sensitivity of polynomial threshold functions}}
\resultentry{128}{A factor-two approximation for shortest common superstring}{Gives a deterministic polynomial-time algorithm constructing a common superstring of length at most twice the optimum for every finite family of explicitly represented strings. The running time is polynomial in the full encoded input length, including symbol labels.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-Polynomial-Time-2-Approximation-for-Shortest-Common-Superstring-September-24-2026/paper.pdf}{A Polynomial-Time 2-Approximation for Shortest Common Superstring}}
\resultentry{129}{Exponential state costs for two-way automata}{Proves exponential lower bounds both for complementing two-way nondeterministic finite automata and for simulating one-way nondeterministic automata by two-way deterministic ones. The latter resolves the Sakoda--Sipser state-succinctness conjecture over growing finite alphabets; both results rule out polynomial state bounds independent of alphabet size.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/An-exponential-state-lower-bound-for-two-way-nondeterministic-complementation-September-25-2026/paper.pdf}{Nondeterministic complementation lower bound}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/An-exponential-two-way-deterministic-state-lower-bound-for-one-way-liveness-September-25-2026/main.pdf}{Two-way deterministic state lower bound}}
\resultentry{130}{Fourier transforms below $n\log n$}{Gives a deterministic length-$n$ discrete Fourier transform algorithm using $O(n(\log n)^{1-\delta})$ operations for every $n$, with explicit $\delta=10^{-13}$. The model uses exact complex arithmetic, unrestricted coefficients and a supplied root of unity, and counts scalar preparation and logarithmic-word indexing.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/An-explicit-power-saving-for-the-exact-discrete-Fourier-transform-September-25-2026/main.pdf}{Explicit DFT power saving}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Finite-tensor-savings-and-exact-Fourier-circuits-September-25-2026/main.pdf}{Tensor savings and Fourier circuits}}
\resultentry{131}{Polynomial mixing of graph switches with prescribed degrees}{Resolves the simple-undirected Kannan--Tetali--Vempala conjecture: the lazy edge-switch chain mixes in $O(n^8)$ time for every graphical labeled degree sequence. The same degree-constrained graphs can also be sampled exactly uniformly by an almost-surely terminating algorithm with expected polynomial bit running time.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Polynomial-Mixing-of-the-Switch-Chain-for-Every-Graphical-Degree-Sequence-September-25-2026/main.pdf}{Polynomial mixing of the switch chain for every graphical degree sequence}}
\resultentry{132}{A counterexample to the quadratic sensitivity conjecture}{Constructs total Boolean functions with block sensitivity $\operatorname{bs}(f)\ge s(f)^\alpha$ for a fixed $\alpha>2$, disproving the quadratic strengthening of the Sensitivity Conjecture. Here $s(f)$ counts influential individual-bit flips, while block sensitivity allows disjoint groups of bits to change together.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-superquadratic-separation-between-sensitivity-and-block-sensitivity-September-25-2026/paper.pdf}{A superquadratic separation between sensitivity and block sensitivity}}
\resultentry{133}{The complexity of Weisfeiler--Leman refinement}{Proves unconditional $n^{\Omega(k)}$ deterministic time lower bounds for joint and separate $k$-dimensional Weisfeiler--Leman equivalence, for sufficiently large fixed $k$ in the specified sequential adjacency-matrix models. With dimension as input, joint equivalence is EXPTIME-complete even on subcubic graphs; deciding whether refinement identifies a graph is also EXPTIME-complete.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Parity-lifts-and-bounded-treewidth-witnesses-for-Weisfeiler-Leman-equivalence-September-25-2026/paper.pdf}{Parity lifts and bounded-treewidth witnesses}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-complexity-of-identifying-a-graph-by-Weisfeiler-Leman-refinement-September-25-2026/paper.pdf}{Graph-identification complexity}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Unconditional-time-lower-bounds-for-Weisfeiler-Leman-equivalence-September-25-2026/paper.pdf}{Unconditional time lower bounds}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Variable-dimension-Weisfeiler-Leman-equivalence-on-general-and-subcubic-graphs-September-25-2026/paper.pdf}{Variable-dimension equivalence}}
\resultentry{134}{Generalized star height at most three}{Every regular language over a finite alphabet has a generalized regular expression with at most three nested Kleene stars, allowing union, concatenation and complement over the same alphabet. This establishes an absolute bound independent of automaton size, resolving the uniform-boundedness version of the generalized star-height problem.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Finite-Monoid-Computations-and-a-Uniform-Generalized-Star-Height-Bound-September-25-2026/Finite-Monoid-Computations-and-a-Uniform-Generalized-Star-Height-Bound-September-25-2026.pdf}{Finite-monoid computations}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Generalized-Star-Height-at-Most-Four-September-25-2026/Generalized-Star-Height-at-Most-Four-September-25-2026.pdf}{Star height at most four}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Generalized-Star-Height-at-Most-Three-September-25-2026/article.pdf}{Star height at most three}}
\resultentry{135}{Sharp homogeneous depth-five complexity of matrix products}{Over every characteristic-zero field, the $(1,1)$ entry of a product of $n$ independent $n\times n$ variable matrices requires $n^{\Theta(\sqrt n)}$ gates in homogeneous depth-five sum--product circuits. This sharp bound allows shared gates and bottom linear forms involving all variables.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Homogeneous-depth-five-lower-bounds-for-iterated-matrix-multiplication-September-25-2026/Homogeneous-depth-five-lower-bounds-for-iterated-matrix-multiplication-September-25-2026.pdf}{Homogeneous depth-five lower bounds for iterated matrix multiplication}}
\resultentry{136}{The quasilinear PCP-for-PPAD conjecture}{Resolves the quasilinear PCP-for-PPAD conjecture. An End-of-Line instance of length $N$ reduces to numerical circuit constraints of total length $N(\log N)^{O(1)}$ such that any polynomially encoded rational assignment satisfying all but a fixed fraction to fixed accuracy yields an endpoint solution. Such assignments always exist, giving robust local verification with only quasilinear size overhead.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-PCP-for-PPAD-conjecture-a-quasilinear-reduction-September-25-2026/paper.pdf}{The PCP-for-PPAD conjecture: a quasilinear reduction}}
\resultentry{137}{One-tape time simulation in two-fifths-power space}{Determines the halting and finite-control outcome of a fixed deterministic one-writable-tape machine up to time $T$ using $O(T^{2/5}\log^C(T+2))$ space, improving the square-root exponent. Heads move at most one cell per step; finitely many read-only input heads are allowed. Initial contents are independent of $T$, and contents and input symbols have polylogarithmic-space access. Simulation time is unrestricted.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Simulating-One-Tape-Time-in-Two-Fifths-Power-Space-September-25-2026/article.pdf}{Simulating One-Tape Time in Two-Fifths-Power Space}}
\resultentry{138}{Subset Sum in $O(2^{0.49n})$ time}{Gives a uniform randomized classical algorithm for worst-case Subset Sum in ordinary $O(2^{0.49n})$ word-RAM time on polynomial-bit inputs, where $n$ counts the integers. The time bound holds on every execution and success probability is at least $2/3$ on every input. Inputs may repeat positive integers; words have $O(n+b)$ bits for maximum input bit length $b$.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Subset-Sum-in-Time-2-power-0-49n-October-4-2026/subset-sum.pdf}{Subset Sum in Time $O(2^{0.49n})$}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-Low-Space-Algorithm-for-Worst-Case-Subset-Sum-September-26-2026/paper.pdf}{A Low-Space Algorithm for Worst-Case Subset Sum}}
\resultentry{139}{Subpolynomial queries for log-concave sampling}{For $C^2$ potentials with a supplied minimizer and $I\preceq\nabla^2V\preceq2I$, proves that sampling within total variation $1/10$ requires only $C_\varepsilon d^\varepsilon$ exact value-and-gradient queries for every fixed $\varepsilon>0$. The bound holds on every run, with unrestricted computation between queries. A logarithmic lower bound also holds, so the optimal power-law exponent in this oracle model is zero.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Subpolynomial-query-complexity-for-well-conditioned-log-concave-sampling-September-26-2026/article.pdf}{Subpolynomial query complexity for well-conditioned log-concave sampling}}
\resultentry{140}{Memory--sample lower bounds for noiseless Gaussian regression}{For fixed $A>0$, a one-pass learner with $Ad^2$ persistent bits needs $\Omega_A(d\log(1/\epsilon))$ noiseless Gaussian samples to recover a unit vector to angular error $0<\epsilon\le1/10$ with probability $2/3$, uniformly in accuracy for large $d$. Computation and randomized updates are unrestricted, but output uses only the terminal state, stopping index and fresh randomness.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Memory-and-precision-in-noiseless-Gaussian-regression-September-27-2026/paper.pdf}{Memory and precision}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Posterior-replicas-and-conditional-information-in-Gaussian-regression-September-27-2026/paper.pdf}{Posterior replicas}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Localization-costs-and-information-growth-for-exact-Gaussian-observations-September-27-2026/paper.pdf}{Localization costs}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Projection-moments-positive-cap-domination-and-Riesz-estimates-on-the-sphere-September-27-2026/paper.pdf}{Projection moments and Riesz estimates}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Replacing-Gaussian-observations-in-memory-constrained-inference-September-27-2026/paper.pdf}{Observation replacement}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Subsphere-methods-for-memory-sample-lower-bounds-in-noiseless-Gaussian-regression-September-27-2026/paper.pdf}{Subsphere methods}}
\resultentry{141}{The existential theory of the reals and existential--universal sentences in the counting hierarchy}{Proves that the existential theory of the reals lies in the counting hierarchy. More generally, truth of existential--universal real sentences can be decided at one fixed level of that hierarchy, even when their integer polynomials are specified by arithmetic circuits.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Existential-universal-real-sentences-in-the-counting-hierarchy-October-4-2026/etr-counting-hierarchy.pdf}{Existential–universal real sentences in the counting hierarchy}}
\resultentry{142}{Deterministic polynomial factorization over prime fields}{Gives a uniform deterministic algorithm that completely factors every nonzero dense degree-$n$ polynomial over a prime field $\mathbb F_p$, including multiplicities, in bit complexity polynomial in $(n+1)\log p$. The prime is supplied in binary. No randomness, integer-factorization or primitive-root oracle, or GRH assumption is required.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Deterministic-Polynomial-Factorization-over-Prime-Fields-October-4-2026/Deterministic-Polynomial-Factorization-over-Prime-Fields.pdf}{Deterministic Polynomial Factorization over Prime Fields}}
\cataloguesection{Dynamical systems and ergodic theory}{12}
\resultentry{143}{Uniform limit-cycle bounds in Hilbert's sixteenth problem}{Resolves the uniform boundedness assertion in Hilbert's sixteenth problem: the number of isolated periodic orbits of a real planar polynomial vector field is bounded by a finite constant depending only on its degree. For classical quintic Li\'enard systems, the exact maximum is two limit cycles.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/uniform-bounds-for-planar-polynomial-limit-cycles-September-24-2026/uniform-bounds-for-planar-polynomial-limit-cycles-September-24-2026.pdf}{Uniform limit-cycle bounds}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/two-limit-cycles-for-quintic-lienard-systems-September-24-2026/two-limit-cycles-for-quintic-lienard-systems-September-24-2026.pdf}{Quintic Liénard limit cycles}}
\resultentry{144}{Banach's simple Lebesgue-spectrum problem}{Resolves the probability-preserving form of Banach's simple Lebesgue-spectrum problem within smooth dynamics. A smooth volume-preserving diffeomorphism of the standard-volume three-torus has simple Lebesgue spectrum on its entire complex mean-zero $L^2$ space: the bilateral iterates of one real observable form an orthonormal basis of that space.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-smooth-three-torus-diffeomorphism-with-simple-Lebesgue-spectrum-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{A smooth three-torus diffeomorphism with simple Lebesgue spectrum}}
\resultentry{145}{Rokhlin's multiple-mixing problem}{Proves that every invertible mixing probability-preserving transformation is mixing of all finite orders, resolving Rokhlin's multiple-mixing problem for a single transformation. Correlations among any finite collection of measurable sets converge to the product of their measures whenever all pairwise time separations diverge.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Rokhlins-multiple-mixing-problem-for-one-transformation-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Rokhlin's multiple-mixing problem for one transformation}}
\resultentry{146}{Sinai's positive-entropy conjecture for the standard map}{Proves that the standard sine map on the two-dimensional torus has positive metric entropy with respect to area for every sufficiently large positive parameter. This establishes Sinai's positive-parameter-measure conjecture for the original family, with the stronger conclusion of a full parameter tail.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Positive-Metric-Entropy-for-the-Standard-Map-at-Large-Parameters-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Positive Metric Entropy for the Standard Map at Large Parameters}}
\resultentry{147}{The near-boundary Birkhoff conjecture}{Resolves the near-boundary Birkhoff conjecture for smooth strictly convex planar billiards of positive curvature. Such a billiard is an ellipse whenever a full grazing annulus is continuously foliated by individually invariant essential curves. A continuous physical collar of smooth closed convex caustics also suffices.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Continuous-Phase-Foliations-Create-Analytic-Caustic-Collars-September-24-2026/paper.pdf}{Analytic caustic collars}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Rigidity-of-Smooth-Billiards-with-a-Continuous-Caustic-Collar-September-24-2026/paper.pdf}{Billiard rigidity}}
\resultentry{148}{The dimension formula for self-similar measures on the line}{For every self-similar measure on the line generated by finitely many contracting similarities, proves $\dim_{\mathrm H}\mu=\min\{1,h_{\mathrm{RW}}/\chi\}$, where $h_{\mathrm{RW}}$ is the entropy rate of random composed maps and $\chi$ the average logarithmic contraction. This resolves the entropy-rate dimension conjecture without a separation assumption, allowing exact overlaps and unequal contraction ratios.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-entropy-rate-dimension-formula-for-self-similar-measures-on-the-line-September-24-2026/main.pdf}{The entropy-rate dimension formula for self-similar measures on the line}}
\resultentry{149}{Permanence for weakly reversible reaction networks}{Proves the permanence conjecture for every finite weakly reversible mass-action system with fixed positive rate constants. Every positive stoichiometric compatibility class, even an unbounded one, has a common compact convex forward-invariant absorbing set. All positive trajectories in that class therefore eventually share positive lower and finite upper concentration bounds.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Uniform-Permanence-in-Weakly-Reversible-Mass-Action-Systems-October-5-2026/permanence.pdf}{Uniform Permanence in Weakly Reversible Mass-Action Systems}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Boundedness-and-persistence-of-weakly-reversible-mass-action-systems-September-25-2026/paper.pdf}{Boundedness and persistence of weakly reversible mass-action systems}}
\resultentry{150}{Weak mixing of irrational triangular billiards}{Proves that the billiard flow in every nondegenerate Euclidean triangle with at least one angle irrational relative to $\pi$ is weakly mixing for normalized area times uniform direction. This strengthens ergodicity on the entire irrational-angle class, with no genericity or Diophantine restrictions.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Weak-mixing-of-triangular-billiards-with-an-irrational-angle-October-5-2026/weak-mixing-triangular-billiards.pdf}{Weak mixing of triangular billiards with an irrational angle}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Ergodicity-of-triangular-billiards-with-an-irrational-angle-September-25-2026/Ergodicity-of-triangular-billiards-with-an-irrational-angle-September-25-2026.pdf}{Ergodicity of triangular billiards with an irrational angle}}
\resultentry{151}{A $C^1$ counterexample to Shub’s entropy conjecture}{Constructs a noninvertible $C^1$ self-map of a compact smooth manifold with zero topological entropy but eigenvalue $2$ on second homology. This disproves the homological entropy lower bound for general $C^1$ self-maps: homological growth need not force positive orbit complexity.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-C1-Counterexample-to-the-Entropy-Conjecture-September-25-2026/article.pdf}{A C\textasciicircum{}1 Counterexample to the Entropy Conjecture}}
\resultentry{152}{Zero entropy does not guarantee a smooth positive-volume model}{Constructs a zero-entropy ergodic invertible transformation of a standard nonatomic probability space that is not measurably conjugate to any $C^\infty$ diffeomorphism preserving a strictly positive smooth probability density on a compact finite-dimensional manifold. One example rules out every finite dimension.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-finite-entropy-system-without-a-smooth-positive-volume-model-September-25-2026/paper.pdf}{A zero-entropy system without a smooth positive-volume model}}
\resultentry{153}{Arithmetic classification of Bernoulli convolutions}{Classifies singular and absolutely continuous unbiased Bernoulli convolutions for every $\lambda\in(0,1)$ by an infinite, one-sided approximation condition using explicit finite sets of algebraic units. It also proves singularity at reciprocals of every quartic Salem number in $(1,2)$, giving examples beyond reciprocal Pisot parameters.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Arithmetic-classification-and-non-Pisot-singularity-for-Bernoulli-convolutions-October-3-2026/paper.pdf}{Arithmetic classification and non-Pisot singularity for Bernoulli convolutions}}
\resultentry{154}{Pointwise multiple ergodic averages for mixing transformations}{Proves almost-everywhere convergence of consecutive multiple ergodic averages of every finite length for invertible mixing probability-preserving transformations. For each fixed tuple of bounded functions, the limit is the product of their integrals, along all positive averaging lengths. No mixing rate or standardness assumption on the probability space is required.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Pointwise-Multiple-Ergodic-Averages-for-Mixing-Transformations-October-4-2026/multiple-ergodic-averages.pdf}{Pointwise Multiple Ergodic Averages for Mixing Transformations}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Pointwise-convergence-of-fourfold-ergodic-averages-for-mixing-transformations-October-4-2026/fourfold-ergodic-averages.pdf}{Pointwise convergence of fourfold ergodic averages for mixing transformations}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Triple-ergodic-averages-with-distinct-integer-slopes-October-4-2026/triple-ergodic-distinct-slopes.pdf}{Triple ergodic averages with distinct integer slopes}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Pointwise-convergence-of-triple-ergodic-averages-for-mixing-transformations-October-4-2026/pointwise-triple-ergodic-averages-mixing-transformations.pdf}{Pointwise convergence of triple ergodic averages for mixing transformations}}
\cataloguesection{Combinatorics}{13}
\resultentry{155}{A counterexample to periodic tiling in dimension three}{Constructs a finite translational tile in $\mathbb Z^3$ that tiles space but admits no fully periodic tiling, disproving the periodic tiling conjecture in the smallest possible lattice dimension. Its unit-cube thickening gives the same counterexample in $\mathbb R^3$, even with arbitrary real translation vectors.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-translational-tile-with-no-fully-periodic-tiling-in-dimension-three-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{A translational tile with no fully periodic tiling in dimension three}}
\resultentry{156}{Borsuk's conjecture fails in dimension nine}{Constructs a compact subset of $\mathbb R^9$ that cannot be covered by ten sets of strictly smaller diameter, disproving Borsuk's covering assertion already in dimension nine. The example consists of rank-one orthogonal projectors onto lines in $\mathbb R^4$, with the Frobenius metric.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-nine-dimensional-counterexample-to-Borsuks-covering-assertion-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{A nine-dimensional counterexample to Borsuk's covering assertion}}
\resultentry{157}{Counterexamples to the Hadwiger and Colin de Verdi\`ere conjectures}{Disproves Hadwiger's conjecture even for fractional coloring: arbitrarily large finite simple graphs with independence number at most two satisfy $\chi_f(G)>h(G)$, where $h(G)$ is the largest clique-minor order. Also disproves the fractional Colin de Verdi\`ere chromatic bound $\chi_f(G)\le\mu(G)+1$. In the positive direction, every finite nonempty graph satisfies $\chi_{\mathrm{list}}(G)\le C h(G)$ for a universal constant $C$.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-counterexample-to-Hadwigers-conjecture-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Hadwiger counterexample}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-counterexample-to-the-Colin-de-Verdiere-chromatic-conjecture-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Colin de Verdière counterexample}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-linear-list-coloring-bound-in-terms-of-the-Hadwiger-number-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Linear list-coloring bound}}
\resultentry{158}{The Euclidean plane cannot be colored with five colors}{Proves that every five-coloring of the Euclidean plane has a monochromatic pair at distance one, with no restriction on the color classes. This advances the Hadwiger--Nelson problem: together with the classical seven-coloring, only six and seven remain possible chromatic numbers of the plane.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-Euclidean-plane-is-not-five-colorable-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{The Euclidean plane is not five-colorable}}
\resultentry{159}{Erd\H{o}s's reciprocal-sum conjecture and quasipolynomial Szemer\'edi bounds}{Proves Erd\H{o}s's conjecture that every set of positive integers with divergent reciprocal sum contains arithmetic progressions of every finite length. Quantitatively, for each fixed $k\ge3$, every subset of $\{1,\ldots,N\}$ with no nonconstant $k$-term progression has size at most $C_kN\exp[-c_k(\log N)^{\varepsilon_k}]$, with positive constants depending only on $k$.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Quasipolynomial-Bounds-for-Arithmetic-Progressions-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Quasipolynomial Bounds for Arithmetic Progressions}}
\resultentry{160}{Superexponential van der Waerden numbers}{Resolves Erd\H{o}s's superexponential-growth question for van der Waerden numbers. If $W_r(k)$ is the least interval length forcing a monochromatic $k$-term progression in every $r$-coloring, then $W_r(k)>k^{ck\lfloor\log_2 r\rfloor}$ for an absolute $c>0$, all $r\ge2$ and sufficiently large $k$, uniformly in $r$. In particular, $W_r(k)^{1/k}\to\infty$ for each fixed $r$.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Quantitative-Superexponential-Bounds-for-van-der-Waerden-Numbers-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Quantitative Superexponential Bounds for van der Waerden Numbers}}
\resultentry{161}{Counterexamples to Sidorenko's conjecture and the forcing conjecture}{Disproves Sidorenko's conjecture with a connected bipartite pattern on $35$ vertices and $66$ edges that occurs less frequently than in a random graph of the same edge density. The same pattern disproves the forcing conjecture of Skokan and Thoma: matching its density and the edge density of a constant graphon need not force quasirandomness.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-counterexample-to-Sidorenkos-conjecture-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{A counterexample to Sidorenko's conjecture}}
\resultentry{162}{Counterexamples to Ryser's covering and Gy\'arf\'as's tree-cover conjectures}{Disproves Ryser's covering conjecture by constructing intersecting $(q+1)$-partite, $(q+1)$-uniform hypergraphs with covering number $q+1$, rather than the predicted bound $q$, for every sufficiently large prime $q$. A separate construction over extension fields also disproves Gy\'arf\'as's monochromatic tree-cover conjecture.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Balanced-Counterexamples-to-Rysers-Conjecture-at-Prime-Orders-September-27-2026/paper.pdf}{Balanced prime-order counterexamples}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-Counterexample-to-Rysers-Covering-Conjecture-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Original counterexample}}
\resultentry{164}{Hindman's finite sums and products conjecture}{Proves Hindman's finite sums and products conjecture: every finite coloring of the positive integers contains sets of any prescribed finite size whose nonempty subset sums and nonempty subset products all have one common color.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Monochromatic-finite-sums-and-products-in-the-positive-integers-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Monochromatic finite sums and products in the positive integers}}
\resultentry{165}{Exact crossing numbers of complete and complete bipartite graphs}{Resolves the Harary--Hill conjecture and Tur\'an's brickyard problem in the Zarankiewicz formulation, determining the crossing numbers of every complete and complete bipartite graph. The result proves the optimality of the classical drawings among all plane drawings with continuous edge arcs.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-crossing-number-of-complete-graphs-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Complete graphs}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-crossing-number-of-complete-bipartite-graphs-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Complete bipartite graphs}}
\resultentry{166}{The higher-dimensional Erd\H{o}s distinct-distances conjecture}{For every fixed $d\ge3$, any $n\ge2$ distinct points in $\mathbb R^d$ determine at least $c_dn^{2/d}$ distinct distances, with $c_d>0$ depending only on dimension. This matches the integer-grid order and resolves the higher-dimensional Erd\H{o}s distinct-distances conjecture with a constant-factor bound.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-higher-dimensional-Erdos-distinct-distances-conjecture-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{The higher-dimensional Erdős distinct-distances conjecture}}
\resultentry{167}{Pinned distances and a power saving for planar unit distances}{Proves the weak pinned Erd\H{o}s distance conjecture: for every fixed $\varepsilon>0$, all but $o(n)$ points of any $n$-point planar set determine at least $n^{1-\varepsilon}$ distinct nonzero distances. A complementary theorem bounds the number of unit-distance pairs by $O(n^{4/3-\delta})$ for an absolute $\delta>0$.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-weak-pinned-planar-distance-theorem-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Weak pinned planar distances}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-power-saving-for-planar-unit-distances-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Planar unit-distance power saving}}
\resultentry{168}{Combinatorial invariance of Kazhdan--Lusztig polynomials}{Resolves the full combinatorial invariance conjecture: isomorphic Bruhat intervals in arbitrary Coxeter systems have identical equal-parameter Kazhdan--Lusztig polynomials. Thus the abstract order of the interval determines the polynomial, even across different Coxeter systems.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Combinatorial-Invariance-of-Kazhdan-Lusztig-Polynomials-September-24-2026/paper.pdf}{Combinatorial invariance of Kazhdan–Lusztig polynomials}}
\resultentry{169}{The Shareshian--Wachs $e$-positivity conjecture}{Resolves the elementary-positivity part of the Shareshian--Wachs conjecture: the chromatic quasisymmetric function of every natural unit interval graph has elementary-basis coefficients in $\mathbb N[q]$. The coefficients count explicitly described permutations, giving a combinatorial explanation of positivity.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Elementary-Positivity-of-Chromatic-Quasisymmetric-Functions-September-24-2026/paper.pdf}{Elementary positivity of chromatic quasisymmetric functions}}
\resultentry{170}{Sharp logarithmic exponents for off-diagonal Ramsey numbers}{For every fixed integer $s\ge5$, proves $r(s,t)=t^{s-1}/(\log t)^{s-2+o(1)}$ as $t\to\infty$, determining the logarithmic exponent and matching the classical upper bound at that scale. Here $r(s,t)$ is the least number of vertices forcing an $s$-clique or a $t$-vertex independent set.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-Sharp-Logarithmic-Exponent-of-r-5-t-September-24-2026/paper.pdf}{$r(5,t)$ logarithmic exponent}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Sharp-Logarithmic-Exponents-for-Fixed-Off-Diagonal-Ramsey-Numbers-September-24-2026/paper.pdf}{Fixed off-diagonal Ramsey numbers}}
\resultentry{171}{The hypercube Ramsey conjecture}{Resolves the Burr--Erd\H{o}s hypercube Ramsey conjecture: the two-color Ramsey number of the $n$-dimensional cube is $\Theta(2^n)$. Thus every red-blue coloring of a complete graph on a universal constant times the cube's number of vertices contains a monochromatic copy of the cube.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-hypercube-Ramsey-number-has-linear-order-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{The hypercube Ramsey number has linear order}}
\resultentry{172}{Classification of finite Euclidean Ramsey configurations}{Classifies finite point configurations that occur monochromatically, at their original scale, in every finite coloring of sufficiently high-dimensional Euclidean space. The characterization is an algebraic condition over the coordinate field. It also disproves the Leader--Russell--Walters conjecture that every such configuration is a subset of a finite transitive set.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-classification-of-finite-Euclidean-Ramsey-configurations-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{A classification of finite Euclidean Ramsey configurations}}
\resultentry{173}{Seymour's second-neighborhood conjecture}{Proves Seymour's second-neighborhood conjecture: every nonempty finite oriented graph has a vertex with at least as many vertices at directed distance exactly two as at directed distance one. Oriented graphs may be arbitrary apart from the exclusion of loops and oppositely directed edge pairs.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-proof-of-Seymours-second-neighborhood-conjecture-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{A proof of Seymour’s second-neighborhood conjecture}}
\resultentry{174}{Deterministic construction of strong thin spanning trees}{Resolves the strong thin-tree conjecture constructively. Every finite loopless $k$-edge-connected multigraph on at least two vertices has a spanning tree containing at most a universal $C/k$ fraction of the edges of every cut. Such a tree can be found deterministically in polynomial time, even with binary-encoded parallel-edge multiplicities.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-strong-thin-tree-conjecture-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Strong thin tree conjecture}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-polynomial-time-construction-of-strong-thin-trees-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Polynomial-time construction}}
\resultentry{175}{Talagrand's conjectures and graph decompositions at expectation thresholds}{Proves that integral and fractional expectation thresholds differ by at most a universal factor, and resolves Talagrand's discrete-convexity conjecture. An application proves the Ascoli--He--Park--Talagrand graph-decomposition conjecture: every graph's edges split into a universally bounded number of fixed pieces, each with containment threshold at most a universal constant times the original graph's integral expectation threshold. The pieces' embeddings need not agree on shared vertices.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Graph-Decompositions-at-the-Integral-Expectation-Threshold-October-5-2026/graph-threshold-decompositions.pdf}{Graph Decompositions at the Integral Expectation Threshold}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Integral-and-fractional-expectation-thresholds-are-equivalent-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Expectation-threshold equivalence}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Talagrands-discrete-convexity-conjecture-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Discrete convexity}}
\resultentry{176}{The second Kahn--Kalai conjecture}{Proves the second Kahn--Kalai conjecture: for every finite simple graph $H$ with $h\ge1$ edges and at most $n$ vertices, its appearance threshold in $G(n,p)$ is at most $C p_{\mathrm E}(n,H)(1+\log_2 h)$, with universal $C$. Here $p_{\mathrm E}$ is the least density at which every subgraph of $H$ has expected copy count at least $1/2$.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-second-Kahn-Kalai-conjecture-September-24-2026/paper.pdf}{The second Kahn–Kalai conjecture}}
\resultentry{177}{Bounded-degree coboundary expanders in every dimension}{Constructs arbitrarily large finite $d$-dimensional simplicial complexes, for every $d\ge3$, with uniformly bounded vertex degrees and uniform $\mathbb F_2$ coboundary expansion in every degree below $d$. Together with the known graph and two-dimensional cases, this establishes the existence of such expanders in every positive dimension.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Bounded-degree-coboundary-expanders-in-every-dimension-September-24-2026/paper.pdf}{Bounded-degree coboundary expanders in every dimension}}
\resultentry{178}{Deterministic nonbipartite Ramanujan graphs in every fixed degree}{For every fixed $d\ge3$, constructs a simple $d$-regular nonbipartite Ramanujan graph on every sufficiently large even number $n$ of vertices, with every nonconstant adjacency eigenvalue strictly between $-2\sqrt{d-1}$ and $2\sqrt{d-1}$. A deterministic algorithm outputs the full adjacency list in polynomial bit time, with exponent depending on $d$.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Deterministic-nonbipartite-Ramanujan-graphs-in-every-fixed-degree-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Deterministic nonbipartite Ramanujan graphs in every fixed degree}}
\resultentry{179}{The circulant Hadamard conjecture}{Proves that real circulant Hadamard matrices exist exactly in orders $1$ and $4$, resolving the circulant Hadamard conjecture. Together with classical Barker-sequence results, this shows that binary sequences whose nontrivial aperiodic autocorrelations have magnitude at most $1$ exist at lengths $n>1$ exactly when $n\in\{2,3,4,5,7,11,13\}$.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-circulant-Hadamard-conjecture-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{The circulant Hadamard conjecture}}
\resultentry{180}{Barnette's Hamiltonian-cycle conjecture}{Proves that every finite simple cubic bipartite planar $3$-vertex-connected graph has a Hamiltonian cycle, resolving Barnette's conjecture. Equivalently, every three-edge path in a finite simple cubic $3$-vertex-connected bipartite Pfaffian graph lies in a Hamiltonian cycle.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Paired-states-and-Hamiltonian-cycles-in-cubic-bipartite-planar-graphs-September-24-2026/paper.pdf}{Paired states and Hamiltonian cycles in cubic bipartite planar graphs}}
\resultentry{181}{The Erd\H{o}s--Gallai cycle-decomposition conjecture}{Proves that the edges of every finite simple undirected graph on $n$ vertices can be partitioned into at most $Cn$ simple cycles and single edges, for an absolute constant $C$. This resolves the Erd\H{o}s--Gallai cycle-decomposition conjecture, bounding the number of pieces linearly even for dense graphs.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-linear-cycle-and-edge-decomposition-of-every-graph-September-24-2026/main.pdf}{A linear cycle-and-edge decomposition of every graph}}
\resultentry{182}{Power savings for polynomial-difference-free sets}{For every fixed intersective integer polynomial $h$ of degree $k\ge2$ with positive leading coefficient, proves that a subset of $\{1,\ldots,N\}$ avoiding nonzero values $h(1),h(2),\ldots$ as differences has size $O_h(N^{1-c_k})$, with $c_k>0$ depending only on degree. Here intersective means having a root modulo every modulus. For prime arguments, a power saving also holds when $h$ has a unit root modulo every modulus, with exponent allowed to depend on $h$.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-power-saving-for-intersective-polynomial-differences-with-an-exponent-depending-only-on-the-degree-October-5-2026/power-saving-intersective-polynomial-differences.pdf}{A power saving for intersective polynomial differences with an exponent depending only on the degree}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-Power-Saving-for-Polynomial-Differences-at-Prime-Arguments-October-5-2026/prime-argument-polynomial-differences.pdf}{A Power Saving for Polynomial Differences at Prime Arguments}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-power-saving-for-square-difference-free-sets-September-24-2026/paper.pdf}{A power saving for square-difference-free sets}}
\resultentry{183}{Power savings for planar halving lines and $k$-sets}{Improves the planar halving-line bound to $O(n^{4/3-\varepsilon})$ for sets with no three collinear and an absolute $\varepsilon>0$. More generally, an $n$-point set with no three collinear has $O(n(k+1)^{1/3-\varepsilon_0})$ strictly separable $k$-subsets for $1\le k\le n/2$, with an absolute $\varepsilon_0>0$. The constants and positive exponents are nonquantitative.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-power-saving-for-planar-halving-lines-September-25-2026/main.pdf}{A power saving for planar halving lines}}
\resultentry{184}{Coloring and independence in graphs with forbidden subgraphs}{Proves the Alon--Krivelevich--Sudakov coloring conjecture in correspondence-coloring form: graphs avoiding any fixed subgraph $F$ need $O_F(\Delta/\log\Delta)$ colors when their maximum degree $\Delta$ is sufficiently large. Also proves the Ajtai--Erd\H{o}s--Koml\'os--Szemer\'edi independence conjecture: for fixed $r\ge4$, every $n$-vertex $K_r$-free graph of average degree $d\ge2$ has an independent set of size $\Omega_r(n\log d/d)$.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Correspondence-Coloring-Graphs-with-a-Forbidden-Clique-October-5-2026/correspondence-coloring-forbidden-clique.pdf}{Correspondence coloring graphs with a forbidden clique}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-Logarithmic-Independence-Bound-for-Clique-Free-Graphs-September-25-2026/paper.pdf}{A logarithmic independence bound for clique-free graphs}}
\resultentry{185}{Counterexamples to infinite matroid intersection and packing/covering}{Disproves the unrestricted infinite matroid intersection and packing/covering conjectures in ZFC, using two self-dual partitional matroids on a countably infinite ground set. The same examples answer Jo\'o’s partitional-matroid question negatively. They are neither finitary nor cofinitary, so Nash-Williams’ original finitary conjecture remains outside the result.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-Counterexample-to-the-Infinite-Matroid-Packing-Covering-Conjecture-September-24-2026/paper.pdf}{A Counterexample to the Infinite Matroid Packing/Covering Conjecture}}
\resultentry{186}{The Friedgut--Kalai graph and hypergraph threshold conjectures}{Proves the Friedgut--Kalai threshold-width conjectures for graphs and fixed-uniformity hypergraphs. For fixed $0<\varepsilon<1/2$, every nontrivial increasing relabeling-invariant property crosses from probability $\varepsilon$ to $1-\varepsilon$ within width $O((\log n)^{-2})$ for graphs and $O_r((\log n)^{-r/(r-1)})$ for $r$-uniform hypergraphs, $r\ge3$. The hypergraph influence bound also applies to nonmonotone properties.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-uniform-influence-bound-for-hypergraph-properties-October-5-2026/hypergraph-influences.pdf}{A uniform influence bound for hypergraph properties}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-Sharp-Threshold-Bound-for-Monotone-Graph-Properties-September-25-2026/paper.pdf}{A Sharp Threshold Bound for Monotone Graph Properties}}
\resultentry{187}{Snaky in 21 Maker moves}{Settles the Snaky achievement problem: Maker can force the six-cell Snaky shape within 21 of its own moves on the initially empty infinite square board. Maker moves first, each player claims one free cell per turn, and translations, rotations and reflections count as wins.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Snaky-in-21-Maker-moves-September-25-2026/article.pdf}{Snaky in 21 Maker moves}}
\resultentry{188}{The sharp constant in random triangle removal}{Starting from the complete graph on $n$ vertices, repeatedly delete a uniformly chosen remaining triangle. The terminal edge count is asymptotic to $n^{3/2}/(2\sqrt2)$, with mean-square convergence after normalization by $n^{3/2}$. This proves the triangle case of the Joos--K\"uhn sharp-constant conjecture.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-Sharp-Terminal-Leave-in-Random-Triangle-Removal-September-25-2026/The-Sharp-Terminal-Leave-in-Random-Triangle-Removal-September-25-2026.pdf}{The sharp terminal leave in random triangle removal}}
\resultentry{189}{Exact cycle--clique Ramsey numbers}{Proves the Erd\H{o}s--Faudree--Rousseau--Schelp conjecture: $R(C_m,K_n)=(m-1)(n-1)+1$ for every $m\ge n\ge3$, except $R(C_3,K_3)=6$. This is the exact threshold forcing a red $m$-cycle or a blue $n$-clique in every red--blue coloring of a complete graph.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Cycle-clique-Ramsey-numbers-September-25-2026/Cycle-clique-Ramsey-numbers-September-25-2026.pdf}{Cycle--clique Ramsey numbers}}
\resultentry{190}{Polynomial removal fails for ordered binary matrices}{Disproves polynomial ordered binary matrix removal with one fixed $66\times66$ zero--one pattern. Matrices can require many binary-entry changes to become pattern-free while their copy density is smaller than every proposed polynomial bound in that distance. Copies preserve row and column orders and match both zeros and ones.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Polynomial-removal-fails-for-ordered-binary-matrices-September-25-2026/paper.pdf}{Polynomial removal fails for ordered binary matrices}}
\resultentry{191}{A power improvement in the Heilbronn triangle problem}{For every sufficiently large $n$, constructs $n$ points in the unit square such that every triangle has area at least $n^{-2+c}$ for one absolute $c>0$. This disproves the conjectured almost-$n^{-2}$ upper bound in Heilbronn's triangle problem, which asks how large the smallest determined triangle can be.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-power-improvement-in-the-Heilbronn-triangle-lower-bound-September-25-2026/main.pdf}{A power improvement in the Heilbronn triangle lower bound}}
\resultentry{192}{A counterexample to the Gopalan--Servedio conjecture}{Disproves the proposed square-root bound relating a Boolean function's linear Fourier coefficients to its polynomial degree. For every $C>0$, there is a sign-valued Boolean function $f$ with $\sum_i\widehat f(\{i\})>C\sqrt{\deg(f)}$. Thus its total signed correlation with individual input bits can exceed the proposed bound by an arbitrary factor.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Unbounded-Violations-of-the-Square-Root-Degree-Bound-September-26-2026/Unbounded-Violations-of-the-Square-Root-Degree-Bound-September-26-2026.pdf}{Unbounded Violations of the Square-Root Degree Bound}}
\cataloguesection{Algebra}{2}
\resultentry{193}{Serre's intersection-multiplicity conjecture}{Proves strict positivity of Serre's intersection multiplicity $\chi^R(M,N)$ for nonzero finitely generated modules over any regular local ring, provided $M\otimes_R N$ has finite length and $\dim M+\dim N=\dim R$. This resolves the positivity conjecture, including ramified mixed characteristic.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Positivity-of-Serres-Intersection-Multiplicity-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Positivity of Serre's Intersection Multiplicity}}
\resultentry{194}{Lech's multiplicity conjecture}{Proves $e(R)\le e(S)$ for every flat local homomorphism of nonzero Noetherian local rings, where $e$ is Hilbert--Samuel multiplicity. This resolves Lech's conjecture in every dimension and characteristic.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Lechs-multiplicity-conjecture-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Lech's multiplicity conjecture}}
\resultentry{195}{A counterexample to the small Cohen--Macaulay module conjecture}{Constructs a three-dimensional complete Noetherian normal local domain over $\mathbb C$ with no nonzero finitely generated maximal Cohen--Macaulay module. A three-dimensional local domain essentially of finite type over $\mathbb C$ has the same property, disproving the domain form of the small Cohen--Macaulay module conjecture.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-Complete-Local-Domain-Without-a-Small-Cohen-Macaulay-Module-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{A Complete Local Domain without a Small Cohen–Macaulay Module}}
\resultentry{196}{A counterexample to Kaplansky's zero-divisor conjecture}{Constructs a finitely presented torsion-free group $G$ whose group algebra $\mathbb F_2[G]$ has nonzero zero divisors, disproving Kaplansky's zero-divisor conjecture. The group has a finite two-dimensional classifying space.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-Torsion-Free-Group-Algebra-with-Zero-Divisors-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{A Torsion-Free Group Algebra with Zero Divisors}}
\resultentry{197}{Nonsofic groups and group-ring counterexamples}{Constructs a finitely presented torsion-free nonsofic group whose group algebra over $\mathbb F_2$ is not directly finite, disproving Kaplansky's conjecture even without torsion. Companion examples give injective nonsurjective cellular automata on all configurations, refuting Gottschalk's surjunctivity conjecture. Another counterexample is an integral group-ring matrix, invertible over the rational group ring, with Fuglede--Kadison determinant strictly between zero and one, disproving the unrestricted Determinant Conjecture.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-Torsion-Free-Group-Algebra-That-Is-Not-Directly-Finite-October-4-2026/direct-finiteness.pdf}{Torsion-free direct-finiteness counterexample}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-Counterexample-to-Kaplanskys-Direct-Finiteness-Conjecture-in-Characteristic-Two-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Characteristic two}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-Counterexample-to-the-Group-Ring-Determinant-Conjecture-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Determinant}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-Counterexample-to-Kaplanskys-Direct-Finiteness-Conjecture-in-Odd-Characteristic-September-26-2026/paper.pdf}{Odd characteristic}}
\resultentry{198}{A counterexample to the little finitistic-dimension conjecture}{Constructs a finite-dimensional complex algebra whose finite-dimensional modules have unbounded finite projective dimensions. This disproves the little finitistic-dimension conjecture.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/An-algebra-of-infinite-little-finitistic-dimension-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{An algebra of infinite little finitistic dimension}}
\resultentry{199}{Counterexamples to conjectures of Auslander--Reiten, Tachikawa, and Nakayama}{Constructs finite-dimensional algebras over a characteristic-two rational-function field that disprove the Auslander--Reiten and Gorenstein-projective conjectures, and Tachikawa's second conjecture. An associated endomorphism algebra also disproves the classical, generalized and strong Nakayama conjectures, the Auslander--Gorenstein conjecture, and the Wakamatsu tilting conjecture. The counterexamples persist under every extension of the base field.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/An-explicit-counterexample-to-the-Auslander-Reiten-conjecture-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Auslander–Reiten counterexample}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-counterexample-to-Tachikawas-second-conjecture-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Tachikawa’s second conjecture}}
\resultentry{200}{Eisenbud--Green--Harris and lex-plus-powers in characteristic zero}{Proves the Eisenbud--Green--Harris and lex-plus-powers conjectures over every characteristic-zero field. Any homogeneous ideal containing a regular sequence, of arbitrary length and degrees at least two, admits a lex-plus-powers ideal with the same Hilbert function and no smaller graded Betti numbers.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-Artinian-Lex-Plus-Powers-Betti-Theorem-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Artinian lex-plus-powers Betti theorem}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Commuting-Division-Coefficient-Forms-and-the-Artinian-Eisenbud-Green-Harris-Conjecture-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Commuting division-coefficient forms}}
\resultentry{201}{A counterexample to Kurosh's division-ring problem}{Constructs a countable characteristic-zero division ring that is algebraic over its center and generated by two elements over that center, but has infinite dimension over it. This answers Kurosh's division-ring problem on local finiteness negatively.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-Counterexample-to-Kuroshs-Division-Ring-Problem-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{A Counterexample to Kurosh’s Division-Ring Problem}}
\resultentry{202}{The blockwise Alperin weight conjecture}{Proves the numerical blockwise Alperin weight conjecture for every prime and every finite group: the number of irreducible Brauer characters in a block equals the number of conjugacy classes of its weights.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-Blockwise-Alperin-Weight-Conjecture-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{The Blockwise Alperin Weight Conjecture}}
\resultentry{203}{Donovan's conjecture over fields and discrete valuation rings}{Proves Donovan's conjecture: over each fixed algebraically closed field of characteristic $p$, blocks of finite groups with bounded defect-group order have only finitely many Morita-equivalence classes, for every prime $p$. Also proves the integral form over each fixed complete mixed-characteristic discrete valuation ring with algebraically closed residue field.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Donovans-Conjecture-over-Algebraic-Closures-of-Prime-Fields-September-24-2026/main.pdf}{Donovan over algebraically closed fields}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Integral-Donovan-Finiteness-over-Witt-Vectors-September-25-2026/main.pdf}{Integral Donovan over Witt vectors}}
\resultentry{204}{Tensor saturation for even spin groups}{Proves saturation factor one for $\operatorname{Spin}(2n)$, $n\ge2$: for three dominant integral weights whose sum lies in the root lattice, an invariant at any common positive integral dilation already gives an invariant at the original weights. This resolves the type-$D$ part of the simply-laced saturation conjecture.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Tensor-Saturation-for-Even-Spin-Groups-September-24-2026/Tensor-Saturation-for-Even-Spin-Groups-September-24-2026.pdf}{Tensor saturation for even spin groups}}
\resultentry{205}{Saxl's conjecture and universal tensor squares}{Proves Saxl's conjecture: the tensor square of every staircase representation contains every irreducible complex representation of the corresponding symmetric group. More generally, every $S_n$ with $n\notin\{2,4,9\}$ has an irreducible representation whose tensor square contains all irreducibles.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Universal-Tensor-Squares-for-Symmetric-Groups-September-24-2026/main.pdf}{Universal tensor squares}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-Cyclic-Polytabloid-Proof-of-Saxls-Conjecture-September-24-2026/paper.pdf}{Cyclic polytabloid proof}}
\resultentry{206}{Finite lattice representation: counterexamples and undecidability}{Some finite lattices are not congruence lattices of any finite algebra, answering the finite lattice representation problem negatively. Moreover, no algorithm decides whether a finite lattice has such a representation, or whether it is a full subgroup interval of a finite group.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Finite-Congruence-Lattices-Characterization-and-Undecidability-September-24-2026/paper.pdf}{Characterization and undecidability}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-Negative-Solution-to-the-Finite-Lattice-Representation-Problem-September-24-2026/paper.pdf}{Negative solution}}
\resultentry{207}{The $\ell^1$-Bass and complex Bass trace conjectures}{Proves the $\ell^1$-Bass conjecture for every discrete group: Hattori--Stallings traces of idempotent matrices over $\ell^1(G)$ are supported on finitely many finite-order conjugacy classes. The algebraic companion proves the integral Bass trace conjecture and Kaplansky's idempotent conjecture for torsion-free groups over every commutative unital characteristic-zero domain.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-l1-Bass-Conjecture-for-Discrete-Groups-October-5-2026/l1-bass-conjecture.pdf}{The $\ell^1$-Bass Conjecture for Discrete Groups}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-Bass-trace-conjecture-for-complex-group-rings-September-24-2026/The-Bass-trace-conjecture-for-complex-group-rings-September-24-2026.pdf}{The Bass trace conjecture and the characteristic-zero Kaplansky idempotent conjecture}}
\resultentry{208}{The finite Benson--Etingof--Ostrik conjecture}{Proves that every finite symmetric tensor category over an algebraically closed field $k$ of characteristic $p>0$ admits a $k$-linear exact faithful strong symmetric monoidal fiber functor to a higher Verlinde category $\mathrm{Ver}_{p^n}$. The level may depend on the category, and the theorem includes characteristic two, resolving the finite case of the Benson--Etingof--Ostrik conjecture.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Fiber-functors-for-finite-symmetric-tensor-categories-in-positive-characteristic-September-24-2026/paper.pdf}{Fiber functors for finite symmetric tensor categories in positive characteristic}}
\resultentry{209}{Integral counterexamples to Gersten’s conjecture}{Disproves unrestricted integral Gersten injectivity in degrees $3$ and $5$. Two explicit two-dimensional ramified regular local rings of mixed characteristic $(0,5)$ have nonzero integral $K$-theory classes that vanish over their fraction fields.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/An-Integral-Counterexample-to-Gerstens-Conjecture-September-25-2026/An-Integral-Counterexample-to-Gerstens-Conjecture-September-25-2026.pdf}{Integral Gersten counterexample}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/An-Integral-Degree-Three-Gersten-Counterexample-September-26-2026/paper.pdf}{Degree-three Gersten counterexample}}
\resultentry{210}{Foulkes’ conjecture for sixth powers and quadratic stabilization}{Proves the sixth case of Foulkes’ conjecture: $\operatorname{Sym}^6(\operatorname{Sym}^bV)$ embeds equivariantly in $\operatorname{Sym}^b(\operatorname{Sym}^6V)$ for every $b\ge6$ and finite-dimensional complex $V$. More generally, the canonical multiplication map $\operatorname{Sym}^b(\operatorname{Sym}^aV)\to\operatorname{Sym}^a(\operatorname{Sym}^bV)$ is surjective for $a\ge2$ and $b\ge a(a-1)$, giving dimension-independent quadratic stabilization.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Foulkes-Conjecture-for-the-Sixth-Symmetric-Power-September-25-2026/main.pdf}{Sixth symmetric power}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Quadratic-Stabilization-of-the-Canonical-Foulkes-Howe-Map-September-25-2026/paper.pdf}{Quadratic stabilization}}
\cataloguesection{Probability and statistical mechanics}{15}
\resultentry{211}{Geometry, diffusion, and spectra of random planar maps}{Critical Fortuin--Kasteleyn planar maps converge to Liouville quantum gravity spheres for $00$. In four dimensions, every set containing a unit segment in every direction has Hausdorff dimension four.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-Kakeya-maximal-conjecture-in-three-dimensions-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{3D Kakeya maximal conjecture}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Every-four-dimensional-Kakeya-set-has-full-Hausdorff-dimension-September-24-2026/paper.pdf}{4D Kakeya Hausdorff dimension}}
\resultentry{075}{The $L\log L$ Fourier-convergence conjecture}{Proves that the ordinary symmetric Fourier partial sums of every complex-valued function in $L\log L(\mathbb T)$ converge almost everywhere along the full sequence. This resolves the classical sufficiency conjecture at the $L\log L$ scale.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Almost-everywhere-Fourier-convergence-in-L-log-L-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Almost-everywhere Fourier convergence in L log L}}
\resultentry{076}{Ultraflat real Littlewood polynomials}{Constructs polynomials with $N$ consecutive coefficients in $\{-1,1\}$ whose modulus is $(1+o(1))\sqrt N$ uniformly on the entire unit circle, for every sufficiently large integer length $N$. Thus real Littlewood polynomials are ultraflat, including at the real endpoints. Their binary merit factors tend to infinity, disproving Turyn's bounded-merit-factor conjecture.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Ultraflat-real-Littlewood-polynomials-October-5-2026/ultraflat-real-littlewood-polynomials.pdf}{Ultraflat real Littlewood polynomials}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Nearly-minimal-maxima-and-positive-minima-of-Littlewood-polynomials-October-5-2026/littlewood-lower-envelope.pdf}{Nearly minimal maxima and positive minima of Littlewood polynomials}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Asymptotically-minimal-maxima-of-real-Littlewood-polynomials-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Asymptotically minimal maxima of real Littlewood polynomials}}
\resultentry{077}{Fourier restriction for positively curved surfaces}{Proves the diagonal Fourier extension conjecture for positively curved surfaces in three dimensions. For every compact smooth positively curved surface $\Sigma\subset\mathbb R^3$, including surfaces with boundary, the extension operator is bounded from $L^p(\Sigma)$ to $L^p(\mathbb R^3)$ for every $p>3$.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Elliptic-capacity-propagation-and-Fourier-restriction-to-the-sphere-September-24-2026/Elliptic-capacity-propagation-and-Fourier-restriction-to-the-sphere-September-24-2026.pdf}{Sphere restriction}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Diagonal-Fourier-extension-for-positively-curved-surfaces-in-three-dimensions-September-24-2026/Diagonal-Fourier-extension-for-positively-curved-surfaces-in-three-dimensions-September-24-2026.pdf}{Diagonal Fourier extension}}
\resultentry{078}{The three-dimensional Bochner--Riesz conjecture}{Resolves the three-dimensional Bochner--Riesz conjecture in its strict range: the Bochner--Riesz multipliers of order $\delta$ are bounded on $L^p(\mathbb R^3)$ for every $1\le p\le\infty$ whenever $\delta>\max\{3|1/p-1/2|-1/2,0\}$.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Bochner-Riesz-Multipliers-in-Three-Dimensions-September-24-2026/Bochner-Riesz-Multipliers-in-Three-Dimensions-September-24-2026.pdf}{Bochner–Riesz multipliers in three dimensions}}
\resultentry{079}{Sogge's local smoothing conjecture in dimension three}{Resolves Sogge's local smoothing conjecture for the Euclidean wave equation in three spatial dimensions. The estimate holds throughout the full strict range $20$.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-single-lattice-covering-bound-of-order-n-log-n-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Single-lattice covering bound}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Translative-covering-densities-of-order-n-log-n-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Translative covering densities}}
\resultentry{093}{Dimension-free logarithmic Sobolev inequality for subgaussian log-concave measures}{Proves a dimension-free logarithmic Sobolev inequality for centered log-concave densities with uniformly subgaussian linear marginals, with constant bounded by a universal multiple of the squared linear subgaussian parameter.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-dimension-free-logarithmic-Sobolev-inequality-for-subgaussian-log-concave-measures-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Subgaussian logarithmic Sobolev inequality}}
\resultentry{094}{Subpolynomial dimension reduction in $L_p$}{For every fixed $14$, establishing the surface-to-tree geometric transition. For FK--Ising and spanning-tree-weighted maps, stationary random walks converge to Liouville Brownian motion on the limiting sphere. The FK--Ising spectral result also gives convergence of eigenvalues and heat traces, using the stated Brownian/LQG inputs.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Random-Walks-on-Critical-FK-Ising-Maps-and-Liouville-Brownian-Motion-October-5-2026/fk-ising-walk-limit.pdf}{Random Walks on Critical FK--Ising Maps and Liouville Brownian Motion}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Spectral-convergence-for-critical-FK-Ising-planar-maps-October-5-2026/spectral-convergence-critical-fk-ising-planar-maps.pdf}{Spectral convergence for critical FK--Ising planar maps}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-Linear-Clock-for-Random-Walk-on-Tree-Weighted-Planar-Maps-October-5-2026/linear-clock-random-walk-tree-weighted-planar-maps.pdf}{A Linear Clock for Random Walk on Tree-Weighted Planar Maps}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Canonical-conformal-limits-of-subcritical-FK-planar-maps-September-24-2026/main.pdf}{Subcritical conformal limits}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-critical-Liouville-quantum-sphere-and-geometric-limits-of-FK-maps-at-q-equals-4-September-24-2026/main.pdf}{Critical sphere at $q=4$}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Metric-measure-limits-of-subcritical-FK-and-spanning-tree-planar-maps-September-24-2026/main.pdf}{FK and spanning-tree metric-measure limits}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Brownian-continuum-random-tree-limits-of-finite-Fortuin-Kasteleyn-maps-above-four-September-24-2026/main.pdf}{Brownian CRT limits for $q>4$}}
\resultentry{212}{No bigeodesics and smooth limit shapes in planar first-passage percolation}{Proves that planar first-passage percolation has no doubly infinite geodesic for iid nonnegative nonatomic edge weights when the minimum of four weights has finite second moment. For exponential weights, the limit shape is strictly convex with $C^1$ boundary. Differentiability also holds for every Gamma law with positive shape and rate.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/No-bigeodesics-in-planar-first-passage-percolation-September-24-2026/main.pdf}{No bigeodesics}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Strict-convexity-and-differentiability-of-the-planar-exponential-first-passage-limit-shape-September-24-2026/main.pdf}{Strict convexity and differentiability}}
\resultentry{213}{No infinite critical clusters on quasi-transitive graphs}{Resolves the Benjamini--Schramm criticality conjecture for bond percolation on every infinite connected locally finite quasi-transitive graph with $p_c<1$: at the critical probability, there is almost surely no infinite cluster. The family also establishes this conclusion for both nearest-neighbor bond and site percolation on $\mathbb Z^3$.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Critical-bond-and-site-percolation-on-the-cubic-lattice-September-24-2026/paper.pdf}{Cubic-lattice bond and site percolation}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/No-percolation-at-criticality-on-quasi-transitive-graphs-September-24-2026/paper.pdf}{Quasi-transitive graphs at criticality}}
\resultentry{214}{The Benjamini--Schramm nonuniqueness conjecture}{Proves $p_c
1$, in probability over disorder. At criticality, rescaled stationary and quench autocorrelation processes have universal random limits for Gaussian and Rademacher disorder; the quench limit relaxes to the stationary limit.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Universality-of-critical-quench-autocorrelations-in-the-Sherrington-Kirkpatrick-model-October-5-2026/main.pdf}{Universality of critical quench autocorrelations in the Sherrington--Kirkpatrick model}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Functional-universality-of-critical-SK-autocorrelations-October-5-2026/critical-sk-autocorrelations.pdf}{Functional universality of critical SK autocorrelations}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-spectral-gap-throughout-the-high-temperature-Sherrington-Kirkpatrick-phase-September-24-2026/main.pdf}{High-temperature spectral gap}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Cutoff-throughout-the-high-temperature-Sherrington-Kirkpatrick-phase-September-24-2026/paper.pdf}{High-temperature cutoff}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Critical-slowing-down-in-the-Sherrington-Kirkpatrick-model-September-24-2026/paper.pdf}{Critical slowing down}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Stretched-exponential-barriers-for-typical-SK-initial-states-September-24-2026/paper.pdf}{Typical-start stretched-exponential barriers}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-typical-start-upper-bound-for-low-temperature-SK-Glauber-dynamics-September-24-2026/paper.pdf}{Low-temperature typical-start upper bound}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Critical-mixing-in-the-Sherrington-Kirkpatrick-model-September-25-2026/paper.pdf}{Critical mixing}}
\resultentry{228}{Continuum phase transitions for radial pair potentials}{Constructs stable distance-dependent pair interactions for three-dimensional classical particles with a first-order phase transition: the canonical free energy has a derivative jump at one inverse temperature throughout an open density interval. One potential has a divergent repulsive core; another is bounded and continuous with an integrable power-law tail, realizing the type of transition sought in Simon's continuum problem.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-continuum-temperature-singularity-for-a-radial-pair-potential-September-24-2026/paper.pdf}{Temperature singularity}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-radial-continuum-phase-transition-with-algebraic-decay-September-24-2026/paper.pdf}{Algebraic-decay phase transition}}
\resultentry{229}{Sharp three- and four-state reconstruction thresholds}{Proves the exact reconstruction threshold $d\lambda^2>1$, with nonreconstruction at equality, for three-state symmetric and four-state ferromagnetic broadcasting on regular trees ($d\ge2$) and observed Poisson trees (mean $d>1$ and $d>0$, respectively), with Poisson advantage averaged without conditioning on survival. The three-state theorem allows both signs of $\lambda$ and gives the exact weak-recovery threshold for the symmetric three-community stochastic block model.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-Reconstruction-Threshold-for-the-Ferromagnetic-Four-State-Potts-Model-October-5-2026/four-state-potts.pdf}{The Reconstruction Threshold for the Ferromagnetic Four-State Potts Model}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-Capacity-Criterion-for-Four-State-Potts-Reconstruction-on-Trees-October-5-2026/four-state-capacity.pdf}{A Capacity Criterion for Four-State Potts Reconstruction on Trees}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-exact-reconstruction-threshold-for-the-three-state-symmetric-channel-September-25-2026/paper.pdf}{The exact reconstruction threshold for the three-state symmetric channel}}
\resultentry{230}{Exact Hausdorff measure for SLE}{Resolves Schramm’s Hausdorff-measure question for chordal $\mathrm{SLE}_\kappa$, $0<\kappa<8$. The explicit gauge $r^d(\log\log(1/r))^{(2-d)/2}$, $d=1+\kappa/8$, gives almost surely positive finite measure to every trace segment $\gamma([s,t])$ with $0
0}$.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/An-isomorphism-of-the-free-group-factors-September-23-2026/An-isomorphism-of-the-free-group-factors-September-23-2026.pdf}{An isomorphism of the free group factors}}
\resultentry{288}{Kadison's similarity conjecture}{Proves Kadison's similarity conjecture: every bounded complex-linear unital algebra homomorphism from a unital complex $C^*$-algebra to operators on a Hilbert space becomes a $*$-homomorphism after conjugation by a bounded invertible operator.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Kadisons-similarity-theorem-through-uniform-derivation-estimates-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Kadison's similarity theorem through uniform derivation estimates}}
\resultentry{289}{The strong Kadison--Kastler conjecture}{Proves that sufficiently close unital von Neumann algebras on the same Hilbert space are conjugate by a unitary arbitrarily close to the identity, with a universal tolerance in the operator-norm distance between unit balls. Counterexamples show that near-identity conjugacy fails for one-sided near inclusions, and that arbitrarily close norm-separable $C^*$-algebras need not be ambiently unitarily conjugate.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Universal-strong-Kadison-Kastler-stability-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Universal strong Kadison–Kastler stability}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Near-Inclusions-of-von-Neumann-Algebras-Without-Small-Spatial-Embeddings-October-5-2026/near-inclusions.pdf}{Near Inclusions of von Neumann Algebras Without Small Spatial Embeddings}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Close-Separable-Cstar-Algebras-Without-Spatial-Conjugacy-October-5-2026/paper.pdf}{Close Separable $C^*$-Algebras Without Spatial Conjugacy}}
\resultentry{290}{Connes' bicentralizer conjecture and relative bicentralizers}{Proves Connes' bicentralizer conjecture for every type $\mathrm{III}_1$ factor with separable predual and every faithful normal state. More generally, for every inclusion $N\subset M$ of von Neumann algebras with separable preduals admitting a faithful normal conditional expectation, constructs an amenable expected subalgebra $P\subset N$ with $P'\cap c(M)=N'\cap c(M)$, resolving the relative bicentralizer conjecture.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Expected-amenable-subalgebras-preserving-core-commutants-September-23-2026/Expected-amenable-subalgebras-preserving-core-commutants-September-23-2026.pdf}{Core-commutant preservation}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Bounded-recovery-for-modular-spectral-averages-September-23-2026/Bounded-recovery-for-modular-spectral-averages-September-23-2026.pdf}{Modular spectral averages}}
\resultentry{291}{Toms--Winter and equivariant Jiang--Su stability}{Proves equivariant Jiang--Su stability for every countable discrete amenable group action on a simple separable unital infinite-dimensional nuclear stably finite Jiang--Su-stable $C^*$-algebra, resolving this case of Szab\'o's conjecture without restrictions on trace dynamics. The family also proves the unital Toms--Winter conjecture, equating strict comparison, finite nuclear dimension and Jiang--Su stability in the simple separable unital infinite-dimensional nuclear setting.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Equivariant-Jiang-Su-Stability-for-Amenable-Actions-in-the-Unital-Stably-Finite-Case-October-5-2026/paper.pdf}{Equivariant Jiang--Su Stability for Amenable Actions in the Unital Stably Finite Case}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Cuntz-comparison-and-Jiang-Su-absorption-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Cuntz comparison and absorption}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Nuclear-dimension-and-Jiang-Su-stability-without-elementary-subquotients-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Nuclear dimension and Jiang–Su stability}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Tracial-projection-methods-and-uniform-property-Gamma-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Uniform property $\Gamma$}}
\resultentry{292}{A counterexample to Kirchberg's norm-ultrapower embedding problem}{Constructs an explicit separable unital full group $C^*$-algebra that cannot embed unitally into the norm ultrapower of any fixed nonzero unital nuclear $C^*$-algebra, for any free ultrafilter on the natural numbers. Taking the target to be $\mathcal O_2$ answers Kirchberg's norm-ultrapower embedding problem negatively.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/An-explicit-obstruction-to-nuclear-norm-ultrapower-embeddings-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{An explicit obstruction to nuclear norm-ultrapower embeddings}}
\resultentry{293}{A counterexample to the hyperinvariant-subspace problem}{Constructs a nonzero norm-quasinilpotent operator on every infinite-dimensional separable complex Hilbert space with no nonzero proper closed subspace invariant under every commuting operator. The construction also gives operators with no nontrivial invariant projection in the hyperfinite type $\mathrm{II}_1$ factor.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Invariant-projection-counterexamples-for-every-irrational-rotation-September-27-2026/paper.pdf}{Invariant-projection counterexamples for every irrational rotation}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Backward-intertwiners-and-a-transitive-commutant-September-27-2026/paper.pdf}{Backward intertwiners and a transitive commutant}}
\resultentry{294}{A counterexample to Kaplansky's quasitrace conjecture}{Disproves Kaplansky's quasitrace conjecture by constructing a separable unital complex $C^*$-algebra admitting normalized $2$-quasitraces, all of which are nonadditive. As a consequence, two unital simple stably finite $C^*$-algebras can have a properly infinite minimal tensor product, with one factor $C_r^*(\mathbb F_2)$.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-counterexample-to-Kaplanskys-quasitrace-conjecture-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{A counterexample to Kaplansky's quasitrace conjecture and failure of tensor-product stable finiteness}}
\resultentry{295}{The Kadison--Ringrose cohomology conjecture}{Proves that every bounded Hochschild cocycle of degree at least two on a complex von Neumann algebra, with coefficients in the algebra itself, has a bounded primitive. Equivalently, all higher bounded Hochschild cohomology groups vanish, resolving the Kadison--Ringrose conjecture.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Vanishing-of-higher-bounded-Hochschild-cohomology-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Vanishing of higher bounded Hochschild cohomology}}
\resultentry{296}{The generator problem for finite factors}{Proves that every type $\mathrm{II}_1$ factor with separable predual is generated by a single operator, equivalently by two self-adjoint operators, resolving the generator problem. More strongly, for every irreducible inclusion $P\subset M$ of such factors, the unitaries $u$ with $M=W^*(P,u)$ form a dense $G_\delta$ subset in the trace $2$-norm topology.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Relative-generation-and-the-generator-problem-for-finite-factors-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Relative generation and the generator problem for finite factors}}
\resultentry{297}{A ZFC counterexample to Naimark's problem}{Gives an alternative to \href{https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.26930v1}{Tanaka's ZFC construction} of a unital infinite-dimensional simple complex $C^*$-algebra with a faithful tracial state and exactly one nonzero irreducible representation up to unitary equivalence. Thus the unrestricted compact-operator characterization fails without additional set-theoretic assumptions; the counterexample is nonseparable.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-counterexample-to-Naimarks-problem-in-ZFC-September-24-2026/naimark-counterexample-zfc.pdf}{A counterexample to Naimark's problem in ZFC}}
\resultentry{298}{A counterexample to Voiculescu’s free-entropy equality conjecture}{Constructs a bounded self-adjoint tuple in a tracial von Neumann algebra whose microstates and nonmicrostates free entropies satisfy $-\infty<\chi<\chi^*<\infty$. This answers Voiculescu’s finite-entropy equality question negatively: the matrix-approximation and free-Fisher-information definitions differ even when both are finite.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-finite-entropy-separation-of-microstates-and-nonmicrostates-free-entropy-September-25-2026/paper.pdf}{A finite-entropy separation of microstates and nonmicrostates free entropy}}
\resultentry{299}{The Kirchberg--R\o rdam character criterion}{A nonzero unital separable complex $C^*$-algebra is Jiang--Su stable exactly when its norm central-sequence algebra has no characters, for every free ultrafilter. This answers the Kirchberg--R\o rdam character question. Also, the infinite minimal tensor power of every such algebra without characters is Jiang--Su stable, answering the Dadarlat--Toms question.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-Kirchberg-Rordam-character-criterion-September-25-2026/paper.pdf}{The Kirchberg–Rørdam character criterion}}
\resultentry{300}{The Popa--Vaes quadratic strong-operator paving conjecture}{Proves that every self-adjoint element of a complex von Neumann algebra admits strong-operator paving relative to any maximal abelian subalgebra with $O(\varepsilon^{-2})$ blocks. The norm bound holds after compression by a projection arbitrarily close to the identity in the strong topology, resolving the Popa--Vaes quadratic paving conjecture.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Approximation-Paving-over-Arbitrary-Maximal-Abelian-Subalgebras-September-25-2026/Approximation-Paving-over-Arbitrary-Maximal-Abelian-Subalgebras-September-25-2026.pdf}{Approximation paving}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Quadratic-Strong-Operator-Paving-over-Arbitrary-Maximal-Abelian-Subalgebras-September-25-2026/Quadratic-Strong-Operator-Paving-over-Arbitrary-Maximal-Abelian-Subalgebras-September-25-2026.pdf}{Quadratic strong-operator paving}}
\resultentry{301}{Classification by trace cones after Razak--Jacelon stabilization}{Classifies separable nuclear complex $C^*$-algebras after tensoring with the Razak--Jacelon algebra and the compact operators, using their full topological cones of extended lower-semicontinuous tracial weights. This answers Robert’s trace-cone question, including algebras with arbitrary ideal structure and both finite and infinite subquotients.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-trace-cone-classifies-Razak-Jacelon-stabilizations-September-25-2026/The-trace-cone-classifies-Razak-Jacelon-stabilizations-September-25-2026.pdf}{The trace cone classifies Razak–Jacelon stabilizations}}
\resultentry{302}{The Phillips--Toms formula for minimal integer actions}{For every minimal homeomorphism $h$ of an infinite compact metrizable space $X$, the radius of comparison of $C(X)\rtimes_h\mathbb Z$ equals $\tfrac12\mathrm{mdim}(X,h)$, including infinite values. Zero mean dimension is equivalent to the small boundary property, Jiang--Su stability and finite nuclear dimension; in this case nuclear dimension is at most one.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Filtered-products-and-boundary-preserving-compression-in-complex-cobordism-September-25-2026/paper.pdf}{Boundary-preserving cobordism compression}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Radius-of-comparison-equals-half-the-mean-dimension-September-25-2026/paper.pdf}{Radius $=\frac12$ mean dimension}}
\resultentry{303}{From ordinary to strong pure infiniteness}{Resolves the ordinary-to-strong pure-infiniteness question of Kirchberg and R{\o}rdam for complex $C^*$-algebras. For exact algebras, proper infiniteness of one fixed finite amplification of every positive element also suffices. Consequently, every separable nuclear algebra with this property absorbs $\mathcal O_\infty$, without unitality or simplicity assumptions.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Weak-pure-infiniteness-and-O-infinity-absorption-September-25-2026/paper.pdf}{Weak pure infiniteness and O-infinity absorption}}
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\resultentry{304}{The Hilbert--Smith conjecture in every dimension}{Every locally compact second-countable Hausdorff group acting faithfully and jointly continuously on a connected finite-dimensional topological manifold is a Lie group. This proves the Hilbert--Smith conjecture in all finite dimensions, for Hausdorff second-countable manifolds without boundary.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-Hilbert-Smith-conjecture-in-every-finite-dimension-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{The Hilbert–Smith conjecture in every finite dimension}}
\resultentry{305}{Counterexamples to disk embedding and Wall's manifold conjecture}{The unrestricted four-dimensional disk-embedding conjecture fails: framed algebraic dual spheres do not suffice to obtain disjoint locally flat spanning disks. In particular, the free group $F_2$ is not good in the sense of Freedman--Quinn. Also constructs a finitely presented integral Poincaré duality group of dimension four with a finite classifying space but no realization as the fundamental group of a closed aspherical topological four-manifold, disproving Wall's conjecture.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-boundary-only-obstruction-to-four-dimensional-disk-embedding-September-24-2026/paper.pdf}{Boundary-only obstruction}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-marked-tensor-obstruction-to-four-dimensional-disk-embedding-September-24-2026/paper.pdf}{Marked tensor obstruction}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-PD4-group-without-an-aspherical-manifold-model-September-24-2026/paper.pdf}{PD4 group without aspherical manifold model}}
\resultentry{306}{The purely cosmetic surgery conjecture for knots in $S^3$}{Distinct Dehn surgery slopes on a nontrivial smooth knot in $S^3$ never produce orientation-preservingly homeomorphic manifolds, proving the purely cosmetic surgery conjecture. The statement includes the meridional slope.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Purely-Cosmetic-Surgery-on-Knots-in-the-Three-Sphere-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Purely cosmetic surgery on knots in the three-sphere}}
\resultentry{307}{Failure of rational injectivity for maximal coarse assembly}{Constructs a uniformly discrete bounded-geometry space whose maximal coarse assembly map is not rationally injective. The example is a coarse disjoint union of finite connected graphs of uniformly bounded degree, with an infinite-order kernel class. A companion gives the analogous failure for reduced coarse assembly, disproving the rational coarse Novikov conjecture.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Failure-of-rational-injectivity-for-maximal-coarse-assembly-October-5-2026/paper.pdf}{Failure of rational injectivity for maximal coarse assembly}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-counterexample-to-the-coarse-Novikov-conjecture-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{A counterexample to the coarse Novikov conjecture}}
\resultentry{308}{Smith--Toda complexes at every height with varying primes}{For every $n\ge0$, constructs a finite Smith--Toda spectrum at a prime $p$ depending on $n$, with Brown--Peterson homology $BP_*/(p,v_1,\ldots,v_n)$ and the canonical comodule structure. Thus Smith--Toda complexes exist at every height when the prime may vary; an explicit example realizes $V(4)$ at $p=1009$.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Finite-Smith-Toda-Complexes-at-Varying-Primes-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Varying primes}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-finite-Smith-Toda-complex-V4-at-the-prime-1009-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{V(4) at prime 1009}}
\resultentry{309}{The Kervaire invariant problem at the prime three}{Resolves the odd-primary Kervaire invariant problem at the prime three: exactly the standard classes with indices $0$, $2$, and $3$ survive in the mod-three Adams spectral sequence, in stems $10$, $106$, and $322$. Each surviving detection coset contains an element of exact additive order three.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-Kervaire-Invariant-Problem-at-the-Prime-Three-September-24-2026/paper.pdf}{The Kervaire invariant problem at the prime three}}
\resultentry{310}{Quillen's conjecture in rational homology}{Proves the rational-homology form of Quillen's conjecture for every finite group and every prime. If the largest normal $p$-subgroup of $G$ is trivial, the poset of nontrivial elementary abelian $p$-subgroups has nonzero augmented reduced rational homology and is therefore not contractible.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Rational-homology-and-Quillens-conjecture-September-24-2026/paper.pdf}{Rational homology and Quillen's conjecture}}
\resultentry{311}{Chai's invariant-ideal conjecture}{Proves Chai's invariant-ideal conjecture for Lubin--Tate deformation rings over finite residue fields, at every prime and positive height $n$. Through the implication of Barthel--Heard--Naumann, this proves the Hovey--Strickland conjecture: dualizable $K(n)$-local spectra have exactly $n+2$ thick tensor ideals, and their Balmer spectrum is a chain of $n+1$ points.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Stabilizer-Orbits-and-Thick-Tensor-Ideals-of-Dualizable-Kn-Local-Spectra-September-24-2026/paper.pdf}{Stabilizer orbits and thick tensor ideals of dualizable K(n)-local spectra}}
\resultentry{312}{The Grothendieck homotopy hypothesis}{Proves the Grothendieck homotopy hypothesis for $\infty$-groupoids associated with every Grothendieck coherator in the Ara--Henry convention: these algebraic objects recover the homotopy theory of spaces.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-Grothendieck-homotopy-hypothesis-via-elementary-expansions-September-24-2026/paper.pdf}{The Grothendieck homotopy hypothesis via elementary expansions}}
\resultentry{313}{Finite generation for the $K(n)$-local sphere}{Answers the degreewise finiteness question of Hovey and Hovey--Strickland: every homotopy group of the $K(n)$-local sphere is a finitely generated $\mathbb Z_p$-module, for every prime, positive height and integer degree. The same conclusion holds after $K(n)$-localizing any finite $p$-local spectrum.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Finite-generation-for-the-Kn-local-sphere-September-24-2026/Finite-generation-for-the-Kn-local-sphere-September-24-2026.pdf}{Finite generation for the K(n)-local sphere}}
\resultentry{314}{The chromatic Smith fixed-point problem for finite $p$-groups}{Determines the optimal chromatic loss from geometric $H$-fixed points to geometric $G$-fixed points for every subgroup $H$ of a finite $p$-group $G$. At every nonnegative height, the loss equals the shortest subnormal-chain length from $H$ to $G$ with cyclic quotients. Each quotient counts once regardless of order, and finite spectra witness sharpness.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Cyclic-Length-and-Chromatic-Fixed-Point-Loss-September-24-2026/Cyclic-Length-and-Chromatic-Fixed-Point-Loss-September-24-2026.pdf}{Cyclic length and chromatic fixed-point loss}}
\resultentry{315}{The four-dimensional Singer conjecture}{Proves that the $L^2$-Betti numbers of the universal cover of every closed connected aspherical topological four-manifold vanish outside degree two. More generally, the same conclusion holds for every finite connected aspherical integral Poincar\'e complex of formal dimension four, proving the four-dimensional Singer conjecture in this wider class.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-Singer-conjecture-in-dimension-four-September-25-2026/paper.pdf}{The Singer conjecture in dimension four}}
\resultentry{316}{Curtis’s conjecture}{Proves Curtis’s conjecture: the positive-degree mod-two stable Hurewicz image of the sphere is spanned by the images of the Hopf-invariant-one classes $\eta,\nu,\sigma$ and the Kervaire-invariant-one classes that exist.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-Stable-Hurewicz-Image-of-the-Sphere-at-Two-September-25-2026/paper.pdf}{The Stable Hurewicz Image of the Sphere at Two}}
\resultentry{317}{Thomason model structures in every strict higher dimension}{Resolves the Ara--Maltsiniotis conjecture: for every $n\ge1$ and $n=\omega$, small strict globular $n$-categories admit proper combinatorial Thomason model structures Quillen equivalent to simplicial sets. Thus strict higher categories model the homotopy theory of spaces in every stated dimension.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Thomason-Model-Structures-in-Every-Strict-Higher-Dimension-September-25-2026/paper.pdf}{Thomason Model Structures in Every Strict Higher Dimension}}
\resultentry{318}{Chromatic splitting: counterexamples and filtrations}{Disproves strong chromatic splitting at height three for primes $p\ge5$, and weak splitting for the derived $p$-completed sphere at heights $p$ ($p\ge5$) and $p+1$ ($p\ge7$). Nevertheless, for $n\ge1$ and $p>n+1$, the overlap $L_{n-1}L_{K(n)}S_p^\wedge$ admits a $2^n$-stage filtration by the predicted localized-sphere pieces. At height three and prime three, even finite assembly from such pieces fails in the category of $E(2)$-local modules over the derived completed sphere.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Filtered-chromatic-splitting-at-generic-primes-September-25-2026/paper.pdf}{Filtered splitting at generic primes}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-height-three-chromatic-overlap-an-explicit-filtration-and-its-attachments-September-27-2026/paper.pdf}{Height-three filtration and attachments}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-rational-obstruction-to-strong-chromatic-splitting-at-height-three-September-25-2026/paper.pdf}{Rational obstruction to strong splitting}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Failure-of-finite-assembly-for-a-chromatic-overlap-at-the-prime-three-September-25-2026/paper.pdf}{Finite-assembly failure at prime three}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Counterexamples-to-weak-chromatic-splitting-sphere-kernels-and-descent-exponents-September-27-2026/paper.pdf}{Weak chromatic splitting counterexamples}}
\resultentry{319}{Counterexamples to the Hahn--Wilson conjecture at height two}{Refutes the Hahn--Wilson conjecture at chromatic height two. For every sufficiently large prime $p$, constructs a connective $p$-complete spectrum of exact fp-type two that cannot be built from completed $\mathrm{BP}\langle2\rangle$ by finitely many sums, shifts, cones and retracts. The examples nevertheless satisfy the finite and telescopic localization comparisons.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Counterexamples-to-the-Hahn-Wilson-conjecture-at-height-two-September-26-2026/paper.pdf}{Counterexamples to the Hahn-Wilson conjecture at height two}}
\resultentry{320}{A four-dimensional counterexample to Borel rigidity}{Constructs closed connected aspherical topological four-manifolds that are homotopy equivalent but not homeomorphic, with a common word-hyperbolic fundamental group. This disproves even the homeomorphism-existence formulation of the Borel conjecture in dimension four.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Nonhomeomorphic-closed-aspherical-four-manifolds-with-the-same-homotopy-type-October-4-2026/paper.pdf}{Nonhomeomorphic closed aspherical four-manifolds with the same homotopy type}}
\resultentry{321}{A counterexample to Wall's finite D(2) conjecture}{Constructs a finite connected three-dimensional CW complex whose universal cover has no integral homology above degree two and whose third cohomology vanishes for every local coefficient module, but which has no finite two-dimensional homotopy model. This disproves Wall's finite D(2) conjecture; the example has infinite fundamental group.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-Counterexample-to-Walls-D2-Problem-October-6-2026/wall-d2-counterexample.pdf}{A Counterexample to Wall's D(2) Problem}}
\cataloguesection{Functional analysis}{11}
\resultentry{322}{Tingley's sphere-isometry problem}{Resolves Tingley's problem: every surjective isometry between the unit spheres of nonzero real Banach spaces extends uniquely to a surjective real-linear isometry of the whole spaces. No dimension restriction is imposed, so the metric geometry of the unit sphere determines the Banach space up to linear isometry.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-positive-solution-to-Tingleys-problem-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{A positive solution to Tingley’s problem}}
\resultentry{323}{Relative independence of the separable quotient problem}{Establishes, relative to the consistency of a measurable cardinal, that the separable quotient problem is independent of ZFC. The assertion that every infinite-dimensional Banach space has a separable infinite-dimensional quotient can hold for all real and complex Banach spaces, whereas the continuum hypothesis yields counterexamples over both fields.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Relative-independence-of-the-separable-quotient-problem-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Relative independence of the separable quotient problem}}
\resultentry{324}{Lipschitz equivalence without linear isomorphism}{Constructs separable real Banach spaces that are globally bi-Lipschitz equivalent but not linearly isomorphic, resolving the separable Lipschitz-isomorphism problem negatively. Thus even the complete metric structure up to bi-Lipschitz equivalence does not determine a separable Banach space's linear isomorphism class.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Lipschitz-Equivalent-Separable-Banach-Spaces-Need-Not-Be-Linearly-Isomorphic-September-24-2026/paper.pdf}{Lipschitz equivalence without linear isomorphism}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Bi-Lipschitz-Absorption-of-c0-Without-a-Linear-Copy-of-c0-September-26-2026/paper.pdf}{Bi-Lipschitz $c_0$ absorption}}
\resultentry{325}{The complete Crouzeix conjecture}{Resolves the complete Crouzeix conjecture: for every bounded operator $A$ on a complex Hilbert space and every finite matrix-valued polynomial $P$, one has $\lVert P[A]\rVert\le2\sup_{z\in W(A)}\lVert P(z)\rVert$, where $W(A)$ is the numerical range. The constant $2$ is sharp, independent of the matrix size, and valid in infinite dimensions.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-direct-proof-of-the-complete-Crouzeix-inequality-September-26-2026/paper.pdf}{Direct proof}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-complete-Crouzeix-theorem-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Structural proof}}
\resultentry{326}{The cotype--cotype conjecture under the approximation property}{Resolves the cotype--cotype conjecture for real Banach spaces with the approximation property. Such a nonzero space is $K$-convex if and only if both it and its dual have finite Rademacher cotype, with possibly different exponents. Equivalently, these cotype assumptions force nontrivial Rademacher type.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-cotype-cotype-conjecture-under-the-approximation-property-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{The cotype–cotype conjecture under the approximation property}}
\resultentry{327}{Markov type characterizes superreflexivity}{Proves that every real Banach space with Markov type $p$ for some $p>1$ admits an equivalent uniformly convex norm, answering Naor's renorming question. Together with the known converse, this characterizes superreflexivity by nontrivial Markov type.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Nontrivial-Markov-Type-Forces-Superreflexivity-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Nontrivial Markov Type Forces Superreflexivity}}
\resultentry{328}{Fixed points of nonexpansive maps in reflexive Banach spaces}{Resolves Kirk's reflexive-space fixed-point problem: every nonexpansive selfmap of a nonempty closed bounded convex subset of a real reflexive Banach space has a fixed point. The result uses the original norm, without assuming uniform convexity.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Fixed-Points-of-Nonexpansive-Maps-in-Reflexive-Banach-Spaces-September-24-2026/paper.pdf}{Fixed Points of Nonexpansive Maps in Reflexive Banach Spaces}}
\resultentry{329}{A counterexample to Pietsch's metric-entropy duality conjecture}{Disproves Pietsch's dimension-free duality conjecture for metric entropy. Origin-symmetric convex bodies violate every proposed choice of universal constants in the conjectured comparison between covering numbers and those of the polar bodies, even when the covering body is a cube.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Counterexamples-to-the-duality-conjecture-for-metric-entropy-September-24-2026/main.pdf}{Counterexamples to the duality conjecture for metric entropy}}
\resultentry{330}{A negative answer to Kalton's Lipschitz-free approximation question}{Constructs a countable uniformly discrete metric space whose real Lipschitz-free Banach space has the approximation property but not the bounded approximation property, answering Kalton's question negatively. Finite-rank operators approximate the identity on every compact set, but their norms cannot share a finite bound.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Failure-of-Bounded-Approximation-in-a-Lipschitz-Free-Space-over-a-Uniformly-Discrete-Metric-Space-September-26-2026/main.pdf}{A uniformly discrete counterexample to bounded approximation in Lipschitz-free spaces}}
\resultentry{331}{Asymptotic midpoint uniform convexity without asymptotically uniformly convex renorming}{Constructs a real reflexive Banach space with an asymptotically midpoint uniformly convex norm but no equivalent asymptotically uniformly convex norm, extending Baudier's separation to reflexive spaces. In the same space, depth-$k$ countably branching diamonds require distortion at least $\sqrt{1+k/12}$, so midpoint uniform convexity does not force uniformly bounded diamond distortion even under reflexivity.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Asymptotic-midpoint-uniform-convexity-and-unbounded-diamond-distortion-in-a-reflexive-tree-space-September-27-2026/manuscript.pdf}{Reflexive tree-space example}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Midpoint-lenses-in-segment-spaces-September-27-2026/manuscript.pdf}{Midpoint lenses}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Diamond-distortion-from-midpoint-and-tree-energies-September-27-2026/manuscript.pdf}{Midpoint and tree energies}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Exact-asymptotic-moduli-in-a-Daugavet-subspace-of-L1-September-27-2026/manuscript.pdf}{Daugavet subspace moduli}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Midpoint-convexity-from-bounded-tree-potentials-and-path-costs-September-27-2026/manuscript.pdf}{Bounded tree potentials}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Independent-products-in-real-L1-asymptotic-midpoint-convexity-without-AUC-renormings-September-27-2026/manuscript.pdf}{Independent products in real L1}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Midpoint-convexity-from-two-recursive-potentials-September-27-2026/manuscript.pdf}{Two recursive potentials}}
\resultentry{332}{Metric Markov cotype two for $\ell_1$}{Proves that real $\ell_1$ has metric Markov cotype two, answering Mendel and Naor's question. Consequently, every Lipschitz map from an arbitrary subset of a real Hilbert space into $\ell_1$ extends to the whole space with a universal multiplicative loss in its Lipschitz constant, resolving Ball's extension problem for this target.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Metric-Markov-Cotype-Two-of-l1-October-5-2026/l1-markov-cotype.pdf}{Metric Markov Cotype Two of $\ell_1$}}
\cataloguesection{Differential geometry}{7}
\resultentry{333}{Smooth isometric immersions of surfaces into $\mathbb R^4$}{Every closed smooth Riemannian surface admits a smooth isometric immersion into $\mathbb R^4$, resolving the closed-surface form of the four-dimensional isometric-immersion problem. This includes nonorientable surfaces and metrics of arbitrary Gaussian curvature.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Smooth-isometric-immersions-of-closed-surfaces-into-Euclidean-four-space-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Smooth isometric immersions of closed surfaces into Euclidean four-space}}
\resultentry{334}{A smooth surface metric with no local immersion in $\mathbb R^3$}{Constructs a smooth positive-definite metric on $(-1,1)^2$ for which no neighborhood of the origin admits a smooth isometric immersion into $\mathbb R^3$. This answers the unrestricted smooth local isometric realization problem for surfaces negatively, even after shrinking the neighborhood.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-Smooth-Metric-with-No-Local-Isometric-Immersion-into-Three-Space-September-24-2026/paper.pdf}{A Smooth Metric with No Local Isometric Immersion into Three-Space}}
\resultentry{335}{Gromov's integral scalar-curvature inequality}{Proves $\int_M(\mathrm{Scal}_g^-)^{n/2}\,dV_g\ge a_n\lVert M\rVert$ for every closed connected oriented smooth $n$-manifold, $n\ge3$, and every smooth metric, with $a_n>0$ depending only on dimension. Here $\mathrm{Scal}_g^-=\max\{0,-\mathrm{Scal}_g\}$ and $\lVert M\rVert$ is real simplicial volume. Also proves rational inessentiality under positive scalar curvature, resolving the Gromov--Lawson conjecture; every nonnegative-scalar-curvature metric on a closed aspherical manifold is flat.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/An-integral-scalar-curvature-bound-for-real-simplicial-volume-October-5-2026/v126-proof.pdf}{An integral scalar curvature bound for real simplicial volume}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Positive-scalar-curvature-forces-rational-inessentiality-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Positive scalar curvature forces rational inessentiality}}
\resultentry{336}{Spectral scalar curvature and codimension-two width}{Every complete connected smooth boundaryless $n$-manifold, $n\ge3$, satisfying $-4\Delta+\mathrm{Scal}\ge1$ as a quadratic-form inequality admits a continuous map to a simplicial complex of dimension at most $n-2$ whose entire fibers have diameter bounded only by $n$ in the original metric. This strengthens Gromov's width conclusion to spectral scalar curvature. Universal covers of closed positive-scalar-curvature manifolds also have continuous macroscopic dimension at most $n-2$ for every $n\ge2$.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Spectral-scalar-curvature-and-uniform-Urysohn-width-October-5-2026/main.pdf}{Spectral scalar curvature and uniform Urysohn width}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Spectral-scalar-curvature-and-Urysohn-width-in-dimension-three-October-5-2026/spectral-urysohn-three-manifolds.pdf}{Spectral scalar curvature and Urysohn width in dimension three}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Positive-scalar-curvature-and-uniform-codimension-two-width-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Positive scalar curvature and uniform codimension-two width}}
\resultentry{337}{Cartan--Hadamard isoperimetry and CAT$(0)$ fillings}{Proves generalized Cartan--Hadamard isoperimetry in every dimension: in a complete simply connected manifold with sectional curvature at most $\kappa\le0$, every finite-volume finite-perimeter set satisfies the sharp comparison with the equal-volume model ball. Bounded positive-volume equality regions for $\kappa=0$ are Euclidean balls. Also proves sharp Euclidean filling bounds for compactly supported integral $n$-cycles, $n\ge2$, in arbitrary proper CAT$(0)$ spaces.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Generalized-Cartan-Hadamard-isoperimetry-and-Euclidean-equality-rigidity-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Cartan–Hadamard isoperimetry and rigidity}\enspace\textperiodcentered\enspace\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Sharp-integral-fillings-in-CAT(0)-spaces-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Sharp integral fillings in CAT(0) spaces}}
\resultentry{338}{Yau's uniformization conjecture}{Proves Yau's uniformization conjecture: every complete connected noncompact K\"ahler manifold with strictly positive holomorphic bisectional curvature is biholomorphic to $\mathbb C^n$.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Uniformization-of-complete-Kahler-manifolds-with-positive-bisectional-curvature-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Uniformization of complete Kähler manifolds with positive bisectional curvature}}
\resultentry{339}{Katok's entropy rigidity conjecture}{Proves Katok's entropy rigidity conjecture for closed connected Riemannian manifolds of dimension at least three with strictly negative sectional curvature: normalized Liouville measure maximizes entropy for the geodesic flow if and only if the metric is locally symmetric.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Entropy-equality-and-local-symmetry-in-negative-curvature-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Entropy equality and local symmetry in negative curvature}}
\resultentry{340}{A counterexample to the nearby Lagrangian conjecture}{Disproves the unrestricted nearby Lagrangian conjecture. For some sufficiently large even $N$, constructs a closed exact embedded Lagrangian in $T^*(S^9\times S^{N-1})$ that is diffeomorphic to the base but not Hamiltonian isotopic to its zero section.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-counterexample-to-the-nearby-Lagrangian-conjecture-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{A counterexample to the nearby Lagrangian conjecture}}
\resultentry{341}{Donaldson's hypersymplectic deformation conjecture}{Proves Donaldson's hypersymplectic deformation conjecture in a cohomology-preserving form. Every positive triple of smooth closed two-forms on a closed connected oriented four-manifold, normalized by $\int\omega_i\wedge\omega_j=\delta_{ij}$, deforms through positive closed triples to a hyperk\"ahler triple while preserving all three cohomology classes. Any positive triple can first be normalized by a constant linear change.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Deforming-hypersymplectic-four-manifolds-to-hyperkahler-triples-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Deforming hypersymplectic four-manifolds to hyperkähler triples}}
\resultentry{342}{Donaldson's tamed-to-compatible conjecture}{Proves Donaldson's tamed-to-compatible conjecture: every smooth almost complex structure on a closed four-manifold that is tamed by a symplectic form admits a compatible symplectic form. The almost complex structure stays fixed; the form's cohomology class may change.}{\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Taming-implies-compatibility-on-four-manifolds-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{Taming implies compatibility on four-manifolds}}
\resultentry{343}{Sharp symplectic ball-packing criteria in higher dimensions}{Resolves the Siegel--Yao conjecture for arbitrary capacities in every dimension $2n\ge6$. Finitely many closed symplectic balls of capacities $R_1,\ldots,R_k$ embed disjointly into an open ball of capacity $R$ exactly when $\sum_iR_i^n