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A counterexample to integer-degree harmonic dimension comparison

Does the classical conjecture or property hold, or does there exist a counterexample as established in A counterexample to integer-degree harmonic dimension comparison?

Model / AI: OpenAI (unreleased)

machine-checked (counterexample)self-reported (counterexample)
Oct 6, 2026

Lean formalization in OpenAI math repository (Result 361)

Model / AI: OpenAI (unreleased)

machine-checked (counterexample)self-reported (counterexample)

OpenAI's internal frontier model proved and formalized in Lean the main result of 'A counterexample to integer-degree harmonic dimension comparison'. For some even n ≥ 8 and integer k ≥ 2, we construct a complete smooth metric on ℝn with nonnegative Ricci curvature whose space of real harmonic functions of pointwise polynomial growth at most k has dimension larger than the Euclidean harmonic-polynomial dimension. The metric is Euclidean near the origin, has asymptotic volume ratio strictly between zero and one, and has nonunique tangent cones at infinity. This answers the integer-degree form of Yau's dimension comparison question in the negative.

Source read 2026-10-08. Cataloged from OpenAI's formalization.yaml (Family 361). The Lean development was not rebuilt locally.