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Research / Oct 6, 2026

An Upper Bound of 9/4 for the Matrix Multiplication Exponent

Can the mathematical statement in An Upper Bound of 9/4 for the Matrix Multiplication Exponent be proved and verified machine-checked in Lean?

Model / AI: OpenAI (unreleased)

machine-checked (formal proof)self-reported (formal proof)
Oct 6, 2026

Lean formalization in OpenAI math repository (Result 107)

Model / AI: OpenAI (unreleased)

machine-checked (formal proof)self-reported (formal proof)

OpenAI's internal frontier model proved and formalized in Lean the main result of 'An Upper Bound of 9/4 for the Matrix Multiplication Exponent'. We prove that the exponent of matrix multiplication over the complex numbers is at most 9/4.

Source read 2026-10-08. Cataloged from OpenAI's formalization.yaml (Family 107). The Lean development was not rebuilt locally.