OpenAI reports a positive solution to De Giorgi’s conjecture in dimension eight

Every entire C² solution u:ℝ⁸→(−1,1) of Δu=u³−u with a strictly positive derivative in one fixed direction is a planar tanh heteroclinic, without an assumed limit at either end of that direction.

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Every entire C² solution u:ℝ⁸→(−1,1) of Δu=u³−u with a strictly positive derivative in one fixed direction is a planar tanh heteroclinic, without an assumed limit at either end of that direction.

Why it matters

If correct, resolves the remaining dimension-eight monotone rigidity case of De Giorgi’s conjecture for the scalar quartic Allen–Cahn equation.

What counts as progress

Are all bounded strictly monotone Allen–Cahn solutions in ℝ⁸ planar?

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