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OpenAI reports: a power saving for exact discrete Fourier transforms

The manuscript reports one deterministic algorithm computing the exact complex discrete Fourier transform at every length n in O(n(log n)^(1−10^−13)) operations, including scalar preparation, scheduling and indexing, in its specified arithmetic model.

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The manuscript reports one deterministic algorithm computing the exact complex discrete Fourier transform at every length n in O(n(log n)^(1−10^−13)) operations, including scalar preparation, scheduling and indexing, in its specified arithmetic model.

Why it matters

If correct, breaks the n log n arithmetic-operation scale for all transform lengths in the stated model; the small saving and practical limitations do not erase its theoretical impact.

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