A Central Limit Theorem for High-Temperature SYK Model

Yoshinori Kamijima, Shuta Nakajima, Ryoichiro Noda, Kôhei Sasaya

Kamijima, Nakajima, Noda and Sasaya report a nondegenerate Gaussian limit for N^(q/2−1)(log Z_N−E log Z_N) in the Gaussian q-body SYK model, for fixed even q≥4 and sufficiently small nonzero inverse temperature.

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What was already known

Annealed free-energy limits and Hamiltonian linear-statistics fluctuation results did not establish this thermodynamic fluctuation statement.

AI involvement AI-centered

Humans proposed the partition-function route and refined ChatGPT-generated arguments; the authors report AI-generated, human-reviewed Lean code.

ChatGPT supplied retained analytic proof arguments after humans proposed the partition-function route and refined them. Human direction does not erase the central proof contribution.

Importance Notable

Identifies the fluctuation law in a quantum-disorder model studied in statistical physics and holography.

Limitations

High-temperature asymptotics through even N; no low-temperature claim. The reported Lean development assumes Proposition 4.2, which is unformalized. AIProofWatch has not audited the proof or compiled the code.

Technical verification Partial

Only the stated computational, numerical, conditional or component checks are documented for this scope; the full claimed endpoint has not received a documented complete rigorous check in the reviewed evidence. High-temperature asymptotics through even N; no low-temperature claim. The reported Lean development assumes Proposition 4.2, which is unformalized. AIProofWatch has not audited the proof or compiled the code.

Human understanding Full

Named human researchers explain or reconstruct the scoped central mechanism in the cited paper/account; credit for that explanation is separate from technical checking. Humans proposed the partition-function route and refined ChatGPT-generated arguments; the authors report AI-generated, human-reviewed Lean code.

Correction and publication history

2026-10-14 · publication

Primary-source statement, baseline, AI role and limitations reviewed on 14 October 2026. Complete current catalog checked for equivalent records. New recent paper; ordinary notifying publication.

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