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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What was already known

Ghoussoub–Gui and Ambrosio–Cabré proved lower-dimensional cases. Savin proved the assertion through dimension eight with added directional end-limit assumptions; nonplanar monotone solutions exist from dimension nine onward.

AI involvement AI-led

OpenAI credits itself as manuscript author and states that its internal frontier model produced the results in this release. Individual human input is not detailed enough to establish task-only autonomy.

OpenAI is named as author on the manuscript, and its release attributes the results to an internal frontier model. The individual human input is not detailed enough to establish autonomy.

Importance Major

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

Limitations

The theorem is for values strictly between the two wells and a strictly positive directional derivative. No independent formal proof check is documented for this manuscript.

Technical verification Reported

Reported is the default when evidence for a higher level is insufficient. The OpenAI-authored manuscript reports and argues the result, but the reviewed sources do not document a completed check of the full assessed claim.

Human understanding Few

Few is the default when evidence for a higher level is insufficient. No named person is documented as explaining the central argument for this assessed contribution.

Correction and publication history

2026-10-18 · publication

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