OpenAI reports a squarefree-value density for every irreducible quartic

Every irreducible integer quartic with no fixed prime-square divisor takes squarefree values with the predicted positive Euler-product density.

Sources for this record

What was already known

Earlier power-free-value results did not give this general squarefree-density theorem for irreducible quartics; the manuscript supplies the missing large-prime control.

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 Notable

Establishes the expected squarefree-value density across the stated quartic class.

Limitations

The pinned Lean scope note covers a stronger all-degree power-free statement that includes this quartic case. The machine check is reported by OpenAI and was not reproduced here.

Technical verification Formal (Lean 4)

OpenAI reports a Lean proof matching the selected claim.

Formal checking

The pinned Lean scope note states the positive-density power-free theorem in all degrees at least four, including squarefree quartics.

Checker
OpenAI-reported Lean 4 / Comparator
Scope
Every irreducible integer quartic with no fixed prime-square divisor takes squarefree values with the predicted positive Euler-product density.
Basis
Reported by the linked checker
Evidence source

Checking a formal statement does not establish that it matches the original problem.

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

Primary manuscript, attribution, prior-work, and scoped checking review for non-notifying local inclusion.

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