Maximal Seshadri constants on arbitrary polarized surfaces

OpenAI

For every smooth integral complex projective surface S with ample L, the manuscript claims that all sufficiently large r have maximal multipoint Seshadri constant ε(S,L;p)=√(L²/r) at very general distinct r-tuples, with a nef boundary divisor on the blowup.

Sources for this record

What was already known

Nagata proved a plane square-number case; Harbourne obtained surface square-case estimates and asymptotic bounds. These did not show eventual algebraic maximality for every ample polarization and every large integer r.

AI involvement AI-led

OpenAI credits its internal model with the surface manuscript and proof artifacts. Staff organized the release; no named human checker or independent explanation of the interpolation argument is documented.

The institution credits model production of the surface manuscript and proof artifacts, with human selection and release work; prompt-level independence is not documented.

Importance Notable

The result resolves qualitative eventual maximality for all smooth complex polarized surfaces.

Limitations

The threshold depends on (S,L) and is not explicit. The reported Lean scope is this surface theorem; higher-dimensional, positive-characteristic and sharp plane claims need separate assessment.

Technical verification Formal (Lean 4 kernel and Comparator)

OpenAI's Lean scope page reports a formalized theorem for every smooth complex projective surface and ample L, with an (S,L)-dependent threshold, very general configurations and nef boundary class. The Main.lean proof and Comparator challenge match this surface claim. No corresponding machine check is established here for the broader higher-dimensional or positive-characteristic claims; the build was not rerun.

Formal checking

Source-reported Lean proof of maximalSeshadriConstants against the EventualMaximalSeshadri comparator statement

Checker
Lean kernel and Comparator in OpenAI's released Lean library
Scope
Eventual maximal multipoint Seshadri constants and nef boundary class for smooth integral complex projective surfaces with ample L
Basis
Reported by the linked checker
Evidence source

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

Human understanding Few

Default for missing human explanation: the release supplies a proof overview but attributes the manuscripts to a model and names no person who explains or independently reviewed its central interpolation argument.

Correction and publication history

2026-10-18 · publication

If correct, the result resolves qualitative eventual maximality for all smooth complex polarized surfaces.

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