OpenAI reports Gromov’s integral scalar-curvature bound

For every n≥3, a dimension-dependent constant aₙ>0 bounds the integral of the n/2 power of the negative part of scalar curvature below by aₙ times real simplicial volume, for every closed connected oriented smooth n-manifold and metric.

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What was already known

Gromov proposed the dimension-uniform integral estimate in 1986. Prior results treated additional geometric or topological hypotheses, including universal-cover spin cases and selected four-manifold classes.

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

Proves the general integral scalar-curvature inequality proposed by Gromov.

Limitations

The argument uses a separate companion manuscript’s nonnegative-scalar-curvature vanishing theorem as an input; this record assesses the stated integral inequality and does not independently check that input.

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

Primary manuscript, attribution, and prior-work review for non-notifying local inclusion; technical verification remains Reported.

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