OpenAI reports the sharp symmetric Bernoulli singularity rate

For a symmetric n×n matrix whose entries on and above the diagonal are independent uniform signs, the probability of singularity is (1/2+o(1))^n.

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What was already known

Tikhomirov had established the sharp rate for matrices with all entries independent. Symmetry makes row exposures dependent, and earlier symmetric-matrix work had weaker nonsingularity bounds.

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

Determines the sharp exponential singularity rate in the symmetric sign-matrix model.

Limitations

The diagonal entries are independent signs too; the result is an asymptotic exponential rate, not an exact finite-n probability. No completed proof check was documented in the available sources.

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 check remains undocumented.

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