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OpenAI reports: A Sidorenko counterexample

OpenAI reports a bipartite graph with 35 vertices and 66 edges whose homomorphism density in a finite simple host is below the predicted edge-density bound; it also reports failure of the associated forcing assertion.

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What was already known

Sidorenko’s conjecture predicts the lower bound for every bipartite pattern. One rigorously established counterexample would refute that universal statement despite many known positive classes.

What changed and why it matters

Refutes the universal Sidorenko assertion with an explicitly specified finite pattern.

The AI contribution

OpenAI attributes these manuscripts to its internal model. The entry does not infer individual human contributions beyond that publisher attribution.

Limitations

Homomorphisms include noninjective maps. The statement is about the specified bipartite pattern and existence of a host, not failure for every bipartite graph. Preprint. This is a source-statement and significance assessment, not a proof audit. No independent checking or successful formal compilation is asserted by this entry.

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The original written argument is accessible. Availability does not establish a successful proof check or Lean verification.

Correction and publication history

2026-10-11 · publication

Historical report added after statement, scope, and importance review. No proof audit or formal checking asserted; subscriber alerts disabled.

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