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OpenAI reports: Nonamenability of Thompson’s group F

OpenAI reports that Thompson’s group F, viewed as a discrete group, is nonamenable.

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What was already known

The problem asks whether F admits an invariant mean, equivalently the relevant Følner behavior. Known structural facts about F do not decide that property.

What changed and why it matters

Resolves the longstanding amenability question for the specified Thompson group.

The AI contribution

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

Limitations

The claim concerns Thompson’s group F, not other Thompson groups, and an abstract nonamenability result is not an efficient membership or word-problem algorithm. 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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Author claim

The publisher reports the scoped result. AIProofWatch has not independently validated its correctness.

Accessible artifact / proof

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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