Joint metric and connection recovery from one boundary patch

What OpenAI claims

Zero-frequency measurements on any nonempty open boundary patch determine a smooth metric and smooth unitary connection on a trivial Hermitian rank-two bundle over a compact connected manifold of dimension at least three, up to diffeomorphism and gauge fixed on that patch. Inputs and observations use the same patch. In contrast, distinct uniformly positive bounded measurable scalar conductivities on a three-dimensional ball can have identical full-boundary data. (Lean)

Papers (3)

1. Determination of a metric and a unitary connection from one boundary patch

   5 October 2026 · Preprint, not peer reviewed · PDF

   We prove that zero-frequency boundary measurements on any nonempty open boundary patch determine both a smooth Riemannian metric and a smooth unitary connection on the trivial Hermitian rank-two bundle over a compact connected smooth manifold of dimension at least three with smooth boundary. Both inputs and observations are restricted to the same patch. The metric and connection are determined up to a diffeomorphism and a unitary gauge that restrict to the identity on the measured patch.

2. Smooth anisotropic uniqueness in the Calderón problem from one boundary patch

   24 September 2026 · Preprint, not peer reviewed · PDF

   We resolve the smooth anisotropic Calderón uniqueness problem with arbitrary same-patch measurements. A smooth Riemannian metric on a compact connected manifold of dimension at least three is determined, up to a diffeomorphism fixing the measured patch, by its zero-frequency Dirichlet-to-Neumann energy form with both input and observation on any nonempty open boundary patch.

3. Nonuniqueness for bounded measurable scalar conductivities in three dimensions

   23 September 2026 · Preprint, not peer reviewed · PDF

   We construct two distinct uniformly positive bounded measurable scalar conductivities on a ball in ℝ3 with the same full Dirichlet-to-Neumann operator. Both conductivities equal one near the boundary. This gives nonuniqueness in the scalar Calderón problem at bounded measurable regularity.

Status

Preprint. The papers have not been independently reviewed. Treat the result as OpenAI's claim until other mathematicians have checked it. If a video exists, it illustrates the statement; it is not the proof.