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Function-field reconstruction from Milnor K-theory and Galois data
One of the 372 results in OpenAI's public mathematics catalogue, filed under number theory: 3 preprints, the latest dated 5 October 2026. This page quotes OpenAI's own summary of the claim, links the papers and abstracts, and embeds the animation.
Chapter 2 of 10 in Zilber–Pink Conjecture, Duffin–Schaeffer Conjecture and 8 More in Number Theory · starts at 0:21 · watch from there on YouTube →
What OpenAI claims
Reconstructs function fields of transcendence degree at least two over algebraically closed constants from KM1/ℓ, KM2/ℓ, and their product. These data recover the perfect closure and constants when ℓ differs from the characteristic, and the original field and its named base in equal characteristic. Also proves Bogomolov–Pop reconstruction from abelian-by-central pro-ℓ Galois data away from the characteristic. (Lean)
Papers (3)
Reconstruction of Function Fields from Mod-ℓ Milnor K-Theory
We prove a mod-ℓ Bogomolov–Pop reconstruction theorem for function fields of transcendence degree at least two over arbitrary algebraically closed fields of characteristic different from ℓ. The groups KM1/ℓ and KM2/ℓ, together with their full bilinear product, determine the perfect closure and its constant field. Every compatible isomorphism of these data is induced by a field isomorphism up to a single scalar in 𝔽ℓ×, with only Frobenius ambiguity in the field isomorphism in positive characteristic.
Reconstruction from Milnor K-theory modulo the characteristic
Let K and L be finitely generated extensions of transcendence degree at least two over algebraically closed fields of characteristic p. We prove that every isomorphism of their first Milnor K-groups modulo p preserving the degree-two Steinberg relations is a nonzero scalar multiple of the map induced by a unique field isomorphism. The proof recovers projective lines over the subfields of pth powers by an elementary calculation with derivations.
The Bogomolov-Pop reconstruction theorem
We prove the Bogomolov–Pop reconstruction conjecture for function fields of transcendence degree at least two over arbitrary algebraically closed fields of characteristic different from ℓ. The pro-ℓ abelian-by-central datum determines the perfect closure and its constant field, with precisely the Frobenius and ℓ-adic unit ambiguities.
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.
The video
Zilber–Pink Conjecture, Duffin–Schaeffer Conjecture and 8 More in Number Theory · Compilation · 3:28 · chapter 2 from 0:21 · description, sources and chapters →
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