A stable-coordinate counterexample in four variables

What OpenAI claims

Constructs a polynomial in four complex variables that is not a coordinate but becomes one after adjoining a single variable, disproving the Stable Coordinate conjecture in four variables. Every fiber is affine three-space, yet none of its embeddings is rectifiable, also disproving the Abhyankar–Sathaye conjecture even when all fibers are affine spaces. (Lean)

Papers (2)

1. A stable coordinate that is not a coordinate in four variables

   5 October 2026 · Preprint, not peer reviewed · PDF

   OpenAI's abstract We construct an explicit degree-five polynomial over C that is not a coordinate in four variables but becomes one after adjoining a single variable. This gives a counterexample to the stable coordinate conjecture in four variables. Every fiber is isomorphic to affine three-space, yet its embedding in affine four-space is not rectifiable. Thus the example also disproves the Abhyankar–Sathaye embedding conjecture in ambient dimension four.

2. An explicit noncoordinate polynomial with affine three-space zero fibre

   24 September 2026 · Preprint, not peer reviewed · PDF

   OpenAI's abstract We construct an explicit counterexample to the Abhyankar–Sathaye conjecture: a noncoordinate polynomial in four complex variables whose zero fibre is affine three-space. Adjoining variables gives counterexamples in every ambient dimension at least four.

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.