Real and complex analysis·OpenAI Math·Result 077

Fourier restriction for positively curved surfaces

One of the 372 results in OpenAI's public mathematics catalogue, filed under real and complex analysis: 2 preprints, the latest dated 24 September 2026. This page quotes OpenAI's own summary of the claim, links the papers and abstracts, and embeds the animation.

In one line: OpenAI reports a result titled ‘Fourier restriction for positively curved surfaces’ (real and complex analysis) in 2 preprints, the latest dated 24 September 2026. It has not been peer reviewed. The channel's animation, Every OpenAI Math Result, Part 3 of 4: Operator Paving, Naimark's Problem and 82 More, is on YouTube.

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What OpenAI claims

Proves the diagonal Fourier extension conjecture for positively curved surfaces in three dimensions. For every compact smooth positively curved surface Σ ⊂ ℝ3, including surfaces with boundary, the extension operator is bounded from Lp(Σ) to Lp(ℝ3) for every p > 3.

Papers (2)

  1. Elliptic capacity propagation and Fourier restriction to the sphere

    · Preprint, not peer reviewed · PDF

    OpenAI's abstract We prove the bounded-data Fourier restriction conjecture for the sphere in three dimensions: the Fourier extension operator maps L∞(S2) boundedly into Lp(ℝ3) for every p > 3. This is the full conjectured open range, and the threshold p = 3 is sharp.

  2. Diagonal Fourier extension for positively curved surfaces in three dimensions

    · Preprint, not peer reviewed · PDF

    OpenAI's abstract We prove the diagonal Fourier extension conjecture for compact smooth positively curved surfaces Σ ⊂ ℝ3, including surfaces with smooth boundary. For every 3 < p < ∞, the extension operator maps Lp(Σ) boundedly into Lp(ℝ3). The compact paraboloid case also yields free Schrödinger local smoothing in two spatial dimensions for every 3 < p < ∞ and Sobolev order s > 2-6/p.

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.

Quick answers

Is it proven?
Not independently yet. OpenAI posted 2 preprints, the latest dated 24 September 2026; it has not been peer reviewed, so treat the result as OpenAI's claim until other mathematicians have checked it.
What exactly does OpenAI claim?
Proves the diagonal Fourier extension conjecture for positively curved surfaces in three dimensions. For every compact smooth positively curved surface Σ ⊂ ℝ3, including surfaces with boundary, the extension operator is bounded from Lp(Σ) to Lp(ℝ3) for every p > 3.
Is there a video?
Yes, on YouTube (29:20, chapter 81).

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Every OpenAI Math Result, Part 3 of 4: Operator Paving, Naimark's Problem and 82 More · Compilation · 29:20 · chapter 81 from 27:55 · description, sources and chapters →

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