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 It has not been peer reviewed.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.
Chapter 81 of 84 in Every OpenAI Math Result, Part 3 of 4: Operator Paving, Naimark's Problem and 82 More · starts at 27:55 · watch from there on YouTube →
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)
Elliptic capacity propagation and Fourier restriction to the sphere
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.
Diagonal Fourier extension for positively curved surfaces in three dimensions
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 OpenAI posted 2 preprints, the latest dated 24 September 2026; it has not been peer reviewed, so treat the result as OpenAI's claim until other mathematicians have checked it.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.
- Where is the proof?
- In the paper, Elliptic capacity propagation and Fourier restriction to the sphere (PDF).
- Is there a video?
- Yes, on YouTube (29:20, chapter 81).
Also in
- Chapter 6 of 10 in Falconer Distance Conjecture, Bochner–Riesz Conjecture and 8 More · starts at 1:45 · watch from there on YouTube →
The video
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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