Combinatorics·OpenAI Math·Result 176·Lean formalisation listed
The second Kahn–Kalai conjecture with an edge-count bound
One of the 372 results in OpenAI's public mathematics catalogue, filed under combinatorics: 1 preprint, the latest dated 24 September 2026. This page quotes OpenAI's own summary of the claim, links the paper and abstract, and embeds the animation.
In one line: OpenAI reports a proof of the second Kahn–Kalai conjecture with an edge-count bound (combinatorics) in a preprint dated 24 September 2026. It has not been peer reviewed. The channel's animation, Every OpenAI Math Result, Part 2 of 4: PCP for PPAD, Birkhoff Conjecture and 82 More, is on YouTube.
Chapter 25 of 84 in Every OpenAI Math Result, Part 2 of 4: PCP for PPAD, Birkhoff Conjecture and 82 More · starts at 8:19 · watch from there on YouTube →
What OpenAI claims
Proves the second Kahn–Kalai conjecture: for every finite simple graph H with h ≥ 1 edges and at most n vertices, its appearance threshold in G(n,p) is at most C pE(n,H)(1+log2 h), with universal C. Here pE is the least density at which every subgraph of H has expected copy count at least 1/2. (Lean)
Paper
The second Kahn–Kalai conjecture
OpenAI's abstract We prove the second Kahn–Kalai conjecture. For every finite simple graph H with h ≥ 1 edges and at most n vertices, the threshold for G(n,p) to contain an ordinary copy of H is at most C pE(n,H)(1+log2 h), where C is universal. Here pE(n,H) is the least density at which every subgraph of H has expected copy count at least one half.
Status
Preprint. The paper has 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 OpenAI posted a preprint on 24 September 2026; it has not been peer reviewed, so treat the result as OpenAI's claim until other mathematicians have checked it.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 second Kahn–Kalai conjecture: for every finite simple graph H with h ≥ 1 edges and at most n vertices, its appearance threshold in G(n,p) is at most C pE(n,H)(1+log2 h), with universal C. Here pE is the least density at which every subgraph of H has expected copy count at least 1/2. (Lean)
- Where is the proof?
- In the paper, The second Kahn–Kalai conjecture (PDF).
- Is there a video?
- Yes, on YouTube (29:10, chapter 25).
Also in
- Chapter 10 of 10 in Borsuk's Conjecture Fails in Dimension 9, Sidorenko's Conjecture and 8 More · starts at 3:08 · watch from there on YouTube →
The video
Every OpenAI Math Result, Part 2 of 4: PCP for PPAD, Birkhoff Conjecture and 82 More · Compilation · 29:10 · chapter 25 from 8:19 · description, sources and chapters →
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