Differential geometry·OpenAI Math·Result 353·Lean formalisation listed
Affine Bernstein rigidity through dimension nine and a smooth dimension-ten counterexample
One of the 372 results in OpenAI's public mathematics catalogue, filed under differential geometry: 2 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.
In one line: OpenAI reports a result titled ‘Affine Bernstein rigidity through dimension nine and a smooth dimension-ten counterexample’ (differential geometry) in 2 preprints, the latest dated 5 October 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 It has not been peer reviewed.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 45 of 84 in Every OpenAI Math Result, Part 3 of 4: Operator Paving, Naimark's Problem and 82 More · starts at 15:21 · watch from there on YouTube →
What OpenAI claims
Proves that every smooth locally uniformly convex affine-maximal graph of dimension three through nine, complete for its induced Euclidean metric, is an elliptic paraboloid. A smooth entire nonquadratic example in dimension ten makes this range sharp. In dimensions three through nine, the paraboloid classification also holds for connected open locally uniformly convex affine-maximal hypersurfaces complete for the affine Berwald–Blaschke metric. (Lean)
Papers (2)
A Smooth Nonquadratic Entire Affine Maximal Graph in Dimension Ten
OpenAI's abstract We construct a smooth nonquadratic entire graph in dimension ten that solves the classical affine maximal equation and has positive-definite Hessian everywhere. This gives a smooth counterexample to the entire-graph affine Bernstein assertion in dimension ten. Hessian positivity is pointwise; no global uniform lower bound or completeness of the Berwald–Blaschke metric is asserted.
The affine Bernstein theorem in dimensions three through nine
OpenAI's abstract We prove the Euclidean-complete affine Bernstein conjecture in dimensions three through nine: a smooth locally uniformly convex affine maximal graph is an elliptic paraboloid whenever its induced Euclidean metric is complete. The same conclusion holds, without an initial graph assumption, for connected smooth open (noncompact and without boundary) affine-complete locally uniformly convex immersed hypersurfaces that are classically affine maximal in these dimensions.
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 5 October 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 that every smooth locally uniformly convex affine-maximal graph of dimension three through nine, complete for its induced Euclidean metric, is an elliptic paraboloid. A smooth entire nonquadratic example in dimension ten makes this range sharp. In dimensions three through nine, the paraboloid classification also holds for connected open locally uniformly convex affine-maximal hypersurfaces complete for the affine Berwald–Blaschke metric. (Lean)
- Where is the proof?
- In the paper, A Smooth Nonquadratic Entire Affine Maximal Graph in Dimension Ten (PDF).
- Is there a video?
- Yes, on YouTube (29:20, chapter 45).
Also in
- Chapter 5 of 9 in Calabi Flow, Affine Bernstein Problem and 7 More in Differential Geometry · starts at 1:23 · 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 45 from 15:21 · description, sources and chapters →
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