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Complex matrix multiplication at exponent nine-fourths
OpenAI's claim
OpenAI presents the following claims relevant to this question, with manuscript numbers following paper order in Sources. In manuscript 1 (family 107; 2026-10-02), the asserted result is that the complex matrix-multiplication exponent is at most $9/4$.Mathematical statement of the claimed result
Manuscript 1.
For every $\varepsilon>0$, the claim gives an exact complex-arithmetic algorithm multiplying two $n\times n$ matrices in \[ O_{\varepsilon}(n^{9/4+\varepsilon})\quad\text{operations},\qquad\omega\le9/4. \] Its associated tensor inequality uses $T=\sum_{i=1}^sT_i$ with every $T_i\ne0$, a shared first tensor factor and matched disjoint sectors on the other two. A tensor character $\lambda$ takes nonnegative real values and is additive, multiplicative and restriction-monotone, with $\lambda(1)=1$; define $p_X$ by $\lambda(x\sum_{j=1}^my_jz_j)=m^{p_X}$. For every probability vector $q$ the claimed inequality is \[ \lambda(T)\ge e^{p_XH(q)}\prod_i\lambda(T_i)^{q_i},\qquad H(q)=-\sum_iq_i\log q_i, \] with $0\log0=0$. These are exact arithmetic and tensor-character statements, without finite-precision assumptions.Outline of the argument
For manuscript 1 (family 107; 2026-10-02), tensor degenerations separate blocks that already expose two independent variable legs. Character inequalities for polynomial multiplication, a determinant filtration, and discrete growth bound the detecting character values for matrix multiplication at the claimed exponent.Formal verification
No Lean formalization is listed at this snapshot for manuscript 1 (family 107; 2026-10-02).This site has not executed the Lean code. Described statement coverage is not an independent proof check.
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The manuscripts were produced by an internal OpenAI model. OpenAI cautions that results without formalization can contain mistakes. This site has not independently checked the proofs; the label records the scope of OpenAI's claim.Sources
- OpenAI, An Upper Bound of 9/4 for the Matrix Multiplication Exponent, 2026-10-02; citation key
OAI:Matrix-Multiplication-Nine-Fourths-October-2-2026. PDF (GitHub); PDF (direct); Manuscript page and citation; Latest version; Statement source: thm:main. - Family 107: Lean scope.
- OpenAI catalogue entry.