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Fixing a defect group fixes its order. Finiteness for all blocks of bounded defect order over every algebraically closed characteristic-$p$ field therefore gives the requested fixed-defect-group Morita finiteness. The Witt-vector theorem proves an additional integral version.
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Donovan’s Finiteness Conjecture for Fixed Defect Groups
OpenAI's claim
The linked manuscripts present the following claims by OpenAI: Blocks with bounded defect-group size are claimed to fall into finitely many Morita classes over any fixed algebraically closed field of positive characteristic; Bounded defect is claimed to yield finitely many integral Morita classes over Witt vectors, and over any fixed complete valuation coefficient ring of mixed characteristic, provided its residue field is algebraically closed. Together they provide the following support within the scopes described below.Mathematical statement of the claimed result
Result 1.
Fix prime $p$, an arbitrary algebraically closed field $K$ of characteristic $p$, and an integer $M\ge1$. The source claims \[ \#\{K[G]b:\ G\text{ finite},\ b\text{ block idempotent},\ |D_b|\le M\}/\text{Morita equivalence}<\infty. \] Here $D_b$ is a defect group and equivalence is $K$-linear. Taking $M=|P|$ includes every block with a prescribed finite $p$-group $P$ as defect group, whether $P$ is abelian or not. The theorem itself allows all such $K$, despite the narrower paper title.Result 2.
For $\mathcal O=W(\overline{\mathbb F}_p)$ and integer $M\ge1$, the source claims finitely many $\mathcal O$-linear Morita classes among $\mathcal O[G]b$, as $G$ ranges over finite groups and blocks $b$ have defect-group order at most $M$. Its complete-ring corollary states more generally: fix a complete discretely valued ring $\mathcal R$, whose fraction field has characteristic zero and whose residue field $\ell$ has characteristic $p$ and is algebraically closed. Then \[ \#\{\mathcal R[G]b:\ G\text{ finite},\ b\text{ primitive central idempotent},\ |D_{\bar b}|\le M\}/\mathcal R\text{-linear Morita equivalence}<\infty. \] Only the block and finite group vary; the coefficient ring remains fixed.Outline of the argument
The argument separately controls the size of a basic block algebra and its finite field of definition. Uniform Cartan and Frobenius bounds are combined with a finiteness criterion, then scalar descent transfers the result from algebraic closures of prime fields to the chosen coefficient field.The proof combines integral bounds for basic orders with a bound on their Morita--Frobenius behavior. Rationality and Cartan controls feed the integral finiteness criterion, and lifting from the residue field handles fixed ramified coefficient rings as well as Witt vectors.
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OpenAI attributes these manuscripts to work by an internal model. Its release cautions that arguments without formalization can contain mistakes. This catalogue has not independently checked the proofs; the labels report the mathematical claims attributed to OpenAI.Sources
- OpenAI, Donovan's Conjecture over Algebraically Closed Fields, 2026-09-24; citation key
OAI:Donovans-Conjecture-over-Algebraic-Closures-of-Prime-Fields-September-24-2026. PDF (GitHub); PDF (direct); Manuscript page and citation; Latest version; Statement source: thm:donovan. - OpenAI, Integral Donovan Finiteness over Witt Vectors, 2026-09-25; citation key
OAI:Integral-Donovan-Finiteness-over-Witt-Vectors-September-25-2026. PDF (GitHub); PDF (direct); Manuscript page and citation; Latest version; Statement source: thm:main; Statement source: cor:complete-dvr. - OpenAI catalogue entry.