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Falconer distances: The manuscript’s result proves positive distance-set Lebesgue measure whenever the compact set has Hausdorff dimension >d/2 for every d>=2, exactly the question full-dimensional range.
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Falconer Distance Conjecture
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Falconer distances: For every $d\ge2$, the manuscript claims positive one-dimensional measure for the distance set of a compact subset of $\mathbb R^d$ with dimension exceeding $d/2$. Both the ambient dimension and the set itself are unrestricted within these hypotheses.Mathematical statement of the claimed result
Mathematical claim 1.
For every integer $d\ge2$ and compact $E\subset\mathbb R^d$, \[\dim_H E>d/2\quad\Longrightarrow\quad\mathcal L^1\left(\{|x-y|:x,y\in E\}\right)>0.\] Here $\dim_H$ is Hausdorff dimension and $\mathcal L^1$ is Lebesgue measure on the distance axis.Outline of the argument
Falconer distances: Auxiliary projections first provide angular nonconcentration and filters on pairs of points. A fractal Fourier estimate and a graph estimate with separate angular variables control shell approximations after small additional deletions. The filters are brought back to distances of the original pairs, and monotone shell summation produces a nonzero absolutely continuous distance measure.Formal verification
Family 073 describes Lean coverage for the positive-measure distance conclusion above the half-dimensional threshold.Falconer distances: The manuscript links FalconerAllDimensions.lean, PlanarFalconer.lean (declaration OAI.PlanarFalconer.mainTarget_proved).
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OpenAI reports that an internal model produced the manuscripts. Their arguments have not been independently verified as proofs by this site. Any portion outside the documented formal scope may contain mistakes, and the catalogue label reports the announced mathematical claim.Sources
- OpenAI, The Falconer distance conjecture in all dimensions, 2026-09-23; citation key
OAI:The-Falconer-distance-conjecture-in-all-dimensions-September-23-2026. PDF (GitHub); PDF (direct); Manuscript page and citation; Latest version; Statement source: thm:main. - Family 073: Lean scope.
- Comparator FalconerAllDimensions.json.
- Comparator FalconerAllDimensions.lean.
- Comparator PlanarFalconer.json.
- Comparator PlanarFalconer.lean.
- OpenAI catalogue entry.