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The theorem rules out the pair (d,k)=(6,7), but does not characterize all allowed pairs in non-prime-power dimensions. The theorem determines the existence pairs only at d=6, giving N(6)=3. The problem statement asks existence pairs across all dimensions, especially every non-prime-power dimension. This entry records partial support; complete coverage of the question is not established by this catalogue.
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Mutually Unbiased Bases in Non-Prime-Power Dimensions
OpenAI's claim
The linked manuscripts present the following claims by OpenAI: Order-six Hadamard matrices outside the Tao class are claimed to satisfy the designated Fourier vanishing identities; exact certificates also exclude seven unbiased bases and imply an upper bound of five; The maximum MUB count in complex dimension six is claimed to be three, conditional on complete execution of the documented certified-arithmetic pipeline. Together they provide the following support within the scopes described below.Mathematical statement of the claimed result
Result 1.
The assertion excludes seven pairwise mutually unbiased orthonormal bases of $\mathbb C^6$. More explicitly, there are no bases $B_r=(b_{r,0},\ldots,b_{r,5})$, $1\le r\le7$, with \[ |\langle b_{r,i},b_{s,j}\rangle|^2=1/6 \qquad(r\ne s,\ 0\le i,j\le5). \] It does not by itself determine the maximum number below seven.Result 2.
For pairwise mutually unbiased bases, $|\langle b,c\rangle|^2=1/6$ whenever $b,c$ belong to different bases of $\mathbb C^6$. The source reports a computer-assisted exclusion of four such bases and concludes \[ N(6)=3, \] where $N(d)$ is their maximal number in dimension $d$. The result is explicitly conditional on the appendix's arithmetic/compiler requirements and the reported complete execution; those computational requirements are not omitted from the claim.Outline of the argument
Phase-invariant characters are rewritten as injective moments. Exact algebraic identities separate the Tao class, and integer/rational certificates verify the required moment inequalities; the supplied verifier and the completion theorem yield the stated MUB consequence.An exhaustive seed cover is refined into certified phase balls. Completion estimates within each ball exclude two additional bases, and finite recorded execution covers all arbitrary complex configurations under the stated binary64 and compiler conditions.
Formal verification
For family 266, the selected statements give Fourier cancellation outside the Tao class and a bound of five on the MUB family, with a further Hadamard-ratio cancellation lemma. They do not establish the claimed maximum of three or certify the binary64 four-basis exclusion. The listed Comparator files areHadamardCubeFiber.lean, MUBSix.lean. The inventory does not supply a named declaration for these Comparator entries. This site has not executed the Lean code. The scope descriptions do not certify the remaining manuscript arguments.Status caveat
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, Exact Fourier certificates for complex Hadamard matrices of order six, 2026-09-24; citation key
OAI:Exact-Fourier-certificates-for-complex-Hadamard-matrices-of-order-six-September-24-2026. PDF (GitHub); PDF (direct); Manuscript page and citation; Latest version; Statement source: thm:main. - OpenAI, The maximum number of mutually unbiased bases in dimension six, 2026-09-24; citation key
OAI:The-maximum-number-of-mutually-unbiased-bases-in-dimension-six-September-24-2026. PDF (GitHub); PDF (direct); Manuscript page and citation; Latest version; Statement source: thm:main. - Family 266: Lean scope.
- Comparator HadamardCubeFiber.json.
- Comparator HadamardCubeFiber.lean.
- Comparator MUBSix.json.
- Comparator MUBSix.lean.
- OpenAI catalogue entry.