OpenAI claim summary for Math-1502
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Prime-field factorization permits the quadratic nonresidue construction and hence the degree-two irreducible case. It does not construct irreducible polynomials of every prescribed degree as requested here.
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O17 — Constructing irreducible polynomials over finite fields
OpenAI's claim
OpenAI presents the following claims relevant to this question, with manuscript numbers following paper order in Sources. In manuscript 1 (family 142; 2026-10-04), the asserted result is that dense polynomials over binary-specified prime fields have uniform deterministic complete factorization in bit time polynomial in degree and $\log p$, using the cited Hecke zero-free input.Mathematical statement of the claimed result
Manuscript 1.
For any binary-encoded prime $p$ and nonzero densely encoded $f\in\mathbb F_p[x]$ of degree $n$, a uniform deterministic algorithm is claimed to output \[ f=c\prod_i g_i^{e_i} \] with $c$ the leading coefficient, distinct monic irreducible $g_i$ and positive integer multiplicities, in $O(((n+1)\lceil\log_2p\rceil)^{10^{12}})$ bit operations. Constants have an empty factor list. The computation is unconditional and deterministic; it receives neither an integer-factorization service nor a primitive-root oracle.The separate algebraic reduction sets $L=\lceil\log_2p\rceil$, $B=20+(n+1)(L+1)$. If $p>B^{200000}$ and $n\ge2$, supply for every prime $q\le n$ a prime $\ell_q\notin\{2,3,p,q\}$ with \[ \ell_q\equiv1\pmod{12q},\qquad p^{(\ell_q-1)/q}\not\equiv1\pmod{\ell_q}. \] That reduction has bit cost $O((B+E)^C)$ for absolute $C$, where $E=\max(2,\max_q\ell_q)$, and $E=2$ when no such primes are required. This bound depends on the numerical size of the auxiliary primes; the full theorem additionally constructs sufficiently small primes.
Outline of the argument
For manuscript 1 (family 142; 2026-10-04), primary generators and norm equations reduce splitting to an odd-degree separator. Lifted ramification classes are filtered to keep extension degrees polynomial, and divisors at infinity distinguish roots; the analytic input bounds the auxiliary primes required by the finite algebraic algorithm.Formal verification
No Lean formalization is listed at this snapshot for manuscript 1 (family 142; 2026-10-04).This site has not executed the Lean code. Described statement coverage is not an independent proof check.
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- OpenAI, Deterministic Polynomial Factorization over Prime Fields, 2026-10-04; citation key
OAI:Deterministic-Polynomial-Factorization-over-Prime-Fields-October-4-2026. PDF (GitHub); PDF (direct); Manuscript page and citation; Latest version; Statement source: thm:factorization; Statement source: thm:reduction. - OpenAI catalogue entry.