OpenAI claim summary for Math-2656
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Closed-surface immersion in four-space: The paper claims a smooth isometric immersion of every closed smooth Riemannian surface into $\mathbb R^4$. Nonorientable surfaces are included, and no embedding conclusion is asserted. The parameters, regularity assumptions and normalization in this question are retained in applying that assertion.
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Smooth isometric immersion of closed surfaces into four-space
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Closed-surface immersion in four-space: The paper claims a smooth isometric immersion of every closed smooth Riemannian surface into $\mathbb R^4$. Nonorientable surfaces are included, and no embedding conclusion is asserted.Mathematical statement of the claimed result
Mathematical claim 1.
For every closed smooth Riemannian surface $(M,g)$ there is a smooth immersion $F:M\to\mathbb R^4$ with \[F^*\left(\sum_{i=1}^4dx_i^2\right)=g.\] Closedness means compactness without boundary. The assertion is an isometric immersion, which allows self-intersections; it does not assert a globally injective isometric embedding.Outline of the argument
Closed-surface immersion in four-space: A short initial immersion into a small three-sphere gives a global radial normal and a finite decomposition of the metric deficit into rank-one terms. Local primitive additions use velocity loops and exact corrections to realize those terms. The corrections preserve the geometric and boundary conditions required for the next addition, completing the finite smooth construction.Formal verification
Family 333 describes Lean coverage for closed-surface smooth isometric immersion into four-space, including nonorientable surfaces.Closed-surface immersion in four-space: The manuscript links SurfaceImmersion.lean.
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- OpenAI, Smooth isometric immersions of closed surfaces into Euclidean four-space, 2026-09-23; citation key
OAI:Smooth-isometric-immersions-of-closed-surfaces-into-Euclidean-four-space-September-23-2026. PDF (GitHub); PDF (direct); Manuscript page and citation; Latest version; Statement source: thm:main. - Family 333: Lean scope.
- Comparator SurfaceImmersion.json.
- Comparator SurfaceImmersion.lean.
- OpenAI catalogue entry.