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Manuscript 1 (family 048, 2026-09-23): The normal integral affine complex surface has Der_C(A) free of rank two but a nonregular maximal localization. Thus its tangent/derivation module is free while the variety is singular, directly refuting the stated implication.
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Zariski–Lipman conjecture
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A singular normal affine complex surface is claimed to have a globally free rank-two tangent sheaf, contradicting the characteristic-zero Lipman--Zariski assertion. The cited manuscript argues for that result; its relation to this problem is specified below.Mathematical statement of the claimed result
Mathematical claim 1.
OpenAI claims a normal integral $\mathbb C$-algebra $A$, required to be finitely generated and two-dimensional in the Krull sense, together with a maximal ideal $\mathfrak m$ with \[ \operatorname{Der}_{\mathbb C}(A)\simeq A^{\oplus2},\qquad A_{\mathfrak m}\text{ not regular}. \] Thus the associated normal affine complex surface is singular despite a globally free rank-two tangent module. Freeness is as an $A$-module and regularity is the local-ring condition.Outline of the argument
Manuscript 1 (family 048, 2026-09-23): The analytic seed is a negative-curve neighborhood whose gluing is modified without changing its normal bundle. Two vector fields are built with a nonvanishing determinant off the curve by simultaneous point corrections and global residue constraints; algebraization preserves the completed singularity and allows tangent freeness to descend.Formal verification
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- OpenAI, A singular normal affine surface with free tangent sheaf, 2026-09-23; citation key
OAI:A-singular-normal-affine-surface-with-free-tangent-sheaf-September-23-2026. PDF (GitHub); PDF (direct); Manuscript page and citation; Latest version; Statement source: thm:main. - OpenAI catalogue entry.