OpenAI claim summary for Math-2239
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Manuscript 1 (family 059, 2026-09-27): The primary main theorem gives reduced isolated complex hypersurface germs whose embedded topological pairs are homeomorphic but whose multiplicities differ. Isolated germs are allowed by both unrestricted problem-statement multiplicity statements, so one such pair disproves them.
Manuscript 2 (family 059, 2026-09-24): The primary main theorem gives reduced isolated complex hypersurface germs whose embedded topological pairs are homeomorphic but whose multiplicities differ. Isolated germs are allowed by both unrestricted problem-statement multiplicity statements, so one such pair disproves them.
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Zariski multiplicity conjecture on the topological equisingularity and equimultiplicity of varieties at singular points
OpenAI's claim
Manuscript 1 (family 059, 2026-09-27): Two isolated hypersurface germs in four complex variables are claimed to have the same ambient topological type while their multiplicities are four and five. Manuscript 2 (family 059, 2026-09-24): Two isolated weighted-homogeneous hypersurface germs in a common finite dimension divisible by eight are claimed to be ambiently homeomorphic despite having multiplicities two and three.Mathematical statement of the claimed result
Mathematical claim 1.
OpenAI claims reduced convergent holomorphic germs $f_4,f_5:(\mathbb C^4,0)\to(\mathbb C,0)$ for which zero is an isolated critical point in each case, such that \[ \operatorname{ord}_0f_4=4,\qquad\operatorname{ord}_0f_5=5,\qquad (\mathbb C^4,V(f_4),0)\cong(\mathbb C^4,V(f_5),0) \] by a homeomorphism germ of ambient pairs. The multiplicity $\operatorname{ord}_0f$ is the least total degree appearing among nonvanishing terms of its power series. The equivalence is embedded topology, despite distinct multiplicities.Mathematical claim 2.
For some finite integer $N>3$ divisible by eight, OpenAI claims reduced real-coefficient polynomials $f_1,f_2\in\mathbb R[z_1,\ldots,z_N]$, each weighted homogeneous for positive rational weights and with an isolated critical point at zero, satisfying \[ \operatorname{ord}_0f_1=2,\qquad\operatorname{ord}_0f_2=3,\qquad (\mathbb C^N,V(f_1),0)\cong(\mathbb C^N,V(f_2),0) \] by an ambient-pair homeomorphism germ. Weighted homogeneous means $f(t^{a_1}z_1,\ldots,t^{a_N}z_N)=t^df(z)$ for positive integers $a_i,d$. The existence assertion does not specify a fixed small ambient dimension.Outline of the argument
Manuscript 1 (family 059, 2026-09-27): Convergent equations in analytic charts give a finite-map lattice calculation that matches the integral Seifert forms. The nonspherical open-book classification on the seven-sphere identifies the embedded links, and the ambient cone construction transfers that identification to the zero-set germs.Manuscript 2 (family 059, 2026-09-24): A finite integer relation builds chain-polynomial seeds with matching spectra but different lowest degrees. Tensor operations and local--global isometries align their integral Seifert forms, with determinant cancellation enabling strong approximation; polynomial sums realize the operations, and knot classification extends the resulting link equivalence to the germs.
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- OpenAI, Ambiently homeomorphic isolated hypersurface germs in $\mathbb C$${}^{4}$ with multiplicities four and five, 2026-09-27; citation key
OAI:Ambiently-homeomorphic-isolated-hypersurface-germs-in-C4-with-multiplicities-four-and-five-September-27-2026. PDF (GitHub); PDF (direct); Manuscript page and citation; Latest version; Statement source: thm:main. - OpenAI, Ambiently homeomorphic isolated hypersurfaces of multiplicities two and three, 2026-09-24; citation key
OAI:Ambiently-homeomorphic-isolated-hypersurfaces-of-multiplicities-two-and-three-September-24-2026. PDF (GitHub); PDF (direct); Manuscript page and citation; Latest version; Statement source: thm:main. - OpenAI catalogue entry.