BKT scaling and the endpoint stiffness for finite-range integer heights
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For each admissible finite-range symmetric integer-height interaction J in the stated planar class, is the roughening threshold finite and positive, with delocalization including equality? At every $\beta \geq b_c(J)$, ask for full-sequence torus-field convergence to $\operatorname{sqrt}(\beta _eff/v_J^2)$ times a GFF in $H^{-3}$, the matching Laplace functional, $\beta _eff(b_c)=8\pi $ $v_J^2$, an infinite right derivative at $b_c$, and $\beta _eff=\beta +O(\exp (-c_J$ beta)) at high beta. For square spread-out $J_\rho $ also ask $b_c(J_\rho )/(8\pi $ $v_{J_\rho }^2)\to 1$.Short English statement
For each admissible finite-range symmetric integer-height interaction J in the stated planar class, is the roughening threshold finite and positive, with delocalization including equality? At every $\beta \geq b_c(J)$, ask for full-sequence torus-field convergence to $\operatorname{sqrt}(\beta _eff/v_J^2)$ times a GFF in $H^{-3}$, the matching Laplace functional, $\beta _eff(b_c)=8\pi $ $v_J^2$, an infinite right derivative at $b_c$, and $\beta _eff=\beta +O(\exp (-c_J$ beta)) at high beta. For square spread-out $J_\rho $ also ask $b_c(J_\rho )/(8\pi $ $v_{J_\rho }^2)\to 1$.Sources
- S1 Original question source or mathematical context. https://github.com/openai/math/blob/adc7f1241b42e322a6451854ab7e4b4c146bf78a/preprints/BKT-universality-for-height-and-planar-spin-fields-September-24-2026/build/sections/introduction.tex.
- S2 OpenAI, manuscript citation page. Source of the formulation motivating this local problem. https://github.com/openai/math/blob/adc7f1241b42e322a6451854ab7e4b4c146bf78a/preprints/BKT-universality-for-height-and-planar-spin-fields-September-24-2026/README.md.
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OpenAI claim summary for Math-2884
The height theorem supplies each requested assertion for the admissible interaction $J$: the positive finite threshold and roughness at equality, the field and Laplace-functional limits, the endpoint value $\beta_{\rm eff}(b_c)=8\pi v_J^2$, the infinite right slope, the high-temperature estimate and the spread-out asymptotic. The normalized endpoint is $8\pi$, while the unnormalized nearest-neighbor value is $2\pi$ because $v_J^2=1/4$. The full label concerns these height-model clauses; the separate spin-field theorem is an additional result.
BKT scaling and the endpoint stiffness for finite-range integer heights
OpenAI's claim
OpenAI claims that finite-range integer heights have a Gaussian-free-field scaling limit at all rough-phase parameters and also at the phase boundary. In the parameter convention used here, the endpoint effective temperature is $8\pi v_J^2$, so its normalized ratio to $v_J^2$ is $8\pi$. The paper also gives spin-field limits for the Villain and XY models in its specified low-temperature regime.Mathematical statement of the claimed result
Result 1.
Let $J\subset\mathbb Z^2\setminus\{0\}$ be finite, square-symmetric, and contain nearest neighbors. Define $\Delta_Ju(x)=|J|^{-1}\sum_{y\in J}(u(x+y)-u(x))$ and $v_J^2=(2|J|)^{-1}\sum_{y\in J}y_1^2$. For heights in $2\pi\mathbb Z$ with Gaussian weight $\exp[-(\sigma,-\Delta_J\sigma)/(2\beta)]$, the zero-boundary second-moment threshold $\beta_c$ is claimed finite and positive, with bounded variance below it and unbounded variance at/above it. On tori of side $L^N$, the centered distribution $H_N=(L^N)^{-2}\sum_x(\sigma_x-\bar\sigma)\delta_{x/L^N}$ satisfies \[ H_N\Longrightarrow\sqrt{\beta_{\mathrm{eff}}(J,\beta)/v_J^2}\,\Phi_{\mathbb T^2} \quad\text{in }H^{-3}\qquad(\beta\ge\beta_c). \] For mean-zero smooth $f$, log Laplace transforms tend to $\beta_{\mathrm{eff}}(f,(-\Delta)^{-1}f)/(2v_J^2)$. The asserted endpoint and asymptotics are \[ \beta_{\mathrm{eff}}(J,\beta_c)=8\pi v_J^2,\quad \lim_{\beta\downarrow\beta_c}\frac{\beta_{\mathrm{eff}}(J,\beta)-\beta_{\mathrm{eff}}(J,\beta_c)}{\beta-\beta_c}=+\infty, \quad\beta_{\mathrm{eff}}=\beta+O_J(e^{-c_J\beta}). \] The effective parameter is differentiable above threshold; for square interaction ranges $J_\rho$, $\beta_c(J_\rho)/(8\pi v_{J_\rho}^2)\to1$. Nearest-neighbor $v_J^2=1/4$ gives critical effective temperature $2\pi$. For each interaction range $J$, the torus side base is selected as an integer $L=L(J)\ge2$. With zero-boundary expectation in growing boxes of radius $R$, the threshold convention is \[ \beta_c=\inf\{\beta>0:\sup_R\mathbb E_{R,\beta}^{0}\sigma_0^2=\infty\}. \]Outline of the argument
The height analysis controls renormalized covariance and the universal endpoint stiffness across finite square-symmetric interaction sets. Spin--height duality and Green-function normalization then identify the corresponding spin observables as imaginary exponentials of the Dirichlet Gaussian field.Formal verification
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- OpenAI, BKT universality for height and planar spin fields, 2026-09-24; citation key
OAI:BKT-universality-for-height-and-planar-spin-fields-September-24-2026. PDF (GitHub); PDF (direct); Manuscript page and citation; Latest version; Statement source: main:heights. - OpenAI catalogue entry.