Deterministic nonbipartite Ramanujan graphs in every fixed degree
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For each fixed integer $d>=3$, is there a deterministic polynomial-time algorithm that, for every sufficiently large even n, constructs a simple connected nonbipartite d-regular graph on n vertices with all nontrivial adjacency eigenvalues of absolute value at most 2 sqrt(d-1)?Short English statement
For each fixed integer $d>=3$, is there a deterministic polynomial-time algorithm that, for every sufficiently large even n, constructs a simple connected nonbipartite d-regular graph on n vertices with all nontrivial adjacency eigenvalues of absolute value at most 2 sqrt(d-1)?Sources
- S1 Original question source or mathematical context. https://arxiv.org/abs/1506.02335v4.
- S2 Original question source or mathematical context. https://arxiv.org/abs/1506.02335v4.
- S3 Original question source or mathematical context. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aim.2017.10.042.
- S4 Original question source or mathematical context. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aim.2017.10.042.
- S5 Original question source or mathematical context. https://doi.org/10.1109/FOCS.2016.37.
- S6 Original question source or mathematical context. https://doi.org/10.1109/FOCS.2016.37.
- S7 Original question source or mathematical context. https://doi.org/10.4007/annals.2015.182.1.7.
- S8 Original question source or mathematical context. https://doi.org/10.4007/annals.2015.182.1.7.
- S9 OpenAI, manuscript citation page. Source of the formulation motivating this local problem. https://github.com/openai/math/blob/adc7f1241b42e322a6451854ab7e4b4c146bf78a/preprints/Deterministic-nonbipartite-Ramanujan-graphs-in-every-fixed-degree-September-23-2026/README.md.
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OpenAI claim summary for Math-2604
The algorithmic theorem matches every sufficiently large even order at each fixed degree, with deterministic polynomial bit complexity. Its strict nontrivial eigenvalue inequalities imply the requested non-strict Ramanujan condition as well as connectedness and nonbipartiteness.
Deterministic nonbipartite Ramanujan graphs in every fixed degree
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Deterministic nonbipartite Ramanujan graphs: For each fixed $d\ge3$, the claimed deterministic polynomial-time construction gives a simple nonbipartite $d$-regular graph at every sufficiently large even order. All nonconstant eigenvalues lie strictly inside the tree spectral interval.Mathematical statement of the claimed result
Mathematical claim 1.
For every fixed integer $d\ge3$ there are $n_0(d),k_d$ and a deterministic algorithm which, on every even $n\ge n_0(d)$, outputs an adjacency list using $O_d(n^{k_d})$ bit operations. Its $n$-vertex graph $G$ is simple and has degree $d$ at every vertex. The asserted adjacency eigenvalue condition is \[-2\sqrt{d-1}<\lambda<2\sqrt{d-1}\quad\text{for every eigenvalue of }A_G|_{\mathbf1^\perp}.\] These strict inequalities imply that $G$ is connected and nonbipartite, and in particular imply the requested non-strict Ramanujan bound.Outline of the argument
Deterministic nonbipartite Ramanujan graphs: Partial stub pairings are assigned matrix pencils whose inverses admit path expansions. Resolving one pair has an explicit low-rank update, allowing positivity to be maintained for both spectral signs. The exposure rule is implemented with finite arithmetic and simplicity constraints, producing a complete pairing and its adjacency list with the required two-sided spectral control.Formal verification
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- OpenAI, Deterministic nonbipartite Ramanujan graphs in every fixed degree, 2026-09-23; citation key
OAI:Deterministic-nonbipartite-Ramanujan-graphs-in-every-fixed-degree-September-23-2026. PDF (GitHub); PDF (direct); Manuscript page and citation; Latest version; Statement source: thm:main. - OpenAI catalogue entry.