Integral K3 injectivity for regular local domains
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For every Noetherian regular local domain A with fraction field F, is the canonical map $K_{3}(A)\to K_{3}(F)$ injective on integral algebraic K-theory, including ramified mixed characteristic?Short English statement
For every Noetherian regular local domain A with fraction field F, is the canonical map $K_{3}(A)\to K_{3}(F)$ injective on integral algebraic K-theory, including ramified mixed characteristic?Sources
- S1 OpenAI, manuscript citation page. Source of the formulation motivating this local problem. https://github.com/openai/math/blob/adc7f1241b42e322a6451854ab7e4b4c146bf78a/preprints/An-Integral-Degree-Three-Gersten-Counterexample-September-26-2026/README.md.
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OpenAI claim summary for Math-2517
The specified two-dimensional ramified regular local domain A and integral class c have c nonzero (detected after inverting the uniformizer modulo 5) and restriction zero to Frac A. This directly refutes universal integral K_3 injectivity. Within these assumptions, this is a claimed negative answer to the stated question.
Integral K3 injectivity for regular local domains
OpenAI's claim
OpenAI presents a counterexample in the selected manuscript. A different two-dimensional ramified ring in mixed characteristic $(0,5)$ is claimed to violate integral Gersten injectivity in degree three.Mathematical statement of the claimed result
Result 1.
Let $\zeta$ be a primitive fifth root of unity, $V=\mathcal O_{\mathbb Q_5(\zeta)}$, and $\pi=1-\zeta$. In $\mathbb P^2_V$, take the hypersurface $(X-Z)^5-XY^4+Y^5+\zeta Z^5=0$, and localize at its special-fiber point $[0:0:1]$, obtaining $A$. The source claims that $A$ is a regular Noetherian local domain of dimension two and mixed characteristic $(0,5)$, with $\pi\in\mathfrak m_A^2$, and some integral class $c\in K_3(A)$ satisfies \[ c|_{\operatorname{Frac}A}=0,\qquad c|_{A[1/\pi]}\bmod5\ne0\text{ in }G_3(A[1/\pi];\mathbb Z/5). \] Thus the integral restriction $K_3(A)\to K_3(\operatorname{Frac}A)$ has nonzero kernel.Outline of the argument
A divisor on a cyclotomic quintic supplies a Bott-symbol class whose coefficient boundary vanishes by a Steinberg relation. The resulting integral lift is generically zero by support, and a norm-valuation test detects it using the different residue-degree behavior of closed points.Formal verification
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- OpenAI, An integral degree-three Gersten counterexample, 2026-09-26; citation key
OAI:An-Integral-Degree-Three-Gersten-Counterexample-September-26-2026. PDF (GitHub); PDF (direct); Manuscript page and citation; Latest version; Statement source: thm:main. - OpenAI catalogue entry.