Kervaire detection at the prime three
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Which members $b_j$ of the standard prime-three Kervaire-detection family survive to stable sphere homotopy, and which have additive-order-three representatives? The proposed answer is precisely $j=0,2,3$, in stems 10,106,322.Short English statement
Which members $b_j$ of the standard prime-three Kervaire-detection family survive to stable sphere homotopy, and which have additive-order-three representatives? The proposed answer is precisely $j=0,2,3$, in stems 10,106,322.Sources
- S1 OpenAI, manuscript citation page. Source of the formulation motivating this local problem. https://github.com/openai/math/blob/adc7f1241b42e322a6451854ab7e4b4c146bf78a/preprints/The-Kervaire-Invariant-Problem-at-the-Prime-Three-September-24-2026/README.md.
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OpenAI claim summary for Math-3029
Manuscript 1 (family 309, 2026-09-24): The problem selects the mathematical statement summarized here, including its stated hypotheses and parameter range. The cited theorem gives a claimed proof of that assertion in full.
Kervaire detection at the prime three
OpenAI's claim
The standard mod-three Adams Kervaire classes are claimed to survive exactly at indices zero, two, and three, each with an order-three representative; the new index-three element lies in stem 322. The cited manuscript argues for that result; its relation to this problem is specified below.Mathematical statement of the claimed result
Mathematical claim 1.
In the mod-three Adams spectral sequence $\operatorname{Ext}_{\mathcal A_3}^{s,t}(\mathbb F_3,\mathbb F_3)\Rightarrow(\pi^S_{t-s})_3^\wedge$, let $b_j$ be the standard Kervaire family in bidegree $(2,4\cdot3^{j+1})$, $j\ge0$. OpenAI claims \[ \{j:b_j\text{ survives nontrivially}\} =\{j:\text{an order-three class is detected by }b_j\} =\{0,2,3\}. \] The surviving stems are $10,106,322$; $b_1$ and all $b_j$, $j\ge4$, fail to survive. Order-three existence is within each detection coset, without asserting that every representative has the same order.Outline of the argument
Manuscript 1 (family 309, 2026-09-24): A height-six Morava detector with C_9 action imposes finite Euler deadlines and outgoing differentials on all higher candidate classes. Independently, a truncated extended cube of the known stem-106 Moore map carries the required primary operation. Finite obstruction corrections lift it back through the Moore sequence, preserving detection and producing an actual sphere element killed by three.Formal verification
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- OpenAI, The Kervaire invariant problem at the prime three, 2026-09-24; citation key
OAI:The-Kervaire-Invariant-Problem-at-the-Prime-Three-September-24-2026. PDF (GitHub); PDF (direct); Manuscript page and citation; Latest version; Statement source: thm:classification. - OpenAI catalogue entry.