Quadratic strong-operator paving for every MASA
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For every MASA $A\subseteq M\subseteq B(H)$, self-adjoint $x\in M$ and $0<\varepsilon <1$, can one fix $r\leq 5\cdot 10^{8}\varepsilon ^-2$ before any strong neighborhood is chosen, so that for every finite $F\subset H$ and $\delta >0$ there are an r-partition $(p_i)$ of 1 in A, self-adjoint $a\in A$ with $||a||\leq ||x||$, and a projection $q\in M$ with $||(1-q)\xi ||<\delta $ for $\xi \in F$ and $||q(\sum p_ixp_i-a)q||\leq \varepsilon ||x||$, without an expectation or separability assumption?Short English statement
For every MASA $A\subseteq M\subseteq B(H)$, self-adjoint $x\in M$ and $0<\varepsilon <1$, can one fix $r\leq 5\cdot 10^{8}\varepsilon ^-2$ before any strong neighborhood is chosen, so that for every finite $F\subset H$ and $\delta >0$ there are an r-partition $(p_i)$ of 1 in A, self-adjoint $a\in A$ with $||a||\leq ||x||$, and a projection $q\in M$ with $||(1-q)\xi ||<\delta $ for $\xi \in F$ and $||q(\sum p_ixp_i-a)q||\leq \varepsilon ||x||$, without an expectation or separability assumption?Sources
- S1 OpenAI, manuscript citation page. Source of the formulation motivating this local problem. https://github.com/openai/math/blob/adc7f1241b42e322a6451854ab7e4b4c146bf78a/preprints/Quadratic-Strong-Operator-Paving-over-Arbitrary-Maximal-Abelian-Subalgebras-September-25-2026/README.md.
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OpenAI claim summary for Math-2815
Manuscript 1 (family 300, 2026-09-25): 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.
Quadratic strong-operator paving for every MASA
OpenAI's claim
Strong-operator paving over an arbitrary MASA is claimed with at most 500000000 $\varepsilon^{-2}$ projections for each self-adjoint element, uniformly over representations and without separability or expectation assumptions. The cited manuscript argues for that result; its relation to this problem is specified below.Mathematical statement of the claimed result
Mathematical claim 1.
For $0<\varepsilon<1$, put $r_\varepsilon=\lceil400000000\varepsilon^{-2}\rceil+\lceil4/\varepsilon\rceil+1\le500000000\varepsilon^{-2}$. For every maximal abelian $A\subset M\subset B(H)$ and self-adjoint $x\in M$, OpenAI claims that for any finite $F\subset H$ and $\delta>0$ there are a unit partition $p_1,\ldots,p_{r_\varepsilon}\in A$, self-adjoint $a\in A$ with $\|a\|\le\|x\|$, and a projection $q\in M$ such that \[ \|(1-q)\xi\|<\delta\ (\xi\in F),\qquad \left\|q\left(\sum_ip_ixp_i-a\right)q\right\|\le\varepsilon\|x\|. \] The number is fixed before the inclusion and strong neighborhood, with no separability or conditional expectation premise.Outline of the argument
Manuscript 1 (family 300, 2026-09-25): Rooted spectral costs from mixed determinant polynomials drive a measurable coloring on a Bernoulli extension, with cutoff bounds controlling nonsingular weights. One partition simultaneously handles the normalizer and its complement through free compression, and modular moment transfer returns it to actual MASA projections. Separate corner palettes then preserve the quadratic count while removing normal-expectation and separability assumptions.Formal verification
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- OpenAI, Quadratic Strong-Operator Paving over Arbitrary Maximal Abelian Subalgebras, 2026-09-25; citation key
OAI:Quadratic-Strong-Operator-Paving-over-Arbitrary-Maximal-Abelian-Subalgebras-September-25-2026. PDF (GitHub); PDF (direct); Manuscript page and citation; Latest version; Statement source: thm:main. - OpenAI catalogue entry.