The one-sixth free-energy fluctuation exponent in low-temperature SK
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For each fixed $\beta >1$ in Gaussian zero-field SK, are $sd(F_n)=n^(1/6+o(1))$ and $Var(F_n)=n^(1/3+o(1))$? Require additionally that $|F_n-E$ $F_n|$ lies between $n^{1/6-\eta }$ and $n^{1/6+\eta }$ with probability tending to one for every $\eta >0$.Short English statement
For each fixed $\beta >1$ in Gaussian zero-field SK, are $sd(F_n)=n^(1/6+o(1))$ and $Var(F_n)=n^(1/3+o(1))$? Require additionally that $|F_n-E$ $F_n|$ lies between $n^{1/6-\eta }$ and $n^{1/6+\eta }$ with probability tending to one for every $\eta >0$.Sources
- S1 Original question source or mathematical context. https://github.com/openai/math/blob/adc7f1241b42e322a6451854ab7e4b4c146bf78a/preprints/The-low-temperature-Sherrington-Kirkpatrick-fluctuation-scale-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/The-low-temperature-Sherrington-Kirkpatrick-fluctuation-scale-September-24-2026/README.md.
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At each fixed zero-field Gaussian SK inverse temperature $\beta>1$, both standard deviation and typical centered fluctuations are claimed to have exponent $1/6$. The question retains these same parameters and conventions. Within these assumptions, this is a claimed affirmative answer to the stated question.
The one-sixth free-energy fluctuation exponent in low-temperature SK
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OpenAI presents a proof in the selected manuscript. At each fixed zero-field Gaussian SK inverse temperature $\beta>1$, both standard deviation and typical centered fluctuations are claimed to have exponent $1/6$.Mathematical statement of the claimed result
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For fixed $\beta>1$, let $g_{ij}$ be independent standard Gaussians and define \[ F_n=\log\left(2^{-n}\sum_{\sigma\in\{-1,1\}^n} \exp\left(\frac\beta{\sqrt n}\sum_{i<j}g_{ij}\sigma_i\sigma_j\right)\right). \] The claim is \[ \operatorname{sd}(F_n)=n^{1/6+o(1)},\qquad \operatorname{Var}(F_n)=n^{1/3+o(1)}. \] More precisely, for every $\eta>0$ and sufficiently large $n$, $n^{1/6-\eta}\le\operatorname{sd}(F_n)\le n^{1/6+\eta}$, and \[ \mathbb P\{n^{1/6-\eta}\le|F_n-\mathbb EF_n|\le n^{1/6+\eta}\}\to1. \] Probability is over the zero-field Gaussian disorder.Outline of the argument
Gaussian covariances are revealed along finite hierarchical paths, with pinned inverse-Hessian estimates controlling moments. Optimized local comparisons and signed replica attachments cancel the susceptibility correction; the resulting small-mass overlap profile gives a positive Laplace window at scale $n^{-1/6}$ and the matching fluctuation exponent.Formal verification
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- OpenAI, The low-temperature Sherrington–Kirkpatrick fluctuation scale, 2026-09-24; citation key
OAI:The-low-temperature-Sherrington-Kirkpatrick-fluctuation-scale-September-24-2026. PDF (GitHub); PDF (direct); Manuscript page and citation; Latest version; Statement source: thm:main. - OpenAI catalogue entry.