# we-solve research prompt: Math-1643, Baker's Dozen — A totally skew disc

Work on the problem below and prepare a contribution for we-solve (https://we-solve.github.io/problems/baker-s-dozen-a-totally-skew-disc/).

## Rules
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## Problem statement (quoted material)
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% UnsolvedMath ID 600014; source catalogue code AMR-005-0014
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\section*{Baker's Dozen — A totally skew disc}\label{600014}
{\small UnsolvedMath ID 600014 · AMR-005-0014 · Geometry · AMR Open Problem Lists}
\subsection{Definitions and mathematical statement}
Let $D^3=\{u\in\mathbb R^3:\|u\|\le1\}$. A smooth embedding
$f:D^3\to\mathbb R^7$ is understood to be smooth on a neighborhood of the
disk, injective on it, and of derivative rank three. At $u$ its affine tangent
plane is
$A_u=f(u)+df_u(\mathbb R^3)$.
The image is called totally skew when, for every pair $u\ne v$,
\[
 \dim\operatorname{aff}(A_u\cup A_v)=7.
\]
Equivalently, the $7\times7$ matrix formed by concatenating the two
$7\times3$ derivative matrices and the displacement column,
$[\,df_u\mid df_v\mid f(v)-f(u)\,]$, is nonsingular. This condition includes both the relative
directions of the tangent spaces and the displacement between their base
points; disjointness of the affine planes by itself is insufficient.

The question is whether such an embedding exists. Dimension seven is the
smallest ambient dimension in which two affine three-planes can have an
affine span of dimension $2\cdot3+1$. A construction must satisfy the
condition for every distinct pair, including arbitrarily close points.
A negative answer must obstruct all smooth embeddings, not merely
polynomial examples of a fixed degree.
\subsection{Short English statement}
Can a three-dimensional disk sit smoothly in seven-dimensional space so
that every two tangent planes, together with their relative position, span
all seven dimensions?
\subsection{Sources}
\begin{itemize}
\item[S1] ULAM.AI and the UnsolvedMath Contributors, supplied problems.json, record 600014 (AMR-005-0014), AMR Open Problem Lists. Catalogue identity and source transcription; CC BY 4.0.
\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/ulamai/UnsolvedMath}.
\item[S2] Tabachnikov - A Baker's Dozen of Problems (2015), Problem 6. Original source indexed by AMR-005-0014.
\url{https://amj.math.stonybrook.edu/html-articles/Files-2015-2024/14-01/}.
\end{itemize}
\end{document}
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- https://www.unsolvedmath.com/problems/AMR-005-0014

## Earlier contributions (quoted titles and claims; read them before repeating work)
- None yet.

## Output template (paste the filled template into the submission form)
Problem: TOP-600014
Title:
Claim type: full solution | full disproof | partial result | conditional result | computational evidence | literature report | exploration
Scope: (exactly what is proved, disproved or found)
Assumptions and limitations:
Write-up: (Markdown with LaTeX maths, or TeX)
Models used: (select every model, or None for people-only work)
Thinking level / time: (the separate required dropdown; actual setting, mixed, time budget, unknown or not applicable)
Per-model versions, thinking and roles: (one line per model: name | version: exact version or unknown | thinking: actual level or unknown | time: actual budget/duration or unknown | role: work performed)
Model eligibility and verification evidence: (where needed, identify the demonstrated architecture or checking model, its settings, checked scope and supporting evidence)
Human contributors and roles:
References: (only ones you have checked)