Three manuscripts withdrawn after a sign error (Weil classes, Kuga–Satake K3, rational Hodge)
Status
Withdrawn
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Outside the verification path
- Announced
- Recordedwithdrawn
What this status means
Source reading : Source read word for word (level 3 of 3)
Withdrawn or abandoned by its author, or marked incorrect by the reference source.
The gist
On 7 October 2026, OpenAI withdrew three manuscripts from its mathematics release, on Weil classes, Kuga-Satake K3 and the rational Hodge conjecture, after a sign error. Status: withdrawn.
Cite this entry
A single status snapshot since Oct 11, 2026: a citation always points to a dated snapshot.
Cite snapshot 1, Oct 11, 2026
APA citation with the dated link
BibTeX @misc, key discoveria-oai-withdrawn-weil-classes-2026-10-07-r1
@misc{discoveria-oai-withdrawn-weil-classes-2026-10-07-r1,
author = {{DiscoverIA}},
title = {Three manuscripts withdrawn after a sign error (Weil classes, Kuga–Satake K3, rational Hodge)},
howpublished = {DiscoverIA registry, entry oai-withdrawn-weil-classes-2026-10-07},
note = {Status « Withdrawn », snapshot 1, recorded on October 11, 2026. new result},
year = {2026},
url = {https://discoveria.ai/en/fiche/oai-withdrawn-weil-classes-2026-10-07/#releve-1},
urldate = {2026-10-11}
}Dated link opens this snapshot in the history
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What has not been reviewed?
The status and its sources come from the registry; only the explanatory text has not been reviewed. A reported error is corrected, then the text is reviewed.
The status and its sources come from the registry; only the explanatory text has not been reviewed. A reported error is corrected, then the text is reviewed.
Key facts
- Claimed by
- Not shown (withdrawn entry)
announced on Oct 7, 2026 - Nature
- new result
- Field
- Mathematics (algebraic geometry / Hodge theory)
- Checked by
- withdrawn by OpenAI; who spotted the problem is not stated (noted by aiweekly)
- Sources (domains)
- 2 : 1 read word for word, 1 links only
- This entry
- AI draft, not reviewed
To understand
Analogy
It is like a book pulled from sale after a calculation error is found in a central chapter: the publisher sets it aside but keeps a record.
What it changes
According to OpenAI's change log, a sign error invalidates a cancellation argument, so the three results are no longer asserted. The same log also mentions 14 revised manuscripts and 6 added formalisations. OpenAI says it will keep updating the repository with any errata it notices.
What remains unclear
The person or tool that spotted the error is not identified in the sources read. The withdrawal says nothing about the other manuscripts in the release, whose status remains under review. Retraction Watch reports that roughly half of the results were released unconfirmed.
2 sources.
For experts
Sources(domains)
- primairegithub.comlink only, reading not recorded
- corroborationretractionwatch.compage read word for word ·
continue to update the repo with new formalizations and with any errata we notice.
Method
Status “withdrawn” recorded on 11 October 2026 from github.com (page read, quotation checked word for word).
Limits
The status may change if a new source is published; the dated history stays visible.
It is like a book pulled from sale after a calculation error is found in a central chapter: the publisher sets it aside but keeps a record.
In the same set
openai/math: 719 manuscripts in 372 families from an unreleased internal model · entry 372 of 372, by family number
- Not evaluated : describes the scope of the Lean formalization
- Not evaluated : Not all have accompanying Lean formalizations.
- Not evaluated : Counterexample to Hadwiger's conjecture
- Withdrawn : Three manuscripts withdrawn after a sign error (Weil classes, Kuga–Satake K3, rational Hodge)
Status history
Only one observation so far.
An observation is added; none is ever erased.
Reactions and objections
- : Retraction Watch : OpenAI withdraws three preprints a day after releasing 722 manuscripts (retractionwatch.com)
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