Not evaluated
Counterexamples to infinite matroid intersection and packing/covering (family 185)
The gist
On October 6, 2026, OpenAI announced, with an unreleased internal model, a manuscript claiming a counterexample to the packing/covering conjecture for infinite matroids.
DiscoverIA status on October 12, 2026: not evaluated, meaning no third-party evaluation found.
AI draft, not reviewedWhat has not been reviewed?
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A single status snapshot since Oct 12, 2026: a citation always points to a dated snapshot.
Cite snapshot 1, Oct 12, 2026
APA citation with the dated link
BibTeX @misc, key discoveria-oai-fam-185-counterexamples-infinite-matroid-r1
@misc{discoveria-oai-fam-185-counterexamples-infinite-matroid-r1,
author = {{DiscoverIA}},
title = {Counterexamples to infinite matroid intersection and packing/covering (family 185)},
howpublished = {DiscoverIA registry, entry oai-fam-185-counterexamples-infinite-matroid},
note = {Status “Not evaluated”, snapshot 1, recorded on October 12, 2026. New result},
year = {2026},
url = {https://discoveria.ai/entry/oai-fam-185-counterexamples-infinite-matroid#releve-1},
urldate = {2026-10-12}
}Dated link opens this snapshot in the history
To understand ≈ 20 s reading time, estimated
What it changes
A matroid is an abstract structure that generalises the notion of independence, for instance that of free vectors or of sets of edges of a graph containing no cycle; here, it is infinite. If the manuscript held, the packing/covering conjecture would be false for infinite matroids.
What remains unclear
The Lean (a language in which a computer checks every step of a proof) is supplied by OpenAI itself, and its tracking file carries the mention “unchecked”. No third-party verification is recorded. It is not known how far the 2 Lean statements cover the manuscript.
For experts
Sources, method, key facts, status history, report an error
Status
Not evaluated
Recorded on · github.com · 185.md
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What this status means
Source reading : Source read word for word (level 3 of 3)
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Sources
- Main sourcegithub.com · CONTENTS.mdlink only, reading not recorded
- Repositorygithub.com · A-Counterexample-to-the…link only, reading not recorded
- Lean proofgithub.com · 185.mdpage read word for word
- Lean proofgithub.com · InfiniteMatroid.leanlink only, reading not recorded
- Lean proofgithub.com · InfiniteMatroidCorollaries…link only, reading not recorded
Method
The openai/math repository contains one manuscript, “A Counterexample to the Infinite Matroid Packing/Covering Conjecture”, dated September 24, 2026. The file lean/docs/185.md describes the scope of the Lean formalisation, with 2 Comparator statements. The family is among the sources of formalization.yaml, and history.md reports no revision. DiscoverIA status: not evaluated, meaning that no third-party evaluation has been found in the sources read. Set on October 12, 2026 from github.com (page read, quotation checked word for word: “describes the scope of the Lean formalization”).
Limits
No named third party: the recorded checks come from the claimant or from a platform tool. The claimant supplies a Lean proof; as of this date, DiscoverIA has found no independent verification of this proof or of the result.
Key facts
- Claimed by
- OpenAI (unreleased internal model)
announced on Oct 6, 2026 - Nature
- new result
- Field
- Mathematics (Combinatorics)
- In openai/math
- family 185, section “Combinatorics”, 1 manuscript dated Sep 24, 2026
- Lean proof
- supplied by the claimant, marked “unchecked” (not reviewed) in its repository
- Revisions
- none reported by the claimant
- Checked by
- claimant (Lean supplied, not checked by a third party)
- Sources
- 5 : 1 read word for word, 4 links only
- This entry
- AI draft, not reviewed
Status history
Only one observation so far.
- 01
First observation:Not evaluatedCurrent status
Family with a Lean proof supplied by the claimant. No third-party check read; the source marks this proof as not reviewed (“unchecked”).
Source: github.comread word for word
An observation is added; none is ever erased.
In the same set
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- Not evaluated : Counterexamples to infinite matroid intersection and packing/covering (family 185)
- Not evaluated : The Friedgut–Kalai graph and hypergraph threshold conjectures (family 186)
- Not evaluated : Snaky in 21 Maker moves (family 187)
- Not evaluated : The sharp constant in random triangle removal (family 188)
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