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Independent · Princeton-rooted

Mathematical discovery, made verifiable.

We work on frontier problems in mathematics and build systems where AI and mathematicians explore, reason, challenge, and verify together. Our results now span arithmetic dynamics, algebraic geometry, rough integration, kinetic theory, and quantum information.

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AIMathematicians

Advanced interaction systems and working modes for sustained collaboration between mathematical judgment and machine intelligence.

Research results

First known resolutions

To our knowledge at the time of publication, each result below was the first resolution of its question within the stated scope.

Each entry shows when the question was posed and when our result was published.

  1. Posed

    Quantum information · Representation theory

    Entropy minima for fermionic states

    Do coherent states minimize Wehrl and every positive-order Rényi–Wehrl entropy in the basic fermionic representations?

    Gnutzmann–Życzkowski · Conjecture 1, fermionic cases

    Basic fermionic cases resolved

    Published

    Full Husimi convex order and sharp entropy minima, with equality cases, hold for all basic exterior powers and fundamental half-spin and odd-spin representations. The exterior-power comparison and minimizers are formalized end to end; spin extensions and explicit constants have paper proofs. Higher highest-weight multiples are outside the scope.

  2. Posed

    Number theory · Arithmetic dynamics

    Prescribing recurrence zero sets

    Can every p-normal set occur as the zero set of a linear recurrence in characteristic p?

    Derksen · Conjecture 3.6

    Affirmative answer

    Published

    Every p-normal set is realized exactly, including finite modifications, by a finite-order linear recurrence over Fₚ(t). The recurrence varies with the set; the coefficient field stays fixed.

  3. Posed

    Mathematical physics · Kinetic theory

    What collisions preserve

    Are constants and energy the only collision invariants of the nearest-neighbour pinned chain?

    Aoki, Lukkarinen & Spohn

    Complete classification

    Published

    For every fixed 0 < d < 1/2, every measurable, finite-a.e. invariant is a linear combination of a constant and the energy. Regularity is a consequence, not an assumption; we also establish a spectral gap and closed collision operator.

  4. Posed

    Algebraic geometry · Dynamics

    Extending a map without changing it

    Over a finite field, can a polarized self-map extend to projective space after choosing a larger embedding?

    Poonen · Question 1.1, finite-field case

    Affirmative for degree d ≥ 2

    Published

    A larger projective embedding gives an extension over the original field, preserving both the original map and its degree. There is no need to replace the map by an iterate.

  5. Posed

    Algebraic dynamics

    The limits of a universal seed

    Can one geometrically nilpotent subvariety generate all others through forward and backward iterates?

    Borisov · Question 13

    Negative answer

    Published

    An explicit polynomial system in every prime characteristic admits no such universal seed. Retained-coordinate inseparable degree detects an obstruction that pointwise iteration cannot see.

  6. Posed

    Arithmetic dynamics · Finite fields

    When orbit densities do not converge

    Does the proportion of points with well-defined infinite forward orbits tend to one over growing finite-field extensions?

    Arithmetic dynamics survey · Conjecture 18.10(b)

    Counterexample

    Published

    For a fixed cubic plane birational map over F₂, that proportion has liminf 0 and limsup 1. This refutes the asymptotic-density claim in part (b), not the separate Zariski-density statement in part (a).

  7. Posed

    Quantum information · Fermionic computation

    Four Gaussian terms, even without symmetry

    Do two copies of the four-mode magic state require exactly four Gaussian summands when decompositions are unrestricted?

    Cudby–Strelchuk · Two-copy Gaussian-rank conjecture

    Exact rank four

    Published

    A degree-eighteen polynomial rules out every three-term decomposition, including cross-copy couplings. Gaussian rank is multiplicative for two nonzero four-mode even states. This is a paper theorem; the rank bounds and coordinate certificates are formalized, but the end-to-end rank-four proof remains in progress.

Further results · Geometry & Analysis

One curve. All realizable area lifts.

Historical origin: Toeplitz’s 1911 square peg problem.

In the critical variation class, one boundary occupation density determines the area record on every subarc, and every allowed density is realized by one sequence of smooth embedded curves. The full space is compact and convex, with extreme points given by zero-or-one occupations.

With the Asano–Ike criterion, the construction yields prescribed rectangles when the coordinates have finite strong p- and q-variation, with p, q > 1 and 1/p + 1/q = 1, including finite strong quadratic variation. This advances the known range of a classical problem; the unrestricted problem remains open. The external rectangle criterion is not part of the Lean proof.

Further results · Kinetic theory & PDE

From collisions to fluid transport.

For wave kinetics with a fixed cube cutoff, we prove a fluid limit throughout a prescribed smooth, positive Euler interval, even as corner modes retain transport memory. We also determine the Onsager tensor’s seven-dimensional kernel and rank eight.

Explore the result and its scope

Full statements and proofs are in the linked preprints. Formal verification covers the components documented in each repository; some end-to-end formalizations remain in progress. Verification scope: arithmetic dynamics · kinetic theory · fermionic states · boundary occupation.

Current research

From exploration
to checked knowledge.

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Frontier mathematics

We take on difficult problems at the frontier of mathematics, where new structures and proof strategies have to be found.

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Verification methods

Proof auditing, exact computation, and formal checking that connect every result to the claim it actually establishes.

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Mathematics in use

Transferring new structures and verified results into difficult problems across science, engineering, and industry.

Human × AI

A new mode of mathematical collaboration.

We develop advanced systems and research protocols for AI and mathematicians to work as one discovery loop—from search and conjecture to proof and independent checking.

New answers, reusable methods, and a growing body of verifiable mathematics.

Writing

Notes from the discovery loop.