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An Isolated Particle Pole for the Two-Dimensional O(3) Spin Field
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Abstract
We consider the continuum spin field constructed from the nearest-neighbor two-dimensional $O(3)$ model by the fixed prescription of the companion paper. We prove that its vector two-point spectral measure has a positive atom corresponding to the lowest mass, separated by a positive gap from all remaining mass support.
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Follow-up works
- Anton Ragin, The massive continuum limit of the two-dimensional O(4) sigma model (Zenodo, doi:10.5281/zenodo.23349319, v7, 2026-10-13). Cites this manuscript; its stated conditional inputs are the O(4) renormalization-group paper and the O(3) continuum-limit paper, not this one. [AI-generated per source]
Comments and discussion
- Peter Hall and Joseph Howlett, The most exciting claims from OpenAI's heap of new proofs (Scientific American, 2026-10-08). Reports several release papers claiming to resolve the sigma-model analogue of the Yang-Mills mass-gap problem, quoting Michael Douglas and Roland Bauerschmidt (the first sigma-model paper "seems very reasonable", the second "horrible") without identifying the papers by title. [family-level]
Possibly relevant literature (found by the agent, not checked)
- J. Balog and P. Weisz, Construction and clustering properties of the 2-d non-linear sigma-model form factors: O(3), O(4), large n examples (Nucl. Phys. B 778 (2007) 259-309). Form-factor work on the O(3) model in the integrable description, bearing on the spin-field spectral measure whose one-particle atom (Theorem 1.1) the paper establishes; it complements the cited Balog-Niedermaier paper.
Digests and expositions
- AI Proved What?, Do spins forget? (Episode 215, October 2026). Explains the five papers’ claims, proof strategies and differing formalization scopes. [AI-generated per source] [family-level]
Elsewhere
- whataifound: Registry entry
- Emergent Mind: family 215
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@misc{OAI:An-Isolated-Particle-Pole-for-the-Two-Dimensional-O3-Spin-Field-October-4-2026,
author = {{OpenAI}},
title = {{An Isolated Particle Pole for the Two-Dimensional O(3) Spin Field}},
howpublished = {OpenAI Math Release preprint
\href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/An-Isolated-Particle-Pole-for-the-Two-Dimensional-O3-Spin-Field-October-4-2026/o3-particle-pole.pdf}{OAI:An-Isolated-Particle-Pole-for-the-Two-Dimensional-O3-Spin-Field-October-4-2026}},
year = {2026}
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Family 215: Canonical $O(3)$ continuum limit and exact $O(4)$ mass asymptotics
Constructs the canonical continuum limit of the two-dimensional nearest-neighbor $O(3)$ model: a non-Gaussian local relativistic theory with a unique vacuum and a positive mass gap. For the square-lattice $O(4)$ model, determines the exact leading asymptotic of the full transfer gap, $m_{\mathrm{lat}}(\beta)\sim32e^{\pi/4-1/2}\sqrt\beta\,e^{-\pi\beta}$. The family also proves exponential spin-correlation decay for two-dimensional nearest-neighbor $O(n)$ models with n ≥ 3 at every positive temperature.
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- The canonical massive continuum limit of the two-dimensional O(3) model · October 4, 2026
- Exact mass asymptotics for the two-dimensional O(4) lattice model · October 5, 2026
- Sharp mass bounds for the two-dimensional O(4) model · September 23, 2026
- Exponential decay in two-dimensional classical O(n) models · September 23, 2026