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Invariant-projection counterexamples for every irrational rotation

OpenAI · September 27, 2026

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Abstract

For every irrational angle, we construct a continuous nonnegative circle weight with exactly one zero and logarithmic integral $-\infty$ whose weighted rotation has no nontrivial invariant projection in the associated hyperfinite type II1 factor. This answers negatively the question of Zhu, Fang, and Shi, with the angle prescribed in advance. The resulting operator is nonzero and norm-quasinilpotent.

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  • OpenAI, Invariant projections, hyperinvariant subspaces, and transitive algebras: Lean scope note (OpenAI Math Release, lean/docs/293.md, 2026-10-06). Describes the Lean scope for this paper: a continuous circle weight at every irrational angle whose weighted rotation is nonzero, quasinilpotent and has no nontrivial invariant projection in $R_\theta$, plus a product realization and the product model's Brown measure $\delta_0$. [family-level]
  • OpenAI math release, IrrationalRotation.lean (Comparator challenge, commit adc7f12, 2026). Comparator statement file with prescribed_irrational_counterexample (Theorem 1.1 for every irrational $\theta\in(0,1)$) and product_realization; the theorem bodies in this statement file are sorry.

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@misc{OAI:Invariant-projection-counterexamples-for-every-irrational-rotation-September-27-2026,
  author = {{OpenAI}},
  title = {{Invariant-projection counterexamples for every irrational rotation}},
  howpublished = {OpenAI Math Release preprint
                  \href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Invariant-projection-counterexamples-for-every-irrational-rotation-September-27-2026/paper.pdf}{OAI:Invariant-projection-counterexamples-for-every-irrational-rotation-September-27-2026}},
  year = {2026}
}

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Family 293: Invariant projections, hyperinvariant subspaces, and transitive algebras

Constructs a nonzero norm-quasinilpotent operator on every infinite-dimensional separable complex Hilbert space with no nonzero proper closed subspace invariant under every commuting operator. The construction also gives operators with no nontrivial invariant projection in the hyperfinite type II1 factor.

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