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Invariant-projection counterexamples for every irrational rotation
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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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Formalization
- 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 $\theta\in(0,1)$) andproduct_realization; the theorem bodies in this statement file aresorry.
Possibly relevant literature (found by the agent, not checked)
- G. Androulakis and A. Flattot, Hyperinvariant subspace for weighted composition operator on $L^p([0,1]^d)$ (arXiv:0809.4429, 2008). Proves hyperinvariant subspaces for Bishop-type weighted composition operators $vf\circ\tau$ with ergodic $\tau$ and generalized-polynomial weights under a discrepancy condition; a related class to the weighted rotations $Uf(V)$ of Theorem 1.1, though acting on $L^p([0,1]^d)$ rather than in $R_\theta$.
- I. B. Jung, E. Ko and C. Pearcy, Hyperinvariant subspaces for a class of quasinilpotent operators (Studia Math. 245 (2019) 289–296, doi:10.4064/sm171209-18-1). Gives hyperinvariant subspaces for a structurally defined subclass of quasinilpotent Hilbert-space operators; the quasinilpotent operator of the corollary on transitive commutants must lie outside that subclass.
- Sa Ge Lee, The Hyperinvarinat Subspace Problem (arXiv:2306.13940, 2023). Short preprint whose abstract claims to solve the hyperinvariant subspace problem for Hilbert spaces; bears on the paper's corollary that a nonzero quasinilpotent operator without nontrivial hyperinvariant subspace exists.
Digests and expositions
- Ying Xie, What the Machine Invented: Mining New Mathematical Instruments from OpenAI's October 2026 Release of AI-Generated Mathematics (arXiv:2610.17090, 2026-10-12). Section 9.4.3 surveys family 293, listing the "endpoint-conditioned convolution obstruction" and the affiliated-transport lemma from this paper as extracted instruments, and notes the paper's estimates were not independently verified for the survey. [family-level]
- Claude Opus 5.5 / Open Mathematics Courses, A backward intertwiner and a transitive commutant (Open Mathematics Courses, n.d.). This lesson develops the backward-intertwiner and transitivity argument and explains the connection to the companion's invariant-projection theorem, which the course does not prove; the site states that independent review is incomplete. [AI-generated per source] [family-level]
Elsewhere
- VibeMathed: Problem record
- whataifound: Registry entry
- Emergent Mind: family 293
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Cite
@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}
}Lean formalization
OpenAI provides Lean files for this family: lean/docs/293.md. The Lean statements have not been checked by people against the paper's claims.
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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