Add OpenAI unit-distance disproof as Erdos FAMM solved scar

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id: openai_unit_distance_disproof_2026
status: solved_disproved_conjecture
claim_state: REVIEWED_EXTERNAL_MATH_CHECK_REPORTED
source_date: 2026-05-20
source_url: https://openai.com/index/model-disproves-discrete-geometry-conjecture/
problem_family:
name: planar_unit_distance_problem
proposer: Paul Erdos
year: 1946
field: discrete_geometry
tags:
- erdos
- unit_distances
- combinatorial_geometry
- discrete_geometry
- algebraic_number_theory
- model_guided_discovery
- counterexample_construction
question: >-
For n points in the Euclidean plane, how large can u(n), the maximum number of unit-distance pairs, be?
disproved_belief: >-
The long-standing expectation that square-grid-type constructions were essentially optimal, formalized as an upper-bound expectation u(n) <= n^(1+o(1)).
result: >-
An internal OpenAI model produced a construction giving an infinite family of n-point configurations with at least n^(1+delta) unit-distance pairs for some fixed delta > 0, thereby disproving the n^(1+o(1)) conjectural upper bound.
reported_delta:
original_ai_proof: no_explicit_delta_reported
sawin_refinement: delta_can_be_0_014
known_context:
previous_lower_bound: rescaled_square_grid_gives_n_to_1_plus_C_over_log_log_n
best_upper_bound: O(n^(4/3))
upper_bound_source: Spencer_Szemeredi_Trotter_1984
method_summary:
search_mode: wrong_way_counterexample_construction
construction_source: algebraic_number_theory
old_field: Gaussian_integers
new_field: richer_algebraic_number_fields
tools:
- infinite_class_field_towers
- Golod_Shafarevich_theory
- algebraic_number_field_symmetries
verification_boundary: external_mathematician_check_reported_by_OpenAI
famm_scar_interpretation:
scar_type: solved_counterexample_family
scar_role: route_open_discrete_geometry_problems_through_number_theoretic_construction_space
underverse_pattern: prove_by_breeding_a_counterexample_family_to_the_believed_upper_bound
nuvmap_address:
domain: discrete_geometry
object: point_configuration
obstruction: unit_distance_count_upper_bound
carrier: algebraic_number_field_symmetry
proof_mode: infinite_family_construction
verifier: external_mathematician_check
eigenmass_lesson: >-
High-value proof routes may live in a remote domain whose invariants are not visible in the native problem statement.
pruning_lesson: >-
Do not overweight community-default constructions such as square grids; preserve low-prior cross-domain routes with high structural symmetry.
attention_residual_lesson: >-
Persistent off-diagonal route retrieval is valuable: algebraic number theory acted as a distant residual source for a discrete geometry target.
fold_into_stack:
rrc_update: add discrete_geometry_to_algebraic_number_theory route family
famm_update: add solved counterexample scar with high weight
nuvmap_update: add unit_distance_count / number_field_symmetry coordinate
braidstorm_update: preserve counterexample-seeking braids against believed upper bounds
eigensolid_update: score infinite-family constructions above finite examples
verifier_update: require external/formal/math-check receipt before REVIEWED status
notes: >-
This entry is a FAMM solved-scar guide, not an independent reproduction of the proof. It records the achieved route and how to use it as a search prior.