Problem detail · source-aware

First Proof Question 8: Smoothing Polyhedral Lagrangians

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Precise statement

Question 8 of the First Proof experiment (Abouzaid et al.) asks whether a polyhedral Lagrangian surface with exactly four faces meeting at every vertex necessarily admits a Lagrangian smoothing. The research report assembles ChatGPT-suggested constructions into an affirmative argument for orientable surfaces in $(\mathbb{R}^4, \omega)$: smooth the edges, verify the vertex links are unknots with rot 0 and tb -1, and cap off with Lagrangian disks via Chartraine's results.

The source statement is reproduced for indexing with attribution. Mathematical correctness requires domain-expert or mechanical review. VibeMath has not independently audited statement fidelity, correctness, priority, or novelty.

What AI did

ChatGPT 5.2, Gemini Pro

A deliberate two-team methodology: Team A explored solutions with ChatGPT 5.2 and had to defend the generated material; Team B checked correctness with human reasoning plus Gemini Pro. The report even documents ChatGPT's initial wrong idea (a spurious obstruction), and a key citation the model gestured at was pinned down by the humans in review meetings.

Provider: OpenAI, Google DeepMind · Prompt public: unknown · Independence: unknown

Verification boundary

unreviewed

A self-described research report with an unusual format; the argument is assembled but no independent review has appeared, so it enters as a candidate.

Correctness: unknown · statement fidelity: unaudited · peer review: none

Timeline

  1. arXiv

    VibeMathed reports this item as candidate. VibeMath preserves that report as a source assertion and has not independently authored a plain-language mathematical explanation.

Known method families

construction (source-reported)

Source-reported tools: construction.

Independent: unknown · difference confidence: 0

What remains uncertain

VibeMath has not independently audited the mathematical statement, proof, or novelty claim.

  • The source status is candidate and must not be represented as solved.
  • VibeMath has not independently verified the mathematical claim.
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  • VibeMath has not independently audited the mathematical statement, proof, or novelty claim.