---
title: "P = W for fixed-determinant SLn moduli spaces"
authors:
  - "OpenAI (internal model)"
year: 2026
venue: "openai/math manuscript collection (GitHub), result family 043; unreviewed"
arxiv: null
doi: null
source: "https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/P-equals-W-in-composite-rank-for-fixed-determinant-September-24-2026/P-equals-W-in-composite-rank-for-fixed-determinant-September-24-2026.pdf"
topics:
  - "openai-math"
  - "ai-generated-math"
  - "algebraic-and-complex-geometry"
  - "unformalized"
seed_rank: 1903
seed_batch: "openai-math-2026-10-07"
reviewed: "2026-10-07"
pool: "maths-foundations"
relevance_score: 7
lineage: ai-mathematical-reasoning
cites:
  - title: "P=W in composite rank for fixed determinant"
    url: "https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/P-equals-W-in-composite-rank-for-fixed-determinant-September-24-2026/P-equals-W-in-composite-rank-for-fixed-determinant-September-24-2026.pdf"
    year: 2026
    arxiv: null
    doi: null
---

# P = W for fixed-determinant SLn moduli spaces

## One-sentence takeaway

OpenAI's result family 043 (Algebraic and complex geometry) claims: Proves $P_k=W_{2k}=W_{2k+1}$ on the full rational cohomology of smooth coprime fixed-determinant, trace-free Higgs moduli spaces and their character varieties for composite ranks over smooth projective complex curves of genus at least two.

## Why it matters here

Pure mathematics with no direct engine use; it is in the library as part of the openai/math corpus, which records what an AI research model claims to have proved. More broadly, every card in this batch is evidence for the `ai-mathematical-reasoning` thread: per the repo README, an unreleased internal OpenAI model produced it, using about three hours of ChatGPT Pro thinking compute per result on average, across roughly 4,000 posed problems.

## Key ideas

- Family summary (repo): This includes variant cohomology and, together with the known prime-rank theorems, establishes the fixed-determinant P = W conjecture in every coprime rank.
- *P=W in composite rank for fixed determinant*: We prove the P = W conjecture on the full rational cohomology of fixed-determinant, trace-free Higgs moduli spaces in composite rank and coprime degree, for smooth projective complex curves of genus at least two. Together with the established prime-rank cases, this gives the equality in every coprime rank.

## Caveats

- Unreviewed: these are AI-generated manuscripts posted to GitHub with no peer review or arXiv deposit. The repo README says results are "at different stages of verification" and that "some of the unformalized results could have issues."
- This card restates the repo's family summary, manuscript abstracts and Lean scope notes. It is not an independent check of the proofs, and the scope of each theorem is exactly as stated there.
- Lean: not formalized. The repo has no Lean development for this family, so the claim rests on the prose manuscript(s) alone.

## Links

- Manuscript: [P=W in composite rank for fixed determinant](https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/P-equals-W-in-composite-rank-for-fixed-determinant-September-24-2026/P-equals-W-in-composite-rank-for-fixed-determinant-September-24-2026.pdf)
- Family entry: https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/CONTENTS.md
- Overview PDF: https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/overview.pdf
- Repo: https://github.com/openai/math