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A claimed universal residue formula for Witten zeta functions

The paper claims a universal formula for the leading residue of a normalized Witten zeta function and says this establishes Au’s gamma-product-shape conjecture, including the A4 prediction.

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Stable ID
math-witten-zeta-au-conjecture-2026
Revision
math-witten-zeta-au-conjecture-2026.v2
Field
Mathematics · Representation theory and number theory
Evidence
Tier 1 · Peer reviewed: No
Record state
Provisional · AI-generated provisional proof claim
Last checked

AI role

The manuscript states that Codex GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra generated the derivations, proofs, exposition, code and publication materials; ChatGPT Pro and Mathematica were used in the same workflow. The named human reports independent checking and accepts responsibility.

Record details

Problem or result
Au’s gamma-product-shape conjecture for irreducible crystallographic root systems
Authors
Jonas Matuzas
Institutions
No institutional affiliation stated in the manuscript
Result date
Preprint submitted July 14; third version posted August 3, 2026

Why it matters

A uniform formula across all irreducible crystallographic root systems would connect representation growth with Coxeter and special-function identities.

Limits

This is a third-version but unreviewed preprint whose mathematical content was generated in an AI workflow. The manuscript now reports independent numerical corroboration of selected identities, but describes those checks as partial, non-rigorous evidence rather than proof. No independent specialist assessment or formal verification was located.

Sources

  1. Primary: Jonas Matuzas, A universal leading-residue formula for Witten zeta functions

Correction and revision history

  1. 2026-07-23 — Prepared as a provisional tracker addition with the unusually extensive AI authorship and absence of independent assessment prominently disclosed.
  2. 2026-08-08 — Reviewed v3 and recorded its partial independent numerical corroboration without treating that evidence as proof; status remains provisional.

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