# openai/math challenge `BalancedThreeStack` (family 376) Prove the following result from OpenAI's [openai/math](https://github.com/openai/math) release in Lean 4, with a proof the Lean kernel accepts. Context: this statement belongs to family 376 of the release, *Universal computation in forced Navier–Stokes flows* (Partial differential equations). The family as a whole: Constructs viscous incompressible flows starting from rest on a fixed flat three-dimensional domain that perform universal computation under smooth external forcing. A terminating compiler turns a Turing machine and input into a finite program for the force, so a designated particle reaches a fixed region exactly when the machine halts. The viscosity is fixed, positive and computable. The challenge is `BalancedThreeStack`, also at `/opt/openai-math/challenges/BalancedThreeStack.lean`: ```lean import Mathlib namespace OAI namespace BalancedTransport namespace Recorder inductive Direction where | stay | left | right deriving DecidableEq instance : Fintype Direction := ⟨{.stay, .left, .right}, by intro d; cases d <;> simp⟩ structure Transition (Q Γ : Type*) where state : Q write : Γ move : Direction end Recorder structure FiniteMachine where states : ℕ symbols : ℕ initial : Fin (states + 1) blank : Fin (symbols + 1) transition : Fin (states + 1) → Fin (symbols + 1) → Option (Recorder.Transition (Fin (states + 1)) (Fin (symbols + 1))) abbrev Input (M : FiniteMachine) := List (Fin (M.symbols + 1)) structure TapeConfiguration (M : FiniteMachine) where state : Fin (M.states + 1) head : ℤ tape : ℤ → Fin (M.symbols + 1) def initialConfiguration (M : FiniteMachine) (w : Input M) : TapeConfiguration M := ⟨M.initial, 0, fun z => if 0 ≤ z then w[z.toNat]?.getD M.blank else M.blank⟩ def machineStep (M : FiniteMachine) (c : TapeConfiguration M) : Option (TapeConfiguration M) := (M.transition c.state (c.tape c.head)).map fun v => ⟨v.state, c.head + (match v.move with | .stay => 0 | .left => -1 | .right => 1), Function.update c.tape c.head v.write⟩ def Halts (M : FiniteMachine) (w : Input M) : Prop := ∃ c, Relation.ReflTransGen (fun c d => machineStep M c = some d) (initialConfiguration M w) c ∧ machineStep M c = none def Recorder.Direction.number : Recorder.Direction → ℕ | .stay => 0 | .left => 1 | .right => 2 def FiniteMachine.code (M : FiniteMachine) : ℕ := Encodable.encode (M.states, M.symbols, M.initial.val, M.blank.val, (List.finRange (M.states + 1)).map fun q => (List.finRange (M.symbols + 1)).map fun a => (M.transition q a).map fun v => (v.state.val, v.write.val, v.move.number)) def inputCode (M : FiniteMachine) (w : Input M) : ℕ := Encodable.encode (M.code, w.map Fin.val) abbrev Space := Fin 3 → ℝ abbrev Field (F : Type*) := ℝ → Space → F abbrev Velocity := Field Space abbrev Pressure := Field ℝ abbrev Family (F : Type*) := (M : FiniteMachine) → Input M → F abbrev MaterialFlow := ℝ → Space → Space abbrev MultiIndex := List (Option (Fin 3)) abbrev RationalPoint := ℚ × (Fin 3 → ℚ) noncomputable section open MeasureTheory open scoped ENNReal variable {F : Type*} [NormedAddCommGroup F] [NormedSpace ℝ F] def timeD (v : Field F) : Field F := fun t x => derivWithin (fun s => v s x) (Set.Ici 0) t def spaceD (i : Fin 3) (v : Field F) : Field F := fun t x => fderiv ℝ (v t) x (Pi.single i 1) def mixedD : MultiIndex → Field F → Field F | [], v => v | none :: a, v => timeD (mixedD a v) | some i :: a, v => spaceD i (mixedD a v) def spatialD : List (Fin 3) → Field F → Field F | [], v => v | i :: a, v => spaceD i (spatialD a v) def Smooth (v : Field F) : Prop := ContDiffOn ℝ (⊤ : ℕ∞) (fun z : ℝ × Space => v z.1 z.2) (Set.Ici 0 ×ˢ Set.univ) def BoundedMixed (v : Field F) : Prop := ∀ a : MultiIndex, ∃ C : ℝ, 0 ≤ C ∧ ∀ t, 0 ≤ t → ∀ x, ‖mixedD a v t x‖ ≤ C def CH (k : ℕ) (v : Field F) : Prop := ∀ a : List (Fin 3), a.length ≤ k → ∃ V : ℝ → Lp F 2 (volume : Measure Space), ContinuousOn V (Set.Ici 0) ∧ ∀ t, 0 ≤ t → (V t : Space → F) =ᵐ[volume] spatialD a v t def C1L2 (v : Field F) : Prop := ∃ V W : ℝ → Lp F 2 (volume : Measure Space), ContinuousOn V (Set.Ici 0) ∧ ContinuousOn W (Set.Ici 0) ∧ ∀ t, 0 ≤ t → (V t : Space → F) =ᵐ[volume] v t ∧ (W t : Space → F) =ᵐ[volume] timeD v t ∧ HasDerivWithinAt V (W t) (Set.Ici 0) t def div (u : Velocity) (t : ℝ) (x : Space) : ℝ := ∑ i, spaceD i u t x i def laplacian (u : Velocity) : Velocity := fun t x => ∑ i, spaceD i (spaceD i u) t x def convection (u : Velocity) : Velocity := fun t x => ∑ i, (u t x i) • spaceD i u t x def gradient (p : Pressure) (t : ℝ) (x : Space) : Space := fun i => spaceD i p t x def affineForce (f₀ f₁ : Velocity) (ν : ℝ) : Velocity := fun t x => f₀ t x + ν • f₁ t x def inertialCoefficient (u : Velocity) : Velocity := fun t x => timeD u t x + convection u t x def viscousCoefficient (u : Velocity) : Velocity := fun t x => -laplacian u t x def ZeroDataSolution (ν : ℝ) (f u : Velocity) (p : Pressure) : Prop := Smooth u ∧ Smooth p ∧ (∀ x, u 0 x = 0) ∧ (∀ t, 0 ≤ t → ∀ x, div u t x = 0) ∧ (∀ t, 0 ≤ t → ∀ x, timeD u t x + convection u t x = -gradient p t x + ν • laplacian u t x + f t x) def BoundedOnFiniteSlabs (u : Velocity) : Prop := ∀ T : ℝ, 0 ≤ T → ∃ C : ℝ, 0 ≤ C ∧ ∀ t ∈ Set.Icc (0 : ℝ) T, ∀ x, ‖u t x‖ ≤ C ∧ ∀ i : Fin 3, ‖spaceD i u t x‖ ≤ C def ComparisonClass (u : Velocity) (p : Pressure) : Prop := CH 2 u ∧ C1L2 u ∧ BoundedOnFiniteSlabs u ∧ ∃ c : ℝ → ℝ, CH 1 (fun t x => p t x - c t) def UniqueInComparison (ν : ℝ) (f U : Velocity) : Prop := ∀ u p, ZeroDataSolution ν f u p → ComparisonClass u p → (∀ t, 0 ≤ t → ∀ x, u t x = U t x) ∧ (∀ t, 0 ≤ t → ∀ x y, p t x = p t y) def CommonCompactSupport (U f₀ f₁ : Velocity) : Prop := ∃ K : Set Space, IsCompact K ∧ ∀ t, 0 ≤ t → ∀ x, x ∉ K → U t x = 0 ∧ f₀ t x = 0 ∧ f₁ t x = 0 def PeriodicAfterOne (v : Velocity) : Prop := ∀ t, 1 ≤ t → ∀ x, v (t + 1) x = v t x def IsMaterialFlow (u : Velocity) (X : MaterialFlow) : Prop := (∀ a, X 0 a = a) ∧ ∀ a t, 0 ≤ t → HasDerivWithinAt (fun s => X s a) (u t (X t a)) (Set.Ici 0) t def fixedLabel : Space := ![4, 0, 0] def observer : Set Space := Set.pi Set.univ (fun _ : Fin 3 => Set.Ioo (-1 : ℝ) 2) def rationalSpace (x : Fin 3 → ℚ) : Space := fun i => (x i : ℝ) def error (n : ℕ) : ℝ := (2 : ℝ)⁻¹ ^ n def EffectiveFamily (v : Family Velocity) : Prop := ∃ E : (ℕ × MultiIndex × RationalPoint × ℕ) → (Fin 3 → ℚ), ∃ b : (ℕ × MultiIndex) → ℕ, ∃ R : ℕ → ℕ, Computable E ∧ Computable b ∧ Computable R ∧ (∀ M w a z n, 0 ≤ z.1 → ∀ i, |(E (inputCode M w, a, z, n) i : ℝ) - mixedD a (v M w) (z.1 : ℝ) (rationalSpace z.2) i| ≤ error n) ∧ (∀ M w a t, 0 ≤ t → ∀ x, ‖mixedD a (v M w) t x‖ ≤ (b (inputCode M w, a) : ℝ)) ∧ (∀ M w t, 0 ≤ t → ∀ x, (R (inputCode M w) : ℝ) < ‖x‖ → v M w t x = 0) def EffectiveFieldIn (O : Set (ℕ →. ℕ)) (v : Velocity) : Prop := ∃ E : (MultiIndex × RationalPoint × ℕ) → (Fin 3 → ℚ), ∃ b : MultiIndex → ℕ, ComputableIn O E ∧ ComputableIn O b ∧ (∀ a z n, 0 ≤ z.1 → ∀ i, |(E (a, z, n) i : ℝ) - mixedD a v (z.1 : ℝ) (rationalSpace z.2) i| ≤ error n) ∧ (∀ a t, 0 ≤ t → ∀ x, ‖mixedD a v t x‖ ≤ (b a : ℝ)) def RealName (name : ℕ → ℚ) (x : ℝ) : Prop := ∀ n, |(name n : ℝ) - x| ≤ error n def ComputableReal (x : ℝ) : Prop := ∃ name : ℕ → ℚ, Computable name ∧ RealName name x def nameOracle (name : ℕ → ℚ) : ℕ →. ℕ := fun n => Part.some (Encodable.encode (name n)) end end BalancedTransport namespace BalancedTransport theorem balanced_three_stack_realization : ∃ U f₀ f₁ : Family Velocity, ∃ X : Family MaterialFlow, ∃ repeated : FiniteMachine → Velocity, EffectiveFamily U ∧ EffectiveFamily f₀ ∧ EffectiveFamily f₁ ∧ (∀ M, Function.Periodic (repeated M) 1) ∧ ∀ (M : FiniteMachine) (w : Input M), Smooth (U M w) ∧ Smooth (f₀ M w) ∧ Smooth (f₁ M w) ∧ f₀ M w = inertialCoefficient (U M w) ∧ f₁ M w = viscousCoefficient (U M w) ∧ CommonCompactSupport (U M w) (f₀ M w) (f₁ M w) ∧ BoundedMixed (U M w) ∧ PeriodicAfterOne (U M w) ∧ (∀ t, 1 ≤ t → ∀ x, U M w t x = repeated M t x) ∧ ComparisonClass (U M w) (fun _ _ => 0) ∧ IsMaterialFlow (U M w) (X M w) ∧ ((∃ t : ℝ, 0 ≤ t ∧ X M w t fixedLabel ∈ observer) ↔ Halts M w) ∧ ∀ ν : ℝ, 0 < ν → let f := affineForce (f₀ M w) (f₁ M w) ν ZeroDataSolution ν f (U M w) (fun _ _ => 0) ∧ Smooth f ∧ BoundedMixed f ∧ PeriodicAfterOne f ∧ UniqueInComparison ν f (U M w) ∧ (ComputableReal ν → EffectiveFieldIn ∅ f) ∧ (∀ name : ℕ → ℚ, RealName name ν → EffectiveFieldIn {nameOracle name} f) := by sorry end BalancedTransport end OAI ``` ## What to submit Write `/workspace/Submission.lean`. Start from a copy of the challenge: ```bash cp /opt/openai-math/challenges/BalancedThreeStack.lean /workspace/Submission.lean ``` then replace every `sorry` with a proof. The file is graded on three things: - **Same statements.** The theorem `OAI.BalancedTransport.balanced_three_stack_realization` must keep exactly the statement shown above: same names, namespaces, binders and types. Every definition the statements use must stay exactly as written. Change nothing except the proofs. - **Standard axioms only.** Proofs may use only `propext`, `Quot.sound` and `Classical.choice`. `sorry`, `admit`, new `axiom`s and `native_decide` (it introduces an axiom of its own) are rejected. - **Keep the challenge's declarations as they are.** Put new lemmas and instances *after* the definitions the statements use, or in a separate `Submission/*.lean` module. A declaration added before them can change how they elaborate, and then they no longer match the challenge. - **Kernel-checked.** The proofs are re-checked by the Lean kernel, not just the elaborator. Long proofs can be split into modules under `/workspace/Submission/` (module names `Submission.Foo`, `Submission.Foo.Bar`) imported from `Submission.lean`. Only `.lean` files at those two paths are graded. ## Environment - Lean `v4.34.1` and Mathlib at commit `d13f23b` are installed and prebuilt; `/workspace` is a Lake project. - The sandbox has 4 CPUs and 8 GB of memory; `LEAN_NUM_THREADS=3` keeps `lake build` to three parallel jobs. Check your work with `cd /workspace && lake build Submission`. Add `#print axioms ` to see which axioms a proof uses. - There is no internet access. OpenAI's own proofs are not installed. ## Grading When you finish, `Submission.lean` and `Submission/**.lean` are copied to a fresh machine and checked with [Comparator](https://github.com/leanprover/comparator), the Lean FRO's proof checker. The reward is 1 if Comparator accepts the proof and 0 otherwise. A partial proof scores 0.