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A computer-assisted counterexample to the planar Pompeiu and Schiffer conjectures

PreprintPublication date Aug 3, 2026
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Constructs a non-disk simply connected domain with real-analytic Jordan boundary and tenfold symmetry, using certified numerical estimates.

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Constructs a non-disk simply connected domain with real-analytic Jordan boundary and tenfold symmetry, using certified numerical estimates.

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Passage ID: schiffer-pompeiu:entry:computer:v1

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Schiffer and Pompeiu conjectures →

Problem publication v7

An analytic tenfold counterexample →

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Proved

Analytic tenfold witness certified by the authors

The spectral frequency k lies between 31.967007261 and 31.967007293.

Source date Aug 3, 2026 · Observed Oct 13, 2026

The planar Pompeiu property question →

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Disproved

Planar disk-rigidity conjecture refuted in the cited paper

Simply connected non-disk with real-analytic boundary; this is not a multiply connected annulus construction.

Source date Aug 3, 2026 · Observed Oct 13, 2026

Planar disk rigidity for overdetermined Helmholtz data →

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Disproved

Planar disk-rigidity conjecture refuted in the cited paper

Simply connected non-disk with real-analytic boundary; this is not a multiply connected annulus construction.

Source date Aug 3, 2026 · Observed Oct 13, 2026

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History

Pompeiu asks whether domain averages determine a function

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Matthew J. Colbrook · George Stepaniants

Matthew J. Colbrook, George Stepaniants

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The paper credits GPT-5.5 Codex for debugging early computational code, checked line by line by the authors. The authors own the mathematical argument and certificate.

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    A computer-assisted counterexample to the planar Pompeiu and Schiffer conjectures

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A computer-assisted counterexample to the planar Pompeiu and Schiffer conjectures
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