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Paper presents simplified proof of quasiplanar graph edge conjecture originally produced by ChatGPT

An arXiv preprint titled "On the number of edges in quasiplanar graphs" addresses a conjecture by Pach, Shahrokhi, and Szegedy. A k-quasiplanar graph is a graph drawn in the plane with no k pairwise crossing edges, and the conjecture states that every such graph on n vertices has O_k(n) edges. According to the abstract, ChatGPT produced a proof of this conjecture. The authors present a simplified, self-contained version of that proof.

Source: arXiv · arxiv.org Published 2026-11-05T01:59:37+00:00 Detected 2026-11-06T02:18:51+00:00
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An arXiv preprint titled "On the number of edges in quasiplanar graphs" addresses a conjecture by Pach, Shahrokhi, and Szegedy. A k-quasiplanar graph is a graph drawn in the plane with no k pairwise crossing edges, and the conjecture states that every such graph on n vertices has O_k(n) edges. According to the abstract, ChatGPT produced a proof of this conjecture. The authors present a simplified, self-contained version of that proof.

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A $k$-quasiplanar graph is a graph drawn in the plane with no $k$ pairwise crossing edges. Pach, Shahrokhi, and Szegedy conjectured that every such graph on $n$ vertices has $O_k(n)$ edges. ChatGPT produced a proof of this conjecture. Here, we present a simplified, self-contained version of that proof.

The source is a mathematics preprint, so its direct impact is on researchers in graph theory and combinatorics who study edge bounds for quasiplanar graphs. It is a concrete example of an AI system being credited with producing a proof for an open conjecture, which is relevant to people evaluating AI tools for research. Readers should look for independent peer review of the proof and whether the simplified version holds up under expert scrutiny.

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