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preprint2026arXiv

Soohak: A Mathematician-Curated Benchmark for Evaluating Research-level Math Capabilities of LLMs

Following the recent achievement of gold-medal performance on the IMO by frontier LLMs, the community is searching for the next meaningful and challenging target for measuring LLM reasoning. Whereas olympiad-style problems measure step-by-step reasoning alone, research-level problems use such reasoning to advance the frontier of mathematical knowledge itself, emerging as a compelling alternative. Yet research-level math benchmarks remain scarce because such problems are difficult to source (e.g., Riemann Bench and FrontierMath-Tier 4 contain 25 and 50 problems, respectively). To support reliable evaluation of next-generation frontier models, we introduce Soohak, a 439-problem benchmark newly authored from scratch by 64 mathematicians. Soohak comprises two subsets. On the Challenge subset, frontier models including Gemini-3-Pro, GPT-5, and Claude-Opus-4.5 reach 30.4%, 26.4%, and 10.4% respectively, leaving substantial headroom, while leading open-weight models such as Qwen3-235B, GPT-OSS-120B, and Kimi-2.5 remain below 15%. Notably, beyond standard problem solving, Soohak introduces a refusal subset that probes a capability intrinsic to research mathematics: recognizing ill-posed problems and pausing rather than producing confident but unjustified answers. On this subset, no model exceeds 50%, identifying refusal as a new optimization target that current models do not directly address. To prevent contamination, the dataset will be publicly released in late 2026, with model evaluations available upon request in the interim.

preprint2022arXiv

Junctions of mass-deformed nonlinear sigma models on $SO(2N)/U(N)$ and $Sp(N)/U(N)$ I

We construct on-shell ${\mathcal{N}}=2$ nonlinear sigma models on $SO(2N)/U(N)$ and $Sp(N)/U(N)$ by holomorphically embedding the models in the hyper-Kähler nonlinear sigma model on the cotangent bundle of the Grassmann manifold $T^\ast G_{2N,N}$ in the ${\mathcal{N}}=1$ superspace formalism. We apply the moduli matrix formalism to the mass-deformed nonlinear sigma models on the quadrics to study three-pronged junctions by using a recently proposed diagram method.

preprint2020arXiv

Junctions of mass-deformed nonlinear sigma models on $SO(2N)/U(N)$ and $Sp(N)/U(N)$ II

We study vacua, walls and three-pronged junctions of mass-deformed nonlinear sigma models on $SO(2N)/U(N)$ and $Sp(N)/U(N)$ for generic $N$ . We review and discuss the on-shell component Lagrangians of the ${\mathcal{N}}=2$ nonlinear sigma model on the Grassmann manifold, which are obtained in the ${\mathcal{N}}=1$ superspace formalism and in the harmonic superspace formalism. We also show that the Kähler potential of the ${\mathcal{N}}=2$ nonlinear sigma model on the complex projective space, which is obtained in the projective superspace formalism, is equivalent to the Kähler potential of the ${\mathcal{N}}=2$ nonlinear sigma model with the Fayet-Iliopoulos parameters $c^a=(0,0,c=1)$ on the complex projective space, which is obtained in the ${\mathcal{N}}=1$ superspace formalism.

preprint2015arXiv

Generalized complex marginal deformation of pp-waves and giant gravitons

We present the Penrose limits of a complex marginal deformation of $AdS_5\times S^5$ , which incorporates the $SL(2,\mathbb{R})$ symmetry of type IIB theory, along the $(J,0,0)$ geodesic and along the $(J,J,J)$ geodesic. We discuss giant gravitons on the deformed $(J,0,0)$ pp-wave background.

preprint2014arXiv

$T^3$ deformations and $β$ -deformed geometries

We discuss $β$ -deformed geometries on two types of $T^3$ 's where the direction along the third coordinate is not orthogonal to the direction along the second coordinate or the direction along the first coordinate. We show that the intersection angle between the direction along the third coordinate and the direction along the second coordinate corresponds to the parameter of the S-duality of the $β$ -deformation while the intersection angle between the direction along the third coordinate and the direction along the first coordinate generalizes the $β$ -deformed geometry.

preprint2014arXiv

$β$ -deformation on a slanted torus and deformed pp-wave

We discuss the $β$ -deformation of $AdS_5\times S^5$ which incorporates the $SL(2,\mathbb{R})$ symmetry of the type IIB theory. The axion-dilaton is identified with a two-torus from an eleven dimensional viewpoint. We consider the null geodesic with equal component angular momenta to take the Penrose limit of the deformed $AdS_5\times S^5$ . We study the bosonic part of the string sigma model and the spectrum of the string in the pp-wave background.

preprint2014arXiv

Soft Wall Model in the Hadronic Medium

We study the holographic QCD in the hadronic medium by using the soft wall model. We discuss the Hawking-Page transition between Reissner-Nordström AdS black hole and thermal charged AdS of which the geometries correspond to deconfinement and confinement phases respectively. We also present the numerical result of the vector and axial vector meson spectra depending on the quark density.

preprint2011arXiv

Holographic Meson Spectra in the Dense Medium with Chiral Condensate

We study two $1/N_c$ effects on the meson spectra by using the AdS/CFT correspondence where the $1/N_c$ corrections from the chiral condensate and the quark density are controlled by the gravitational backreaction of the massive scalar field and U(1) gauge field respectively. The dual geometries with zero and nonzero current quark masses are obtained numerically. We discuss meson spectra and binding energy of heavy quarkonium with the subleading corrections in the hard wall model.

preprint2011arXiv

Self-trapping nature of Tl nanoclusters on Si(111)-7 $\times$ 7 surface

We have investigated electronic and structural properties of thallium (Tl) nanoclusters formed on the Si(111)-7 $\times$ 7 surface at room temperature (RT) by utilizing photoemission spectroscopy (PES) and high-resolution electron-energy-loss spectroscopy (HREELS) combined with first principles calculations. Our PES data show that the state S2 stemming from Si restatoms remains quite inert with Tl coverage $θ$ while S1 from Si adatoms gradually changes, in sharp contrast with the rapidly decaying states of Na or Li nanoclusters. No Tl-induced surface state is observed until $θ$ =0.21 ML where Tl nanoclusters completely cover the faulted half unit cells (FHUCs) of the surface. These spectral behaviors of surface states and a unique loss peak L $_2$ associated with Tl in HREELS spectra indicate no strong Si-Tl bonding and are well understood in terms of gradual filling of Si dangling bonds with increasing $θ$ . Our calculational results further reveal that there are several metastable atomic structures for Tl nanoclusters at RT transforming from each other faster than 10 $^{10}$ flippings per second. We thus conclude that the highly mobile Tl atoms form self-trapped nanoclusters within FHUC at RT with several metastable phases. The mobile and multi-phased nature of Tl nanoclusters not only account for all the existing experimental observations including the fuzzy scanning tunneling microscope images and a dynamical model proposed by recent x-ray study but also provides an example of self-trapping of atoms in a nanometer-scale region.

preprint2011arXiv

The stability of graphene band structures against an external periodic perturbation; Na on Graphene

We report that the $π$ band of graphene sensitively changes as a function of an external potential induced by Na especially when the potential becomes periodic at low temperature. We have measured the band structures from the graphene layers formed on the 6H-SiC(0001) substrate using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy with synchrotron photons. With increasing Na dose, the $π$ band appears to be quickly diffused into background at 85 K whereas it becomes significantly enhanced its spectral intensity at room temperature (RT). A new parabolic band centered at $k\sim$ 1.15 Å $^{-1}$ also forms near Fermi energy with Na at 85 K while no such a band observed at RT. Such changes in the band structure are found to be reversible with temperature. Analysis based on our first principles calculations suggests that the changes of the $π$ band of graphene be mainly driven by the Na-induced potential especially at low temperature where the potential becomes periodic due to the crystallized Na overlayer. The new parabolic band turns to be the $π$ band of the underlying buffer layer partially filled by the charge transfer from Na adatoms. The five orders of magnitude increased hopping rate of Na adatoms at RT preventing such a charge transfer explains the absence of the new band at RT.

preprint2011arXiv

Walls of massive Kähler sigma models on SO(2N)/U(N) and Sp(N)/U(N)

We study the Bogomol'nyi-Prasad-Sommerfield wall solutions in massive Kähler nonlinear sigma models on SO(2N)/U(N) and Sp(N)/U(N) in three-dimensional spacetime. We show that SO(2N)/U(N) and Sp(N)/U(N) models have 2^{N-1} and 2^N discrete vacua, respectively. We explicitly construct the exact BPS multiwall solutions for N\le 3.

preprint2010arXiv

Hamiltonian analysis of Linearized Extension of Hořava-Lifshitz gravity

We investigate the Hamiltonian structure of linearized extended Hořava- Lifshitz gravity in a flat cosmological background following the Faddeev-Jackiw's Hamiltonian reduction formalism. The Hamiltonian structure of extended Hořava-Lifshitz gravity is similar to that of the projectable version of original Hořava-Lifshitz gravity, in which there is one primary constraint and so there are two physical degrees of freedom. We also find that extra scalar graviton mode in an inflationary background can be decoupled from the matter field in the infrared (IR) limit, but it is coupled to the matter field in a general cosmological background. But it is necessary to go beyond linear order in order to draw any conclusion of the strong coupling problem.

preprint2010arXiv

Holographic 1/Nc correction from the chiral condensate

We investigate a gravity solution containing the gravitational backreaction of the massive scalar field dual to the chiral condensate, which corresponds to $1/N_c$ correction. In general, condensation changes the vacuum structure, so the present dual geometry is appropriate to describe the chiral condensate vacuum in the gauge theory side. After constructing the dual geometry numerically and applying the hard wall model we study the effect of the $1/N_c$ correction on the lightest meson spectra, which improves the values for lightest meson masses into the observations. In addition, we investigate the chiral condensate dependence the binding energy of heavy quarkonium.

preprint2010arXiv

Possible evidence of non-Fermi liquid behavior from quasi-one-dimensional indium nanowires

We report possible evidence of non-Fermi liquid (NFL) observed at room temperature from the quasi one-dimensional (1D) indium (In) nanowires self-assembled on Si(111)-7 $\times$ 7 surface. Using high-resolution electron-energy-loss spectroscopy, we have measured energy and width dispersions of a low energy intrasubband plasmon excitation in the In nanowires. We observe the energy-momentum dispersion $ω$ (q) in the low q limit exactly as predicted by both NFL theory and the random-phase-approximation. The unusual non-analytic width dispersion $ζ(q) \sim q^α$ measured with an exponent $α$ =1.40 $\pm$ 0.24, however, is understood only by the NFL theory. Such an abnormal width dispersion of low energy excitations may probe the NFL feature of a non-ideal 1D interacting electron system despite the significantly suppressed spin-charge separation ( $\leq$ 40 meV).

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Soohak: A Mathematician-Curated Benchmark for Evaluating Research-level Math Capabilities of LLMs

Junctions of mass-deformed nonlinear sigma models on $SO(2N)/U(N)$ and $Sp(N)/U(N)$ I

Junctions of mass-deformed nonlinear sigma models on $SO(2N)/U(N)$ and $Sp(N)/U(N)$ II

Generalized complex marginal deformation of pp-waves and giant gravitons

$T^3$ deformations and $β$ -deformed geometries

$β$ -deformation on a slanted torus and deformed pp-wave

Soft Wall Model in the Hadronic Medium

Holographic Meson Spectra in the Dense Medium with Chiral Condensate

Self-trapping nature of Tl nanoclusters on Si(111)-7 $\times$ 7 surface

The stability of graphene band structures against an external periodic perturbation; Na on Graphene

Walls of massive Kähler sigma models on SO(2N)/U(N) and Sp(N)/U(N)

Hamiltonian analysis of Linearized Extension of Hořava-Lifshitz gravity

Holographic 1/Nc correction from the chiral condensate

Possible evidence of non-Fermi liquid behavior from quasi-one-dimensional indium nanowires

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Soohak: A Mathematician-Curated Benchmark for Evaluating Research-level Math Capabilities of LLMs

Junctions of mass-deformed nonlinear sigma models on SO(2N)/U(N)SO(2N)/U(N)SO(2N)/U(N) and Sp(N)/U(N)Sp(N)/U(N)Sp(N)/U(N) I

Junctions of mass-deformed nonlinear sigma models on SO(2N)/U(N)SO(2N)/U(N)SO(2N)/U(N) and Sp(N)/U(N)Sp(N)/U(N)Sp(N)/U(N) II

Generalized complex marginal deformation of pp-waves and giant gravitons

T3T^3T3 deformations and βββ-deformed geometries

βββ-deformation on a slanted torus and deformed pp-wave

Soft Wall Model in the Hadronic Medium

Holographic Meson Spectra in the Dense Medium with Chiral Condensate

Self-trapping nature of Tl nanoclusters on Si(111)-7×\times×7 surface

The stability of graphene band structures against an external periodic perturbation; Na on Graphene

Walls of massive Kähler sigma models on SO(2N)/U(N) and Sp(N)/U(N)

Hamiltonian analysis of Linearized Extension of Hořava-Lifshitz gravity

Holographic 1/Nc correction from the chiral condensate

Possible evidence of non-Fermi liquid behavior from quasi-one-dimensional indium nanowires

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Junctions of mass-deformed nonlinear sigma models on $SO(2N)/U(N)$ and $Sp(N)/U(N)$ I

Junctions of mass-deformed nonlinear sigma models on $SO(2N)/U(N)$ and $Sp(N)/U(N)$ II

$T^3$ deformations and $β$ -deformed geometries

$β$ -deformation on a slanted torus and deformed pp-wave

Self-trapping nature of Tl nanoclusters on Si(111)-7 $\times$ 7 surface