Makeev's four-point conjecture on the sphere

Let S2S^2 be a unit sphere in R3\mathbb R^3. Suppose we are given 44 points x1,,x4S2x_1, \ldots, x_4\in S^2 lying on a single circle, and a continuous function f:S2Rf:S^2\to\mathbb R. Makeev's spherical four-point conjecture. There exists a rotation ρSO(3)\rho\in SO(3) such that

f(ρ(x1))=f(ρ(x2))=f(ρ(x3))=f(ρ(x4)).f(\rho(x_1)) = f(\rho(x_2)) = f(\rho(x_3)) = f(\rho(x_4)).

The conjecture is known for some particular classes of functions, but the source gives a counterexample and states that it is false in general.

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Primary source

R. N. Karasev, “A note on Makeev's conjectures”, arXiv:1002.4070 (2010).

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