Regular simplex conjecture for the spectral gap

Let Mn\mathfrak{M}_n be the moduli space of all nn-simplices with unit diameter. For n2n\geq 2, let p0,p1,,pnRnp_0,p_1,\ldots,p_n\in\mathbb{R}^n satisfy

pipj=1for 0ijn,|p_i-p_j|=1\qquad\text{for }0\leq i\neq j\leq n,

so that these points define a regular simplex. Regular simplex conjecture. The regular simplex uniquely minimizes the gap function on Mn\mathfrak{M}_n. The conjecture concerns the unresolved existence and identity of a gap-minimizing simplex; difficulties include the behavior of gaps for families of collapsing simplices.

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Zhiqin Lu and Julie Rowlett, “The fundamental gap of simplices”, arXiv:1109.4117 (2014).

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