Monotonicity conjecture for the normalized bosonic binding threshold

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For each N∈NN\in\mathbb{N}, let Z∗(N)Z_*(N) be the minimum nuclear charge needed to properly bind NN bosonic electrons, and define the normalized threshold

Λ∗(N):=Z∗(N)N.\Lambda_*(N):=\frac{Z_*(N)}{N}.

Monotonicity conjecture. The map N↦Λ∗(N)N\mapsto\Lambda_*(N) is monotonically increasing.

The source notes that Λ∗(1)=0\Lambda_*(1)=0, 0<Λ∗(2)≤1/20<\Lambda_*(2)\leq 1/2, and that Λ∗(N)\Lambda_*(N) tends to a limiting constant as NN tends to infinity. These facts do not imply the conjectured monotonicity, whose resolution is not given.

References

Primary source

Michael K. -H. Kiessling, “The Hartree limit of Born's ensemble for the ground state of a bosonic atom or ion”, arXiv:1204.2511 (2012).

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