Bounded-dimensional orthostochasticity conjecture

Let Bn{\mathcal B}_n denote the set of bistochastic n×nn\times n matrices, and let dmin(n)d_{\min}(n) be the smallest value of dd such that every matrix in Bn{\mathcal B}_n is dd-orthostochastic. Bounded-dimensional orthostochasticity conjecture. There exists n0n_0 such that, for every nn0n\ge n_0,

2dmin(n)3.2\le d_{\min}(n)\le 3.

This conjecture asserts that the number of real dimensions needed to represent all bistochastic matrices by orthostochastic constructions remains bounded as the matrix size grows. The surrounding discussion presents it as plausible based on the preceding results and dimensional considerations; its resolution is not given in the source.

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Eugene Gutkin, “On a multi-dimesional generalization of the notion of orthostochastic and unistochastic matrices”, arXiv:1301.2537 (2013).

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