Five-point discrete-concavity conjecture under candidate optimizer assumptions

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Let vs(N)v_s(N) be the minimal average standardized Riesz pair-energy on S2\mathbb{S}^2, and let v¨s(N)=vs(N−1)−2vs(N)+vs(N+1)\ddot v_s(N)=v_s(N-1)-2v_s(N)+v_s(N+1). Let s†=15.04807…s^\dagger=15.04807\ldots, and assume that the optimizing configuration for N=5N=5 is the regular triangular bipyramid for s≤s†s\leq s^\dagger and the square pyramid with adjusted height for s≥s†s\geq s^\dagger. Five-point concavity conjecture. Under these assumptions,

∀s∈(−2,∞):v¨s(5)<0.\forall s\in(-2,\infty):\qquad \ddot v_s(5)<0.

The claim is conditional on the stated optimizer assumptions, which are only partly rigorously known, so the resulting evidence is partly rigorous and partly numerical.

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Rachele Nerattini, Johann S. Brauchart and Michael K. -H. Kiessling, “"Magic" numbers in Smale's 7th problem”, arXiv:1307.2834 (2014).

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