Optimality conjecture for stabilized Pell ellipsoid embeddings

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Let PnP_n and HnH_n be the Pell numbers and half companion Pell numbers defined by

P0=0,P1=1,Pn=2Pn−1+Pn−2,P_0=0, P_1=1, P_n=2P_{n-1}+P_{n-2},

and

H0=1,H1=1,Hn=2Hn−1+Hn−2.H_0=1, H_1=1, H_n=2H_{n-1}+H_{n-2}.

Define

βn={Hn+2Hnif n is even,Pn+2Pnif n is odd.\beta_n=\begin{cases}\frac{H_{n+2}}{H_n}&\text{if $n$ is even},\\\\[4pt]\frac{P_{n+2}}{P_n}&\text{if $n$ is odd}. \end{cases}

Let E(1,a2,…,an)E(1,a_2,\dots,a_n) denote the symplectic ellipsoid and let g(a2,…,an)g(a_2,\dots,a_n) be the infimum of RR for embeddings into P(R,R)×Cn−2P(R,R)\times\mathbb{C}^{n-2}. Suppose a3,…,an≥a2=βna_3,\dots,a_n\ge a_2=\beta_n. Optimality conjecture. The product embedding

E(1,βn,a3,…,an)↪P(2βnβn+1,2βnβn+1)×Cn−2E(1,\beta_n,a_3,\dots,a_n)\hookrightarrow P\left(\frac{2\beta_n}{\beta_n+1},\frac{2\beta_n}{\beta_n+1}\right)\times\mathbb{C}^{n-2}

is optimal, that is,

g(βn,a3,…,an)=cP(βn).g(\beta_n,a_3,\dots,a_n)=c_P(\beta_n).

These embeddings are known to be optimal for n=0,1n=0,1; the conjecture asks whether this remains true for every nn.

References

Primary source

Richard Hind, “Some optimal embeddings of symplectic ellipsoids”, arXiv:1409.5110 (2014).

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