Negative-temperature tropical Gibbs-measure conjecture for convex bodies

Let PRnP\subset\mathbb{R}^{n} be a convex body containing 00 in its interior, and let RP(0,1]R_P\in(0,1] be the invariant of PP defined in the source. For fixed β<0\beta<0, let μβ(Nk)\mu_\beta^{(N_k)} be the corresponding Gibbs measure on (Cn)Nk(\mathbb{C}^{*n})^{N_k} when defined. Negative-temperature Gibbs-measure conjecture. For sufficiently large kk, μβ(Nk)\mu_\beta^{(N_k)} is a well-defined probability measure if and only if β>RP\beta>-R_P. If β>RP\beta>-R_P, then the random empirical measure δNk\delta_{N_k} under μβ(Nk)\mu_\beta^{(N_k)} converges in law as NN\to\infty to

μβ=eβψβdV,\mu_\beta=e^{\beta\psi_\beta}dV,

where ψβ\psi_\beta is the unique solution in LP,+(Cn)\mathcal{L}_{P,+}(\mathbb{C}^{*n}) of the stated Monge–Ampère equation on Cn\mathbb{C}^{*n}. The conjecture is motivated by the tropical analogue; the supplied text gives no resolution.

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Robert J. Berman, “Statistical Mechanics of Interpolation Nodes, Pluripotential theory and Complex Geometry”, arXiv:1810.06939 (2018).

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