The star-discrepancy lower-bound conjecture

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Let mm points be chosen in [0,1)d[0,1)^d, and let D(m,d)∞D(m,d)_\infty denote the infimum of their L∞L_\infty discrepancy. Star-discrepancy lower-bound conjecture. For d≥3d\ge 3,

D(m,d)∞≥C(d)m−1(log⁡m)d−1.D(m,d)_\infty \ge C(d)m^{-1}(\log m)^{d-1}.

This is the classical great open problem in discrepancy theory, formulated as an excruciatingly difficult problem; the optimal logarithmic exponent is known in several weaker settings but remains open for the L∞L_\infty discrepancy in dimensions at least three.

References

Primary source

Vladimir Temlyakov, “Connections between numerical integration, discrepancy, dispersion, and universal discretization”, arXiv:1812.04489 (2018).

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