Uniqueness conjecture for the no-spin Hartree–Fock minimisation problem

Let ww be a positive radial non-increasing function. For density ρ0\rho\geq 0 and temperature T0T\geq 0, let Eno-spinHF(ρ,T)E_{\textnormal{no-spin}}^{\rm HF}(\rho,T) denote the no-spin Hartree–Fock minimisation problem. Uniqueness for the no-spin problem. The minimisation problem Eno-spinHF(ρ,T)E_{\textnormal{no-spin}}^{\rm HF}(\rho,T) admits a unique minimiser for every ρ,T0\rho,T\geq 0. This conjecture would rule out non-uniqueness at fixed density in the no-spin model, although non-uniqueness at fixed chemical potential may still occur and is relevant to possible spin-symmetry breaking.

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David Gontier and Mathieu Lewin, “Spin symmetry breaking in the translation-invariant Hartree-Fock electron gas”, arXiv:1812.07679 (2019).

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