The four-point angular formula conjecture for the Atiyah-Sutcliffe determinant

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Let vabS2v_{ab}\in S^2 be the unit vectors associated with a configuration of four distinct points in R3\mathbb{R}^3, let DD be the normalized Atiyah-Sutcliffe determinant, and let Av\operatorname{Av} denote averaging over the symmetric group Σ4\Sigma_4. Four-point angular formula conjecture. If n=4n=4, then

Re(D)=38+32Av((v12,v13))+32Av((v12,v13)(v14,v24))++38Av((v12,v34)(v13,v24))+12Av((v12,v14)(v13,v23)(v24,v34)),\operatorname{Re}(D)=\frac{3}{8}+\frac{3}{2}\operatorname{Av}((v_{12},v_{13}))+\frac{3}{2}\operatorname{Av}((v_{12},v_{13})(v_{14},v_{24}))+\cdots+\frac{3}{8}\operatorname{Av}((v_{12},v_{34})(v_{13},v_{24}))+\frac{1}{2}\operatorname{Av}((v_{12},v_{14})(v_{13},v_{23})(v_{24},v_{34})),

and

Im(D)=132Av(det(v12,v13,v24))132Av(det(v12,v14,v23)(v24,v34)).\operatorname{Im}(D)=-\frac{1}{32}\operatorname{Av}(\det(v_{12},v_{13},v_{24}))-\frac{1}{32}\operatorname{Av}(\det(v_{12},v_{14},v_{23})(v_{24},v_{34})).

The formula is presented as an application of the preceding angular-factor conjecture, but the supplied text does not establish it or specify its resolution status.

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Primary source

Joseph Malkoun, “The Atiyah-Sutcliffe Determinant”, arXiv:1903.05957 (2019).

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