The interval-fibre conjecture for Minkowski sums of moment curves

For integers k,nk,n with k>3k>3, let Ak,n\mathcal{A}_{k,n} denote the Minkowski sum of nn copies of the moment-curve segment {(t,t2,,tk)1t1}\{(t,t^2,\ldots,t^k)\mid -1\leq t\leq 1\}. Let (x1,,xk)Ak,n(x_1,\dots,x_k)\in\mathcal{A}_{k,n}. Interval-fibre conjecture. The set

{yR(x1,,xk1,y)Ak,n}\{y\in\mathbb{R}\mid (x_1,\dots,x_{k-1},y)\in\mathcal{A}_{k,n}\}

is a closed interval. The conjecture supplies the higher-dimensional analogue of the corresponding boundary property used for k=3k=3; the source states that it holds for k3k\leq3, while the case k>3k>3 is presented as open.

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Arthur Bik, Adam Czapliński and Markus Wageringel, “Semi-algebraic properties of Minkowski sums of a twisted cubic segment”, arXiv:1905.05983 (2019).

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