Four-point optimal-code conjecture for the Hilbert cube

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Let HH be the Hilbert cube, with standard basis vectors eke_k, and set

α:=2π3.\alpha:=\frac{\sqrt{2}\pi}{3}.

Choose N⊆NN\subseteq\mathbb{N} such that

∑k∈N1k2=α−1,\sum_{k\in N}\frac{1}{k^2}=\alpha-1,

and define

s:=∑k=2∞1kek,t:=∑k∈N1kek.s:=\sum_{k=2}^\infty\frac{1}{k}e_k,\qquad t:=\sum_{k\in N}\frac{1}{k}e_k.

Hilbert-cube four-point conjecture. The set

{0,(1−12α)e1+s,e1+t,12αe1+s−t}\left\{0,\left(1-\frac{1}{2}\alpha\right)e_1+s,e_1+t,\frac{1}{2}\alpha e_1+s-t\right\}

is an optimal code in the Hilbert cube. Numerical experiments on truncations motivate this prediction; the supplied text later confirms that such choices of NN exist but notes that the resulting codes are not unique.

References

Primary source

Emily J. King, Dustin G. Mixon, Hans Parshall and Chris Wells, “Uniquely optimal codes of low complexity are symmetric”, arXiv:2008.12871 (2025).

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