Four-point optimal-code conjecture for the Hilbert cube

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

α:=2π3.\alpha:=\frac{\sqrt{2}\pi}{3}.

Choose NNN\subseteq\mathbb{N} such that

kN1k2=α1,\sum_{k\in N}\frac{1}{k^2}=\alpha-1,

and define

s:=k=21kek,t:=kN1kek.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,(112α)e1+s,e1+t,12αe1+st}\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.

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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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