The curvature realization conjecture for the 24-cell Apollonian packing

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Let BR4\mathcal{B}_{\mathcal{R}^4} be the polytopal sphere packing obtained by rescaling a 11-CBP projection of the 2424-cell by a factor of 13\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}, and let Ω(BR4)\Omega(\mathcal{B}_{\mathcal{R}^4}) denote its associated packing. Write N\mathbb N for the set of natural numbers.

Curvature realization conjecture. The set of curvatures of Ω(BR4)\Omega(\mathcal{B}_{\mathcal{R}^4}) is N\mathbb N.

Numerical experiments in the source suggest that every integer occurs without any modulo restriction. The statement is presented as one of two conjectures and remains open.

References

Primary source

Iván Rasskin, “Regular polytopes, sphere packings and Apollonian sections”, arXiv:2109.00655 (2024).

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