Tanaka's strict topological-complexity inequality conjecture for finite spaces

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Let XX be a finite topological space, let PXPX be its path space, and let tc⁡(X)\operatorname{tc}(X) denote its topological complexity. Let cat⁡(X)\operatorname{cat}(X) denote its Lusternik–Schnirelmann category, so that cat⁡(\doubleX)\operatorname{cat}(\double{X}) is the category of the product X×XX\times X. Tanaka's conjecture. There exists a finite space XX such that

tc⁡(X)<cat⁡(X×X).\operatorname{tc}(X)<\operatorname{cat}(X\times X).

The general inequality tc⁡(X)≤cat⁡(X×X)\operatorname{tc}(X)\leq\operatorname{cat}(X\times X) is known, and this conjecture asks whether it can be strict for some finite space.

References

Primary source

Ryusei Yoshise, “Topological complexity of Khalimsky circles”, arXiv:2302.06380 (2023).

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