Aliev's generalized-hexagon conjecture for the critical determinant

For n3n\geq3, let c(n)c(n) be the optimal constant defined by

c(n)=supaZn{0}infxZn{0}a,x=0xn1a,c(n)=\sup_{\boldsymbol a\in\mathbb Z^n\setminus\{0\}}\inf_{\substack{\boldsymbol x\in\mathbb Z^n\setminus\{0\}\langle\boldsymbol a,\boldsymbol x\rangle=0}}\frac{\|\boldsymbol x\|_\infty^{n-1}}{\|\boldsymbol a\|_\infty},

and let Δ(K)\Delta(K) denote the critical determinant. Let H1,,1H_{1,\ldots,1} be the generalized hexagon in Rn1\mathbb R^{n-1} defined in the source. Aliev's conjecture.

c(n)=Δ(H1,,1)1.c(n)=\Delta(H_{1,\ldots,1})^{-1}.

Here H1,,1H_{1,\ldots,1} is the generalized hexagon in Rn1\mathbb R^{n-1}; the source states that exact values of c(n)c(n) remain unknown for n>4n>4.

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Primary source

Iskander Aliev and Martin Henk, “Minkowski's successive minima in convex and discrete geometry”, arXiv:2304.00120 (2023).

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