Quantitative Ryser conjecture for circulant matrices

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Let n>4n>4, let AA be an n×nn\times n circulant matrix with entries in {−1,1}\{-1,1\}, and let ∥⋅∥\|\cdot\| denote the Euclidean norm on Rn\mathbb R^n. Quantitative Ryser conjecture. There exists ε0>0\varepsilon_0>0 such that there is a vector x∈Rnx\in\mathbb R^n satisfying

∣∥Ax∥−n ∥x∥∣≥ε0n1/4.\left|\|Ax\|-\sqrt n\,\|x\|\right|\geq\varepsilon_0 n^{1/4}.

This strengthens Ryser's nonexistence conjecture by asserting a quantitative failure of the Hadamard norm identity. The source notes that the exponent 1/41/4 would be optimal up to logarithmic factors if the conjecture holds; the statement is presented as open.

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Stefan Steinerberger, “A Note on Approximate Hadamard Matrices”, arXiv:2402.13202 (2024).

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