Kalai–Wilson conjecture on the largest orthogonality-free subset of the sphere

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Let A⊆S2A\subseteq S^2 be a measurable subset containing no two orthogonal directions. Its measure is normalized by ∣S2∣=1|S^2|=1. Kalai–Wilson's conjecture. The maximal measure of such a subset is attained by two open caps of geodesic radius π/4\pi/4 around the south and north poles. This problem was posed by Witsenhausen in 1974; the conjecture had not been solved or disproved in the source context.

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Tom Williams and Andrei Constantin, “Maximal Non-Kochen-Specker Sets and a Lower Bound on the Size of Kochen-Specker Sets”, arXiv:2403.05230 (2025).

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