The Crew–Narayanan–Spirkl circular disproportionate division conjecture

Let μ1,,μn\mu_1,\dots,\mu_n be probability measures on the unit circle S1S^1, and let α1,,αn\alpha_1,\dots,\alpha_n be non-negative reals with sum 11.

Crew–Narayanan–Spirkl conjecture. There is a partition [n]=PQ[n]=P\cup Q into two nonempty sets and a partition S1=XXcS^1=X\cup X^c into two intervals such that

miniPμi(X)=jPαj,miniQμi(Xc)=jQαj.\min_{i\in P}\mu_i(X)=\sum_{j\in P}\alpha_j, \qquad \min_{i\in Q}\mu_i(X^c)=\sum_{j\in Q}\alpha_j.

The conjecture would imply the lower bound q=2n2q=2n-2 in the disproportionate division problem. No resolution is given in the supplied context.

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Daniel McGinnis and Shira Zerbib, “Using the KKM theorem”, arXiv:2408.03921 (2024).

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