Hexagonal-lattice conjecture for simultaneous quantum optimization

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Let Λ\Lambda range over periodic configurations of arbitrary fixed density in phase space, and consider the associated quantum packing, covering, and paving problems. The hexagonal-lattice conjecture. The hexagonal lattice solves all quantum problems simultaneously among periodic configurations of arbitrary fixed density. The conjecture is presented as a heuristic generalization of the known two-dimensional hexagonal-lattice extremality results, but no proof is given for the full collection of quantum problems and arbitrary fixed density.

References

Primary source

Markus Faulhuber and Thomas Strohmer, “Quantum paving: When sphere packings meet Gabor frames”, arXiv:2408.08975 (2024).

Additional references

5 papers in this index state this conjecture (2004–2024). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:2211.12682, arXiv:1412.3026, arXiv:1312.2057, arXiv:math/0406198.

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