Hexagonal-lattice conjecture for simultaneous quantum optimization

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.

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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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