Partition rank versus analytic rank conjecture

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Let d2d\geq 2, let qq be a prime power, and let TFqn1FqndT\in\mathbb{F}_q^{n_1}\otimes\cdots\otimes\mathbb{F}_q^{n_d}, with PRFq(T)\operatorname{PR}_{\mathbb{F}_q}(T) and ARFq(T)\operatorname{AR}_{\mathbb{F}_q}(T) denoting its partition and analytic ranks. Partition rank vs. analytic rank conjecture. There exists a constant CC(d,q)>0C\coloneqq C(d,q)>0 such that

PRFq(T)CARFq(T).\operatorname{PR}_{\mathbb{F}_q}(T)\leq C\operatorname{AR}_{\mathbb{F}_q}(T).

This is one of the paper’s three recalled rank-comparison conjectures; the source gives no resolution, while noting that versions with constants depending only on dd are the original formulations.

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Primary source

Qiyuan Chen and Ke Ye, “Stability of ranks under field extensions”, arXiv:2409.04034 (2025).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2022–2024). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:2211.05780.

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