Boundary extremality conjecture for the normalized simplex of spectra

Let SL1n\mathbb{SL}_1^n denote the normalized set of spectra under consideration, let SL1n\partial \mathbb{SL}_1^n be its boundary, and let En\mathbb{E}^n be its set of extremal points. Boundary extremality conjecture. If n>3n>3, then

SL1nEn,\partial \mathbb{SL}_1^n\subseteq\mathbb{E}^n,

i.e., every point on the boundary is extremal. The conjecture would show that characterizing the extreme points is enough to characterize SL1n\mathbb{SL}_1^n; it is known to fail when n=2n=2 and n=3n=3, while its validity for n>3n>3 remains open.

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Charles R. Johnson and Pietro Paparella, “Perron similarities and the nonnegative inverse eigenvalue problem”, arXiv:2409.07682 (2025).

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