Levi-Hadwiger illumination conjecture

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Let n≥2n\ge 2 and let K⊆RnK\subseteq\mathbb{R}^n be a convex body. The illumination number ill⁡(K)\operatorname{ill}(K) is the minimum number of directions needed to illuminate KK.

Levi-Hadwiger illumination conjecture. We have

ill⁡(K)≤2n.\operatorname{ill}(K)\le 2^n.

Moreover, equality holds if and only if KK is an affine image of the hypercube.

By Boltyanski's equivalence, this is equivalent to the Levi-Hadwiger covering problem, which asks whether every convex body can be covered by at most 2n2^n translates of its interior, with equality only for affine images of the hypercube. The conjecture is unresolved in general.

References

Primary source

Liran Rotem, Alon Schejter and Boaz A. Slomka, “The Complex Illumination Problem”, arXiv:2410.12021 (2024).

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