The weak d×2dd\times 2d equiangular tight frame conjecture

An equiangular tight frame (ETF) is a matrix with unit-norm columns, constant-modulus pairwise inner products, and frame operator proportional to the identity. The conjecture concerns complex matrices with dd rows and 2d2d columns.

Weak d×2dd\times 2d conjecture. For every dd, there exists a d×2dd\times 2d ETF.

This conjecture was posed by Fallon and Iverson and is the weakest of the paper's hierarchy of existence claims. The source reports substantial partial progress, including verification of the broader all-dimensional claim through d=165d=165 and numerical evidence through d=1500d=1500, but the universal statement remains open.

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Primary source

Joseph W. Iverson, John Jasper and Dustin G. Mixon, “More on the optimal arrangement of 2d lines in C^d”, arXiv:2410.17379 (2024).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2023–2024). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:2312.09975.

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