Conjecture that Szöllősi-family matrices cannot belong to MUB-quadruplets

Let X(α)X(\alpha) denote the Szöllősi family of complex Hadamard matrices referred to in the source. A matrix S∈X(α)S\in X(\alpha) is considered part of an MUB-quadruplet when it occurs among the transition matrices associated with four mutually unbiased bases.

Szöllősi-family non-extendability conjecture. Any matrix S∈X(α)S\in X(\alpha) in the Szöllősi family cannot be part of an MUB-quadruplet.

The source explains that this claim was previously treated as a proven fact, but a proof in the cited literature was found to be incorrect. It is therefore formulated here as a conjecture and is intended to support the argument that the maximal number of mutually unbiased bases in dimension six is three.

References

Primary source

Máte Matolcsi, Ákos K. Matszangosz, Dániel Varga and Mihály Weiner, “Triplets of Mutually Unbiased Bases”, arXiv:2503.14752 (2025).

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