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

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Let X(α)X(\alpha) denote the Szöllősi family of complex Hadamard matrices referred to in the source. A matrix SX(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 SX(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.

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

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