The sufficient condition for finite generation of simple irrational polyhedral cones
Let be a simple polyhedral cone with extreme rays , where are rational.
Finite-generation conjecture. The cone is -finitely generated if and only if there exists and such that for and are distinct.
The sufficient condition is known by Theorem; the conjecture asserts that it is also necessary. The surrounding discussion notes that the necessity is established in dimension three, while higher-dimensional examples with repeated eigenvalues show that the general question remains open.
References
Primary source
Grigoriy Blekherman, Jesús A. De Loera, Luze Xu and Shixuan Zhang, “Semigroups of Integer Points in Convex Cones”, arXiv:2504.15537 (2025).
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