Bergström's conjecture on the Euclidean Steinitz constant

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Let B2dB_2^d denote the Euclidean unit ball in Rd\mathbb{R}^d, and let S(B2d)S(B_2^d) be its Steinitz constant: the smallest CC such that every finite set of vectors VB2dV\subset B_2^d with sum zero admits an ordering whose partial sums have Euclidean norm at most CC. Bergström's conjecture. For all d1d\geq 1,

S(B2d)=O(d).S(B_2^d)=O(\sqrt{d}).

This conjecture, known as the Steinitz problem, sought a much stronger estimate than the general bound S(B)dS(B)\leq d. The supplied status evidence says that it has been refuted.

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Primary source

Gergely Ambrus and Rainie Heck, “A note on the Steinitz Lemma”, arXiv:2505.09465 (2026).

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