Bergström's conjecture on the Euclidean Steinitz constant
Bergström's conjecture on the Euclidean Steinitz constant
Let denote the Euclidean unit ball in , and let be its Steinitz constant: the smallest such that every finite set of vectors with sum zero admits an ordering whose partial sums have Euclidean norm at most . Bergström's conjecture. For all ,
This conjecture, known as the Steinitz problem, sought a much stronger estimate than the general bound . 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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