Robins' conjecture on Fourier transforms of convex centrally symmetric bodies

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Let P,QRd\mathcal{P},\mathcal{Q}\subset \mathbb{R}^d be convex, centrally symmetric bodies. Suppose that P\mathcal{P} and Q\mathcal{Q} are not multi-tilers, meaning that neither set kk-tiles Rd\mathbb{R}^d with a translation set for any positive integer kk. Their Fourier transforms are defined by

1^P(ξ)=Rd1P(x)e2πix,ξdx,\widehat{1}_{\mathcal{P}}(\xi)=\int_{\mathbb{R}^d}1_{\mathcal{P}}(x)e^{-2\pi i\langle x,\xi\rangle}\,dx,

and similarly for Q\mathcal{Q}, where 1P1_{\mathcal{P}} and 1Q1_{\mathcal{Q}} are the characteristic functions.

Robins' conjecture. If

1^P(ξ)=1^Q(ξ)\widehat{1}_{\mathcal{P}}(\xi)=\widehat{1}_{\mathcal{Q}}(\xi)

for every ξZd\xi\in\mathbb{Z}^d, then P\mathcal{P} and Q\mathcal{Q} coincide up to rigid motions, except on a set of measure zero; equivalently, the two conditions hold if and only if the bodies coincide up to such motions.

The conjecture concerns whether lattice samples of the Fourier transform determine a non-multi-tiling convex centrally symmetric body up to rigid motion. The paper states that it constructs a counterexample, so the conjecture is refuted in the dimension covered by that construction; the supplied excerpt does not specify the dimension or the precise counterexample.

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Primary source

Oleg Asipchuk, “Note on Robins' Conjecture in Dimension Four and Higher”, arXiv:2509.26587 (2025).

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