Conjecture on universal polar dual pairs of spherical codes

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Let CC be a PULB-optimal code, and let DD be its set of universal minima. Assume that DD is in general position, meaning that DD is not contained in a hyperplane. Universal polar dual pair conjecture. The code CC together with DD forms a PULB-optimal pair (C,D)(C,D) and generates a maximal PULB-optimal pair, and hence a universal polar dual pair. This conjecture is motivated by the fact that all examples of PULB-optimal configurations found so far satisfy the asserted property; its general validity remains open.

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S. V. Borodachov, P. G. Boyvalenkov, P. D. Dragnev, D. P. Hardin, E. B. Saff and M. M. Stoyanova, “Universal polar dual pairs of spherical codes found in E_8 and Λ_24”, arXiv:2512.25037 (2025).

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