Strassen's asymptotic rank conjecture for tight concise tensors

Let k\mathbb{k} be the underlying field, and let TkakbkcT\in\mathbb{k}^a\otimes\mathbb{k}^b\otimes\mathbb{k}^c be a tensor that is tight and concise. Here, concise means that the flattenings of TT are injective, and tight means that the support of TT satisfies an additive conservation law. Strassen's asymptotic rank conjecture.

limqrank(Tq)1q=max{a,b,c}.\lim_{q\to\infty}\operatorname{rank}(T^{\otimes q})^{\frac{1}{q}}=\max\{a,b,c\}.

The conjecture predicts that the asymptotic rank of every tight concise tensor is determined solely by its format, despite the typically larger generic border rank of such tensors. It concerns the long-term complexity of tensor powers and is connected to algebraic complexity theory, including matrix multiplication; its resolution status is not established in the supplied source.

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Primary source

Kisun Lee, “Asymptotic rank bounds: a numerical census”, arXiv:2601.08119 (2026).

Additional references

4 papers in this index state this conjecture (2018–2026). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:2404.06427, arXiv:2004.01492, arXiv:1811.05511.

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