Existence of a tight point in every extreme configuration

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The elements of a configuration are points in the (m1)(m-1)-dimensional probability simplex in Rm\mathbb{R}^m. A configuration is extremal if it arises as the configuration associated with an extreme matrix QPδQ\in\mathcal{P}_{\delta}. A point of a configuration is tight if it is at the maximal distance δ\delta from every other point. Tight-point conjecture. There exists a tight point for all extreme configurations. This concerns the structure of extreme locally differentially private mechanisms and is stated in the setting where extreme matrices are being characterized for input sizes k=2,3k=2,3 and arbitrary output size mm; its resolution is not specified in the source.

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Supriya Rawat, Myna Vajha, Gowtham R. Kurri and Anand Sarwate, “Extreme Points of the (0,δ)-LDP Polytope with Small Input Size and Arbitrary Output Sizes”, arXiv:2606.09161 (2026).

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