Symmetric minimal covering body classification conjecture

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Let KK be an origin-symmetric convex body in R3\mathbb{R}^3, and suppose that KK is a Z3\mathbb{Z}^3-minimal covering body. Let Δi\Delta_i denote the standard Kuhn simplices in R3\mathbb{R}^3.

Symmetric minimal covering body classification conjecture. There exists a unimodular transformation TT such that

T(K)=conv{Δi+xi}T(K)=\operatorname{conv}\{\Delta_i+\mathbf{x}_i\}

for some translations xiR3\mathbf{x}_i\in\mathbb{R}^3.

The conjecture is proposed as a complete classification of three-dimensional centrally symmetric minimal covering bodies, contrasting with the infinitely many types established in higher-dimensional centrally symmetric and three-dimensional asymmetric settings.

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Yanlu Lian and Fei Xue, “Minimal Covering Bodies and a Minkowski-Type Criterion for Lattice Coverings”, arXiv:2606.14584 (2026).

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