The lower-bound conjecture for equilateral sets in normed spaces

Let XX be an nn-dimensional normed space, and let e(X)e(X) denote the maximum cardinality of an equilateral subset of XX. Lower-bound conjecture. If dimX=n\dim X=n, then

e(X)n+1.e(X)\geq n+1.

This is the natural lower-bound analogue of the Euclidean simplex construction and would determine the correct universal lower bound in every finite dimension. However, for each n4n\geq 4 this is open; the source notes that the best known result is the theorem of Brass and Dekster giving e(X)c(logn)1/3e(X)\geq c(\log n)^{1/3} for an absolute constant cc.

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Primary source

Konrad J. Swanepoel, “Equilateral sets in finite-dimensional normed spaces”, arXiv:math/0406264 (2004).

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