Higher-dimensional failure of semigroup decompositions for semi-algebraic sets

For each dimension dd, let Ad\mathfrak{A}_d be the class of sets admitting the semigroup decomposition considered in the paper, and call a set semi-algebraic if it is defined by polynomial inequalities. Higher-dimensional semigroup decomposition conjecture. There exist semi-algebraic sets in dimension d4d \geq 4 which do not belong to Ad\mathfrak{A}_d, but all semi-algebraic sets defined by three-variable polynomials do belong to A3\mathfrak{A}_3.

This conjecture proposes that the dimension-three theorem is the last possible general result of this form, while the supplied text gives no resolution of the higher-dimensional assertion.

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Joshua N. Cooper, “Erdos-Hajnal Sets and Semigroup Decompositions”, arXiv:math/0408397 (2004).

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