Morgan's conjecture on Steiner point degrees

Let KK be a centred convex body in Rd\mathbf{R}^d. A KK-Steiner minimal tree (KK-SMT) is a Steiner tree of a finite point set having minimum total edge length in the norm K\lVert\cdot\rVert_K. Let s(K)s(K) be the maximum possible degree of a Steiner point in a KK-SMT, and define

s(d):=max{s(K):KKod}.s(d):=\max\{s(K):K\in\mathcal{K}^d_o\}.

Morgan's conjecture. For all d2d\geq 2,

s(d)2d.s(d)\leq 2^d.

The conjecture concerns the largest possible degree of a Steiner point in a Steiner minimal tree over all centred convex bodies in dimension dd. The supplied text gives no resolution status.

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Primary source

Konrad J Swanepoel, “Quantitative illumination of convex bodies and vertex degrees of geometric Steiner minimal trees”, arXiv:math/0410144 (2004).

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