Bétermin's conjecture on minimizers of the Lennard-Jones lattice energy
Bétermin's conjecture on minimizers of the Lennard-Jones lattice energy
Let denote the lattice-area parameter in the Lennard-Jones minimization problem
The triangular lattice, rhombic lattices, a unique minimizer, and rectangular lattices are the candidate optimal shapes in the successive parameter regimes. Bétermin's conjecture. The solutions to the Lennard-Jones model are as follows: for , the minimizer is triangular; for , the minimizer is a rhombic lattice, continuously and monotonically covering the interval of angles ; for , the minimizer is unique; and for , the minimizer is a rectangular lattice. This conjecture gives the predicted phase diagram for optimal two-dimensional lattice shapes under the Lennard-Jones potential; the supplied text does not establish its resolution.
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Senping Luo and Juncheng Wei, “On Minima of Difference of Epstein Zeta Functions and Exact Solutions to Lennard-Jones Lattice Energy”, arXiv:2212.10727 (2022).
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