Classification conjecture for mutually unbiased basis triplets in dimension six

Let X1,X2,X3X_1,X_2,X_3 be an MUB-triplet in dimension d=6d=6, and let two MUB-triplets be permutationally unitary equivalent when they are related by the equivalence relation used in the construction referenced as (hff)(\mathrm{hff}). Let X(α)X(\alpha) denote the Szöllősi family, let F(x,y)F(x,y) denote the Fourier family, let FT(x,y)F^T(x,y) denote its transposed family, and let F6(1,1)F_6(1,1) denote the specified isolated Hadamard matrix. The transition matrices are

6X1X2,6X2X3,6X3X1.\sqrt{6}X_1X_2^*,\qquad \sqrt{6}X_2X_3^*,\qquad \sqrt{6}X_3X_1^*.

Classification conjecture. Any MUB-triplet (X1,X2,X3)(X_1,X_2,X_3) in dimension d=6d=6 is permutationally unitary equivalent to an MUB-triplet obtained by the construction (hff)(\mathrm{hff}). In particular, there are two essentially different cases: a 22-parameter family of MUB-triplets, described in Szöllősi (year not given), in which one transition matrix belongs to the Szöllősi family X(α)X(\alpha), one belongs to the Fourier family F(x,y)F(x,y), and one belongs to the transposed family FT(x,y)F^T(x,y); or an isolated MUB-triplet in which all three transition matrices are equivalent to F6(1,1)F_6(1,1).

The conjecture is motivated by numerical experiments on 2000020000 numerically obtained MUB-triplets: every one was, up to numerical tolerance, equivalent to a triplet from the stated construction. The numerical evidence does not establish the classification, so the general claim remains open.

Sources & referencesView supporting material

Primary source

Máte Matolcsi, Ákos K. Matszangosz, Dániel Varga and Mihály Weiner, “Triplets of Mutually Unbiased Bases”, arXiv:2503.14752 (2025).

Progress summary

Never refreshed

Nothing recorded yet. Refresh searches the literature and the public web for attempts on this problem, and writes the first summary here.

Solutions 0

No solutions have been posted yet.