Cube is a strict local maximizer for the illumination number (Q2283119)

The main result of the paper is Theorem 1.1. For any \( n \geq 3\) there is \( \delta = \delta (n) > 0 \) with the following property: Let \( B \) be a convex body in \( {\mathbb R}^n\) and assume that \( 1 \neq d_{BM} (B, B^n_{\infty}) \leq 1 + \delta \). Then \( B \) can be illuminated with \( 2^n - 1 \) directions or fewer. The authors note that this estimate is sharp: Remark 1.2. For every \( n \geq 2\) and for every \( \varepsilon \in (0, 1)\), there exists a convex body \( B \) in \({\mathbb R}^n \) with \( d_{BM} (B, B^n_{\infty}) \leq 1 + \varepsilon\) and such that the illumination number of \( B \) is exactly \( 2^n - 1\).