An optimal plank theorem

DOI10.1090/PROC/15228zbMATH Open1470.46034arXiv1906.04126OpenAlexW3036579991MaRDI QIDQ5150195FDOQ5150195

Authors: Oscar Ortega-Moreno 

Publication date: 10 February 2021

Published in: Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We give a new proof of Fejes T'oth's zone conjecture: for any sequence $v_1,v_2,\mathrm{...},v_n$ of unit vectors in a real Hilbert space $mathcalH$, there exists a unit vector $v$ in $mathcalH$ such that �egin{equation*} |langle v_k,v angle| geq sin(pi/2n) end{equation*} for all $k$. This can be seen as sharp version of the plank theorem for real Hilbert spaces. Our approach is inspired by Ball's solution to the complex plank problem and thus unifies both the complex and the real solution under the same method.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.04126

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zbMATH Keywords

covering by planksinverse eigenvectorTóth's zone conjecture

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometry and structure of normed linear spaces (46B20) Packing and covering in (n) dimensions (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C17) Combinatorial aspects of packing and covering (05B40) Hilbert and pre-Hilbert spaces: geometry and topology (including spaces with semidefinite inner product) (46C05)

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