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Existence of an even dimension with minimal absorption index equal to n for the cube

Determine whether there exists an even positive integer n such that the minimal absorption index of the unit cube Q_n by an inner nondegenerate simplex equals n; that is, ascertain whether there exists even n with \xi_n(Q_n)=n.

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Background

For the unit cube Q_n, the minimal absorption index \xi_n(Q_n) lies in [n, n+1), and exact values are known for n=2,5,9 and many n with Hadamard matrices, where typically \xi_n(Q_n)=n.

The paper emphasizes that among even n, only n=2 currently has a fully determined value, and it is unknown if any even n satisfy \xi_n(Q_n)=n.

References

Also, it is still unknown whether there exists an even $n$ such that $\xi_n(Q_n)=n.$

Geometric Estimates in Linear Interpolation on a Cube and a Ball (2402.11611 - Nevskii, 18 Feb 2024) in Section 2