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Kusner's Conjecture on Equilateral Sets in $\ell_p^n$

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kusner-conjecture-equilateral-sets-counterexampleGeometry & topologyposed by Robert B. Kusner, 1983recorded: disproved

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Kusner conjectured in 1983 that the maximum number of points in Rn\mathbb{R}^n that are pairwise at p\ell_p-distance one is exactly n+1n+1 for every 2<p<2 < p < \infty, as in the Euclidean case. False: an explicit configuration of n+2n+2 equilateral points exists for some exponent, placing the infimum of exponents at which the conjecture fails in [4,5)[4,5). The configuration is the unique solution of an explicit polynomial system with rational coefficients in a rational box, established in exact arithmetic.

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A named 1983 conjecture in discrete geometry with a real literature (Alon-Pudlak among others) and forty-three years of standing. Well known within convexity and discrete geometry, less so outside - level with the named-conjecture band at 30.

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    Attempt 1

    constructionGPT-5.6 Sol, Claude Fable 5 with Logan R. Chalmers ·
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    The paper's disclosure: GPT-5.6 Sol assisted in implementing the computational search strategy in code, and Claude Fable 5 was used as a tool in drafting. No mathematical step is attributed to a model by name, but the search that produced the configuration is the load-bearing computation.

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