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  • Litvak conjectured in 2018 that for every p > 0 the quantity E[min_i ≤ n |g_i|^p], for g ~ N(0,Σ), is minimized over n × n correlation matrices by the Gram matrix of the regular simplex in R^n-1. False: the matrix Σ^cos_ij = cos(π(i-j)/n)…

    Probability & statisticsdisproved

    1 attempt · 1 machine check

  • Gaussian Moments ConjectureHarm Derksen, Arno van den Essen, Wenhua Zhao, 2017

    The Gaussian Moments Conjecture asks whether, for complex polynomials P,Q in n independent standard real Gaussian variables, E(P^m)=0 for all m≥ 1 forces E(QP^m)=0 for all large m. Explicit counterexamples with E(P^m)=0 and E(QP^m)=m!≠ 0…

    Probability & statisticsdisproved

    1 attempt · 1 machine check