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Computability questions in the sphere packing problem

Information Theory 2022-12-13 v1 math.IT Logic Metric Geometry

Abstract

We consider the sets of dimensions for which there is an optimal sphere packing with special regularity properties (respectively, a lattice, or a periodic set with a given bound on the number of translations, or an arbitrary periodic set). We show that all these sets are oracle-computable, given an oracle that orders an associated set of spherical codes by increasing Kolmogorov complexity.

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@article{arxiv.2212.05119,
  title  = {Computability questions in the sphere packing problem},
  author = {Yuri Manin and Matilde Marcolli},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2212.05119},
  year   = {2022}
}

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24 pages, LaTeX

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