Finite and Urysohn obstructions to Sabok's S-prime simplex questions
Metric Geometry
2026-06-18 v1 Combinatorics
Functional Analysis
Abstract
Sabok asked whether the compact convex set attached to a separable metric space of diameter at most one is always a simplex, and whether is the Poulsen simplex. We give negative answers. For finite , is affinely homeomorphic to the convex hull of the rows of the distance matrix; it is a simplex exactly when these rows are affinely independent. The diameter-one four-cycle gives the minimal finite obstruction. For the Urysohn sphere, using the rational Urysohn sphere as coordinates, we identify the coordinate model with the Kat\'etov compactum . Four explicit extreme points satisfy , giving two distinct representing measures for . Hence is not a Choquet simplex.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2607.27215,
title = {Finite and Urysohn obstructions to Sabok's S-prime simplex questions},
author = {Yutong Zhang and Yaoran Yang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.27215},
year = {2026}
}