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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 S(X)S'(X) attached to a separable metric space of diameter at most one is always a simplex, and whether S(U1)S'(\mathbb U_1) is the Poulsen simplex. We give negative answers. For finite X={x1,,xm}X=\{x_1,\ldots,x_m\}, S(X)S'(X) is affinely homeomorphic to the convex hull of the rows ri=(d(xi,x1),,d(xi,xm))r_i=(d(x_i,x_1),\ldots,d(x_i,x_m)) 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 DD as coordinates, we identify the coordinate model SD(U1)S'_D(\mathbb U_1) with the Kat\'etov compactum K(D)K(D). Four explicit extreme points fA,gA,1,hf_A,g_A,\mathbf 1,\mathbf h satisfy fA+gA=1+hf_A+g_A=\mathbf 1+\mathbf h, giving two distinct representing measures for (3/4)1(3/4)\mathbf 1. Hence S(U1)S'(\mathbb U_1) is not a Choquet simplex.

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@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}
}