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Finite graphs and configurations of points

Combinatorics 2026-03-10 v2 Metric Geometry

Abstract

We generalize the Atiyah problem on configurations and the related Atiyah--Sutcliffe conjectures 1 and 2 using finite graphs, configurations of points and tensors. Our conjectures are intriguing geometric inequalities, defined using the pairwise directions of the configuration of points, just as in the original problem. The generalization of the Atiyah determinant to our setting is no longer a determinant. We call it the GG-amplitude function, where GG is a finite simple graph, in analogy with probability amplitudes in quantum physics. If G=KnG = K_n is the complete graph with nn vertices, we recover the Atiyah--Sutcliffe conjectures 1 and 2.

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@article{arxiv.2508.13472,
  title  = {Finite graphs and configurations of points},
  author = {Joseph Malkoun},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2508.13472},
  year   = {2026}
}

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11 pages, 3 figures

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