Fuglede's conjecture is false in 5 and higher dimensions
Combinatorics
2007-05-23 v2 Classical Analysis and ODEs
Abstract
We give an example of a set which is a finite union of unit cubes, such that admits an orthonormal basis of exponentials for some discrete set , but which does not tile by translations. This answers a conjecture of Fuglede in the negative, at least in 5 and higher dimensions.
Cite
@article{arxiv.math/0306134,
title = {Fuglede's conjecture is false in 5 and higher dimensions},
author = {Terence Tao},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0306134},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
8 pages, no figures, 2 matrices; submitted, Math Research Letters