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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 ΩR5\Omega \subset \R^5 which is a finite union of unit cubes, such that L2(Ω)L^2(\Omega) admits an orthonormal basis of exponentials {1Ω1/2e2πiξjx:ξjΛ}\{\frac{1}{|\Omega|^{1/2}} e^{2\pi i \xi_j \cdot x}: \xi_j \in \Lambda \} for some discrete set ΛR5\Lambda \subset \R^5, but which does not tile R5\R^5 by translations. This answers a conjecture of Fuglede in the negative, at least in 5 and higher dimensions.

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@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