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Hadwiger's conjecture for cap bodies

Metric Geometry 2025-12-16 v2

Abstract

Hadwiger's covering conjecture is that every nn-dimensional convex body can be covered by at most 2n2^n of its smaller positive homothetic copies, with 2n2^n copies required only for affine images of nn-cube. Convex hull of a ball and an external point is called a spike. The union of finitely many spikes of a ball is a cap body if it is a convex set. In this note, we confirm the Hadwiger's conjecture for the class of cap bodies in all dimensions, bridging recently established cases of n=3n=3 and large nn. The proof uses probabilistic techniques, and additionally, for moderate dimensions 4n154\le n \le 15, integer linear programming performed with computer assistance.

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@article{arxiv.2510.25968,
  title  = {Hadwiger's conjecture for cap bodies},
  author = {Andrii Arman and Jaskaran Singh Kaire and Andriy Prymak},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.25968},
  year   = {2025}
}

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10 pages

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