The KLS Conjecture
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In short
A 1995 question: in any dimension, is a flat cut always nearly the cheapest way to split a balanced convex shape? Three proofs were posted in 2026; verification is ongoing. Here are the question and the bounds that led here.
Sources
- R. Kannan, L. Lovász, M. Simonovits, Isoperimetric problems for convex bodies and a localization lemma, Discrete & Computational Geometry 13, 541-559 (1995), doi:10.1007/BF02574061
- Z. Song, X. Zhang, An O(1) Bound for the KLS Constant, arXiv:2610.01447 (v1 1 Oct 2026, v2 4 Oct 2026; preprint, with Table 1 of previous bounds)
- P. Bizeul, B. Klartag, J. Lehec, Presenting a proof of the Kannan-Lovasz-Simonovits conjecture, arXiv:2610.05474 (preprint)
- K. Balasubramanian, S. Kasiviswanathan, A Dimension-Free Bound on the Poincare Constant of Isotropic Log-Concave Measures, arXiv:2610.07728 (preprint)
- Poincare constants of the cube and ball computed in this project (cube: interval of length 2*sqrt(3), C_P = 12/pi^2; ball: first Neumann eigenvalue via Bessel functions)
- Photos: Ken Larsen, cut poudretteite, Smithsonian NMNH (CC0); Pseudopanax, amethyst cluster (public domain)
حدس KLS
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خلاصه
پرسشی از ۱۹۹۵: در هر بُعدی، آیا یک برش تخت همیشه تقریباً ارزانترین راه برای دوپارهکردن یک شکل محدب متعادل است؟ سه اثبات در ۲۰۲۶ منتشر شده و راستیآزمایی ادامه دارد.
منابع
- R. Kannan, L. Lovász, M. Simonovits, Isoperimetric problems for convex bodies and a localization lemma, Discrete & Computational Geometry 13, 541-559 (1995), doi:10.1007/BF02574061
- Z. Song, X. Zhang, An O(1) Bound for the KLS Constant, arXiv:2610.01447 (v1 1 Oct 2026, v2 4 Oct 2026; preprint, with Table 1 of previous bounds)
- P. Bizeul, B. Klartag, J. Lehec, Presenting a proof of the Kannan-Lovasz-Simonovits conjecture, arXiv:2610.05474 (preprint)
- K. Balasubramanian, S. Kasiviswanathan, A Dimension-Free Bound on the Poincare Constant of Isotropic Log-Concave Measures, arXiv:2610.07728 (preprint)
- Poincare constants of the cube and ball computed in this project (cube: interval of length 2*sqrt(3), C_P = 12/pi^2; ball: first Neumann eigenvalue via Bessel functions)
- Photos: Ken Larsen, cut poudretteite, Smithsonian NMNH (CC0); Pseudopanax, amethyst cluster (public domain)
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