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The Uniform Gromov Hausdorff Gap Problem for Approximating Spheres by Finite Homogeneous Spaces

Aug 2026 · 0 citations · 4 references
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Let $S^n$ be the unit round sphere with its intrinsic angular metric, normalized so that $\operatorname{diam}S^n=\pi$. For finite homogeneous metric spaces $X$, put \[ \delta_n=\inf_X d_{GH}(X,S^n). \] The main open problem is whether $\inf_{n\ge2}\delta_n>0$. Gelander's theorem gives $\delta_n>0$ in each fixed dimension, but not uniformly. An abstract cross-polytope construction gives the universal upper bound $\delta_n\le\pi/4$. In the opposite direction, ChatGPT combines the passage from small Gromov--Hausdorff error to an approximate finite action on the sphere, logarithmic stability of approximate inner-product-preserving maps due to Cuesta, operator-norm stability of almost representations, and Green's width theorem for finite transitive sets. This gives the quantitative bound \[ \delta_n\ge \frac{c}{(1+\log(n+1))^2} \] for all sufficiently large $n$.

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