Nik Weaver
Abstract
Akemann and Anderson made a conjecture about ‘paving’ projections in finite-dimensional matrix algebras which, if true, would settle the well-known Kadison–Singer problem. Their conjecture is falsified in this paper by an explicit sequence of counterexamples.
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Akemann and Anderson made a conjecture about ‘paving’ projections in finite-dimensional matrix algebras which, if true, would settle the well-known Kadison–Singer problem. Their conjecture is falsified in this paper by an explicit sequence of counterexamples.
Key concepts: Counterexample, Conjecture, Mathematics, Sequence (biology), Matrix (chemical analysis), Pure mathematics, Combinatorics, Discrete mathematics