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An Improved Lower Bound for the Complex Grothendieck Constant

Sep 2026 · 1 citation · 14 references
Mathematics

Abstract

We prove $K_G^{\mathbb{C}}>1.35584631827168$ for the classical complex Grothendieck constant, closing more than one quarter of the gap between Davie's lower bound and Haagerup's upper bound. The numerical part of the proof is rigorously verified by interval arithmetic. The lower bound and the proof were discovered by the Odin Automatic AI Research Agent.

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