Robust Eigenvectors of Regular Simplex Tensors: Conjecture Proof

Abstract

The concept of tensor eigenpairs has received more researches in past decades. Recent works have paid attentions to a special class of symmetric tensors termed regular simplex tensors, which is constructed by equiangular tight frame of n + 1 vectors in n-dimensional space, and the robustness of eigenpairs was investigated. In the end of the literature, a conjecture was claimed that the robust eigenvectors of a regular simplex tensor are precisely the vectors in the frame. One later work theoretically proved that the case of n = 2 was true. In this paper, we proceed further and complete the proof for the above conjecture. Some promising directions are discussed in the end for future works.