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The Ellipsoid Fitting Conjecture

Closes both gaps left open by Bandeira and Maillard: exact fitting, and removal of the operator-norm constraint. The threshold turns out to be governed by the statistical dimension d(d+1)/4 of the PSD cone.

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probability-statisticsAug 10, 2026Significance 30/100Registry: unreviewed

The Ellipsoid Fitting Conjecture

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Closes both gaps left open by Bandeira and Maillard: exact fitting, and removal of the operator-norm constraint. The threshold turns out to be governed by the statistical dimension d(d+1)/4 of the PSD cone.

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Closes both gaps left open by Bandeira and Maillard: exact fitting, and removal of the operator-norm constraint. The threshold turns out to be governed by the statistical dimension d(d+1)/4 of the PSD cone.

Closes both gaps left open by Bandeira and Maillard: exact fitting, and removal of the operator-norm constraint. The threshold turns out to be governed by the statistical dimension d(d+1)/4 of the PSD cone.

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