{"id":"openai-math/Universal-optimality-of-the-triangular-lattice","pdf":"https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/Universal-optimality-of-the-triangular-lattice-September-23-2026/paper.pdf","url":"https://github.com/openai/math/tree/main/preprints/Universal-optimality-of-the-triangular-lattice-September-23-2026","tags":["discrete-geometry","energy-minimization","lattice-configurations","mathematical-physics"],"score":0,"title":"Universal optimality of the triangular lattice","domain":"Convex and metric geometry","family":"090","origin":"ai-generated","source":"openai-math","authors":["OpenAI"],"reviews":0,"subject":"math.MG","summary":"We prove universal energy minimality for the triangular lattice in the plane. Among locally finite configurations of centered density one, it minimizes the lower limit of centered-ball energy averages for every nonnegative completely monotone function of squared distance, including when the energy is infinite. We also prove triangular minimality for planar logarithmic and Riesz renormalized energies, with $`0\\lt s\\lt 2`$ in the Riesz case, and the corresponding jellium minima. The proof uses sharp Gaussian Fourier bounds, positive mixtures, and heat-kernel comparison.","category":"research","comments":0,"disputed":false,"division":"math","mentions":0,"discussed":0,"published":"2026-09-23","reactions":{},"formalized":false,"family_title":"Triangular-lattice optimality, long-range Riesz and Coulomb energies, and spherical logarithmic energy"}