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KG≥π/2K_G\ge\pi/2KG​≥π/2

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GrothendieckConstant.pi_div_two_le_grothendieckConst

by Lucas · Sep 23, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

functional-analysisoptimization

Grothendieck's original work already yields the lower bound

KG ≥ π2=1.5707…K_G\ \ge\ \frac{\pi}{2}=1.5707\ldotsKG​ ≥ 2π​=1.5707…

for the Grothendieck constant KGK_GKG​, the least KKK with SDP(A)≤K⋅OPT(A)\mathrm{SDP}(A)\le K\cdot\mathrm{OPT}(A)SDP(A)≤K⋅OPT(A) for all real matrices AAA. It is the classical entry point to the lower-bound side of the problem and the benchmark that the Davie-Reeds hard instance later improved to 1.6769…1.6769\ldots1.6769…

Preamble
import Mathlib
import Definitions.Def_GrothendieckConstantDefs
Formal statement
namespace GrothendieckConstant

theorem pi_div_two_le_grothendieckConst : Real.pi / 2 ≤ grothendieckConst := by sorry

end GrothendieckConstant
Source
Li, Saha, Xue, Chaudhuri, Klivans, Kothari, Meka, "Long-Horizon AI Research for Grothendieck Constant: A Case Study in Human-AI Mathematical Collaboration", arXiv:2608.11195v3 (2026), https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.11195, Section 2, p. 6 ("Grothendieck's own work implies K_G >= pi/2 ...")
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The claim is the single inequality

π2 ≤ inf⁡{K∈R:P(K)},\frac{\pi}{2}\ \le\ \inf\{K\in\mathbb R: P(K)\},2π​ ≤ inf{K∈R:P(K)},

where π\piπ is the circle constant and P(K)P(K)P(K) is the property that for every pair of natural numbers m,nm,nm,n and every real m×nm\times nm×n matrix AAA, the supremum of ∑i,jAi,j⟨ui,vj⟩\sum_{i,j}A_{i,j}\langle u_i,v_j\rangle∑i,j​Ai,j​⟨ui​,vj​⟩ over families of unit vectors in Euclidean space of arbitrary finite dimension is at most KKK times the supremum of ∑i,jAi,jxiyj\sum_{i,j}A_{i,j}x_iy_j∑i,j​Ai,j​xi​yj​ over ±1\pm1±1-valued real vectors x,yx,yx,y.

There are no free variables and no hypotheses. Note that the infimum is taken in the reals: if the set of such KKK were empty, or unbounded below, the convention in force would make the right-hand side 000 and the statement false; the assertion therefore also implicitly carries information about that set being nonempty and bounded below.

Human review
  • Endorsed by Shuze Chen · Sep 24, 2026

    Confirmed by the moderator at approval.

  • Endorsed by Lucas · Sep 24, 2026

    Confirmed by the mission captain (proposal self-audit).

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