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Borsuk counterexample in dimension 1325 (d=(252​)−1=1325)

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Use the balanced cut-vector distance formula with p=13. There are (2551​)=247959266474052 distinct cuts. A subset of strictly smaller diameter contains no pair with side intersection thirteen, so deleting their shared coordinate one and applying the Frankl-Wilson theorem bounds its size by (1251​)=158753389900. At least 1562 smaller-diameter parts are needed, exceeding 1325+1. The cut vectors occupy an affine hyperplane in R1326, which identifies isometrically with R1325 and gives the stated explicit counterexample.

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