A counterexample to Han’s conjecture over arbitrary fields

Contributed by 琪越唐 ↗

Version 1 / Oct 10, 2026 / CC BY 4.0

Abstract

Based on the constructions of Kong–Liu–Shen and Liu–Shen, we give a counterexample to Han’s conjecture over every field.

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