Positivity conjecture for completed 2-dimensional manifold pairings

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Let SS be a compact 22-dimensional surface, and let MS2{\mathcal M}_{S^2}^{\wedge} denote the L2L^2 completion of the vector space associated with the doubled surface S2S^2. Consider the quadratic function

 , S2:MS2R.|\langle {~}, {~} \rangle_{S}^{\wedge}|^2:{\mathcal M}_{S^2}^{\wedge}\rightarrow {\mathbb R}\cup\infty.

Positivity conjecture. For every compact 22-dimensional surface SS, this quadratic function has no kernel: if

v,vS2=0,|\langle {v}, {v} \rangle_S^{\wedge}|^2=0,

then v=0v=0. The uncompleted positivity theorem is known in dimensions at most 33, while positivity after completion is stated here as known for dimensions at most 22; the issue is whether the corresponding positivity survives completion in dimension 33.

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Primary source

Michael Freedman, “Quantum Gravity via Manifold Positivity”, arXiv:1008.1045 (2010).

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