Boundary length decrease conjecture for higher-dimensional free boundary minimal submanifolds

Let BnB^n be the unit ball with boundary Sn1S^{n-1}. Let Σ\Sigma be a kk-dimensional minimal submanifold in BnB^n with boundary ΣSn1\partial\Sigma\subset S^{n-1}, and suppose that the conormal vector of Σ\Sigma equals the position vector. For a conformal transformation ff of the ball, write f(Σ)|f(\partial\Sigma)| for the boundary volume of the image. Higher-dimensional boundary length decrease conjecture. For every conformal transformation ff of BnB^n,

f(Σ)Σ.|f(\partial\Sigma)|\leq |\partial\Sigma|.

The claim extends the proved two-dimensional boundary length inequality to higher-dimensional free boundary minimal submanifolds; the source notes evidence for cones and a second-order boundary-volume decrease, but does not state a resolution.

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Ailana Fraser and Richard Schoen, “Minimal surfaces and eigenvalue problems”, arXiv:1304.0851 (2013).

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