Pitts–Rubinstein conjecture on the Morse index of min-max limits
Pitts–Rubinstein conjecture on the Morse index of min-max limits
Let be a Riemannian -manifold, and let a min-max limit arising from a Heegaard splitting have components . Call a component unstable if it is unstable as a minimal surface, and let its Morse index and nullity be the dimensions of its negative and zero eigenspaces, respectively. Pitts–Rubinstein index conjecture. At most one component is unstable. If there is an unstable component, it has index . If all components are stable, at least one component must have nullity. The unstable component, if it exists, cannot have multiplicity greater than if it is orientable, or greater than if it is nonorientable. The conjecture gives expected index, nullity, and multiplicity constraints for min-max limits from Heegaard splittings; the supplied text gives no resolution status.
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Daniel Ketover, “Genus bounds for min-max minimal surfaces”, arXiv:1312.2666 (2016).
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