Gromov's minimal volume conjecture for finite-volume hyperbolic manifolds

Let (Mn,g0)(M^n,g_0) be a complete hyperbolic manifold with finite volume, where g0g_0 is a hyperbolic metric on MnM^n. The minimal volume of MM is denoted by

MinVol(M)=inf{Vol(M,g):g is a Riemannian metric on M with Kg1}.{\rm Min\,Vol}(M)=\inf\{\operatorname{Vol}(M,g): g\text{ is a Riemannian metric on }M\text{ with }|K_g|\leqslant 1\}.

Gromov's conjecture. For every complete hyperbolic manifold of finite volume,

MinVol(M)=Vol(M,g0).{\rm Min\,Vol}(M)=\operatorname{Vol}(M,g_0).

This conjecture proposes that the hyperbolic metric realizes the minimal volume among metrics with sectional curvature bounded in absolute value by 11. The supplied source does not state whether the conjecture has been resolved.

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Primary source

E. Costa, R. Diógenes and E. Ribeiro, “Estimates for Minimal Volume and Minimal Curvature on 4-dimensional compact manifolds”, arXiv:1407.8137 (2015).

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