Lipschitz continuity conjecture for Riemannian max-flow solution sets

Let gij(τ)g_{ij}(\tau) be a continuous family of metrics on a Riemannian manifold (Md,)\left(M^d,\partial\right) whose boundary has non-outward-pointing mean curvature. Let CτMC_\tau\subset\partial M be a d2d-2 manifold dividing some number of boundary components of MM into pieces AA and BB, with AB=CA\cap B=C. Fix a class

xHd1(M,C;Z)/torsionx\in H_{d-1}(M,C;Z)/\operatorname{torsion}

and consider the max-flow problem for flows dual to xx. Let KτK_\tau be the infinite-dimensional convex set of max flows. Lipschitz continuity conjecture. The set KτK_\tau varies in a Lipschitz continuous fashion as a function of τ\tau, viewed as a subset of the Banach space of vector fields with the pointwise (LL^\infty) norm. The conjecture is the Riemannian analogue of the established continuity result for perturbed graph max-flow problems. It remains open because unresolved analytical questions prevent the conjecture from being stated as a theorem.

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Michael Freedman and Matthew Headrick, “Bit threads and holographic entanglement”, arXiv:1604.00354 (2017).

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