Conjecture on non-proper free boundary min-max hypersurfaces

Let nn be the dimension parameter and consider compact smooth domains in Rn+1\mathbb{R}^{n+1}. A free boundary min-max minimal hypersurface is a free boundary minimal hypersurface produced by a one-parameter min-max construction. Non-properness conjecture. There exists a compact smooth domain in Rn+1\mathbb{R}^{n+1} for which any one-parameter free boundary min-max minimal hypersurface is non-proper. This conjecture asserts that the properness conclusion for the min-max hypersurfaces in the stated theorem is optimal; the paper proposes a geometric domain as a possible example, but does not establish the claim.

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Martin Li and Xin Zhou, “Min-max theory for free boundary minimal hypersurfaces I - regularity theory”, arXiv:1611.02612 (2017).

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