The boundedness conjecture for intrinsic volumes

Let nNn\in\mathbb{N}, D>0D>0, and κR\kappa\in\mathbb{R}. For a closed smooth connected Riemannian manifold (Mn,g)(M^n,g), write Vi(M)V_i(M) for its intrinsic volumes. The boundedness conjecture. There exists a constant C(n,D,κ)C(n,D,\kappa) such that if MM has diameter at most DD and sectional curvature at least κ\kappa, then

Vi(M)C(n,D,κ)|V_i(M)|\leq C(n,D,\kappa)

for every i=0,1,,ni=0,1,\dots,n. This is motivated by known bounds for volume, Euler characteristic, and the integral of scalar curvature; the general estimate for all intrinsic volumes is conjectural.

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Semyon Alesker, “Some conjectures on intrinsic volumes of Riemannian manifolds and Alexandrov spaces”, arXiv:1611.09546 (2017).

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