The Clifford torus energy minimization conjecture

Let Σ\Sigma be a Lagrangian torus in CP2\mathbb{C}P^2, with energy functional

E(Σ)=12ΣVdxdy=A(Σ)+18W(Σ),E(\Sigma)=\frac{1}{2}\int_{\Sigma}V\,dx\wedge dy=A(\Sigma)+\frac{1}{8}W(\Sigma),

where A(Σ)A(\Sigma) is its area and W(Σ)W(\Sigma) is the integral of the squared norm of its mean curvature vector. Let ΣCl\Sigma_{Cl} be the Clifford torus, whose energy is

E(ΣCl)=4π233.E(\Sigma_{Cl})=\frac{4\pi^2}{3\sqrt{3}}.

Clifford torus energy minimization conjecture. The minimum of the energy functional is attained on the Clifford torus.

This conjecture proposes that the Clifford torus minimizes the geometric energy among Lagrangian tori in CP2\mathbb{C}P^2; the supplied source does not state whether it has been resolved.

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Primary source

A. A. Kazhymurat, “On a lower bound for the energy functional on a family of Hamiltonian minimal Lagrangian tori in CP^2”, arXiv:1710.00322 (2017).

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