Lowest-entropy conjecture for generalized cylindrical shrinkers

Let MtnRNM^n_t\subset\mathbb R^N be a self-shrinking solution of mean curvature flow, and let λ\lambda denote its entropy. For n4n\leq 4, consider the round generalized cylinders

S2kk×Rnk.\mathbb S^k_{\sqrt{2k}}\times\mathbb R^{n-k}.

Lowest-entropy conjecture for generalized cylinders. For any codimension and n4n\leq 4, the round generalized cylinders S2kk×Rnk\mathbb S^k_{\sqrt{2k}}\times\mathbb R^{n-k} are the shrinkers with the lowest entropy.

The claim concerns the entropy-minimizing self-shrinkers in dimensions at most four, including higher-codimension shrinkers. The source presents it as a conjecture and provides no resolution here.

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Tobias Holck Colding and William P. Minicozzi, “Liouville properties”, arXiv:1902.09366 (2019).

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