McDuff's restricted stabilized ellipsoid embedding conjecture

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Let E(a,b)E(a,b) denote the four-dimensional symplectic ellipsoid, let B4(c)=E(c,c)B^4(c)=E(c,c) be the round four-ball, and for N∈Z≥1N\in\mathbb{Z}_{\geq 1} define

fN(x):=inf⁡c∈R>0:E(1,x)×CN↪sB4(c)×CN.f_N(x):=\inf\\{c\in\mathbb{R}_{>0}:E(1,x)\times\mathbb{C}^N\overset{s}\hookrightarrow B^4(c)\times\mathbb{C}^N\\}.

Also let f0(x)f_0(x) be the corresponding unstabilized embedding function, and let τ\tau denote the golden ratio. McDuff's restricted stabilized ellipsoid embedding conjecture. For x∈R≥1x\in\mathbb{R}_{\geq 1} and N≥1N\geq 1,

fN(x)={f0(x)if x≤τ4,3xx+1if x>τ4.f_N(x)=\begin{cases} f_0(x)&\text{if }x\leq\tau^4,\\\\ \dfrac{3x}{x+1}&\text{if }x>\tau^4.\end{cases}

This conjecture specifies the stabilized embedding function when the target is a stabilized round four-ball, extending the four-dimensional Fibonacci-staircase problem. Its resolution status is not specified in the source.

References

Primary source

Kyler Siegel, “Computing higher symplectic capacities I”, arXiv:1911.06466 (2021).

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