The Lyapunov volume conjecture

For a compact Riemannian manifold (N,g)(N,g), define its Lyapunov volume by

Λ(N,g):=sup(M,gM)(N,g)gM is non-trappingvolgM(M).\Lambda(N,g):=\sup_{(M,g|_M)\subset(N,g)\mid g|_M\text{ is non-trapping}}\operatorname{vol}_{g|_M}(M).

Lyapunov volume conjecture.

Λ(N,g)=volg(N).\Lambda(N,g)=\operatorname{vol}_g(N).

The claim says that the total volume can be approximated by non-trapping codimension-zero submanifolds; the source describes it as speculative and gives no resolution.

Sources & referencesView supporting material

Primary source

Gabriel Katz, “Holography of geodesic flows, harmonizing metrics, and billiards' dynamics”, arXiv:2003.10501 (2022).

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