Quantitative rigidity conjecture for global minimal-surface-type equations

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Let uu be a global solution of an equation of minimal-surface type on Rn\mathbb{R}^n, corresponding to a functional AΨA_{\Psi}. Here BrB_r denotes the radius-rr ball, ∇u\nabla u the gradient, and O(rϵ)O(r^{\epsilon}) the usual asymptotic bound. Quantitative rigidity conjecture. For some ϵ(n,Ψ)>0\epsilon(n,\Psi)>0,

sup⁡Br∣∇u∣=O(rϵ)⇒u is linear.\sup_{B_r}|\nabla u|=O(r^{\epsilon})\Rightarrow u\text{ is linear.}

This is a quantitative version of the known rigidity statement that global solutions with bounded gradient are linear, based on the De Giorgi–Nash–Moser theorem. The conjectured positive threshold remains open.

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Connor Mooney and Yang Yang, “A proof by foliation that Lawson's cones are A_Φ-minimizing”, arXiv:2102.07903 (2021).

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