Three-space common ambient realization conjecture for Gromov-Hausdorff distance

Let M\mathcal{M} denote the collection of compact metric spaces. Given three compact metric spaces X1,X2,X3MX_1,X_2,X_3\in\mathcal{M}, an isometric embedding φi:XiZ\varphi_i:X_i\hookrightarrow Z preserves all distances, and dHZd_\mathcal{H}^Z denotes Hausdorff distance in ZZ. Three-space common ambient realization conjecture. Given three compact metric spaces X1,X2,X3MX_1,X_2,X_3\in\mathcal{M}, there exist ZMZ\in\mathcal{M} and isometric embeddings φi:XiZ\varphi_i:X_i\hookrightarrow Z such that

dHZ(φi(Xi),φj(Xj))=dGH(Xi,Xj)d_\mathcal{H}^Z\left(\varphi_i\left(X_i\right),\varphi_j\left(X_j\right)\right)=d_\mathcal{GH}\left(X_i,X_j\right)

for all i,j{1,2,3}i,j\in\{1,2,3\}. This is identified as the simplest unsolved case of the common-ambient-space question for finite collections of compact metric spaces not necessarily lying along a Gromov-Hausdorff geodesic.

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Facundo Mémoli and Zhengchao Wan, “Characterization of Gromov-type geodesics”, arXiv:2105.05369 (2021).

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