Boundary modification conjecture for localized sweepouts

Let n>k1n>k\geq1, let F:XpZk([0,1]n,[0,1]n;Z2)F:X^p\rightarrow\mathcal{Z}_k([0,1]^n,\partial[0,1]^n;\mathbb{Z}_2) be a continuous family, and let r(0,12)r\in(0,\tfrac12). There should exist a family F:XIk([r0,1r0]n;Z2)F':X\rightarrow I_k([r_0,1-r_0]^n;\mathbb{Z}_2) such that Boundary modification conjecture.

  1. F(x)(r,1r)n=F(x)(r,1r)nF'(x)\llcorner(r,1-r)^n=F(x)\llcorner(r,1-r)^n.
  2. M(F(x))M(F(x))+c(n)pnk1n1\operatorname{\textbf{M}}(F'(x))\leq\operatorname{\textbf{M}}(F(x))+c(n)p^{\frac{n-k-1}{n-1}}.
  3. F(x)\partial F'(x) is a continuous family of (k1)(k-1)-cycles in [r0,1r0]n\partial[r_0,1-r_0]^n.
  4. M(F(x))c(n)(M(F(x))r+pnkn1)\operatorname{\textbf{M}}(\partial F'(x))\leq c(n)\left(\frac{\operatorname{\textbf{M}}(F(x))}{r}+p^{\frac{n-k}{n-1}}\right).

The conjecture is motivated by the failure of a common coarea radius for arbitrary families and predicts that boundary modification costs only the scale of an optimal sweepout of the boundary.

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Larry Guth and Yevgeny Liokumovich, “Parametric inequalities and Weyl law for the volume spectrum”, arXiv:2202.11805 (2025).

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