Boundary modification conjecture for localized sweepouts

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Let n>k≥1n>k\geq1, let F:Xp→Zk([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′:X→Ik([r0,1−r0]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,1−r)n=F(x)⌞(r,1−r)nF'(x)\llcorner(r,1-r)^n=F(x)\llcorner(r,1-r)^n.
  2. M⁡(F′(x))≤M⁡(F(x))+c(n)pn−k−1n−1\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 (k−1)(k-1)-cycles in ∂[r0,1−r0]n\partial[r_0,1-r_0]^n.
  4. M⁡(∂F′(x))≤c(n)(M⁡(F(x))r+pn−kn−1)\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.

References

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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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