Li–Nirenberg symmetry conjecture under the Main Assumption and Condition S

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Let MM be a smooth compact connected embedded hypersurface in Rn+1\mathbb R^{n+1}. The Main Assumption is that whenever (X′,A),(X′,B)∈M(X',A),(X',B)\in M satisfy A≤BA\le B and the segment {(X′,θA+(1−θ)B):0≤θ≤1}\{(X',\theta A+(1-\theta)B):0\le\theta\le1\} lies in G‾\overline G, one has

H(X′,B)≤H(X′,A).H(X',B)\le H(X',A).

Here HH is the mean curvature and GG is the bounded open set enclosed by MM. Condition S means that MM stays on one side of every hyperplane parallel to the Xn+1X_{n+1} axis tangent to MM. Li–Nirenberg's conjecture. If MM satisfies the Main Assumption and Condition S, then MM is symmetric about a hyperplane Xn+1=cX_{n+1}=c. The source states that the Main Assumption alone admits counterexamples, while the conjecture is presented without a stated resolution.

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YanYan Li, “Symmetry of hypersurfaces and the Hopf Lemma”, arXiv:2205.04629 (2022).

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