Multiplicity-one conjecture for smooth fixed-topology min-max surfaces
Let be a Riemannian metric and let a min-max sequence from a sweepout of genus surfaces converge as a varifold to
where the pairwise disjoint, smooth, closed, embedded minimal surfaces have positive integer multiplicities . A minimal surface is two-sided when it has a globally defined normal direction. Multiplicity-one conjecture. In the setting of the multi-parameter min-max theorem, if the metric is bumpy, then for every two-sided . More generally, for any metric , every two-sided occurring with multiplicity is stable and has a non-trivial Jacobi field. Multiplicity one is known in related Almgren–Pitts settings through regularized area methods, but remains open here for smooth sweepouts of fixed topological type.
References
Primary source
Daniel Ketover, “Flipping Heegaard splittings and minimal surfaces”, arXiv:2211.03745 (2022).
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