Freedman–He conjecture on the conformal capacity of solid tori

For a solid torus TS3T\subset\mathbb S^3, let T=S3TT^*=\overline{\mathbb S^3\setminus T} be its dual torus, and define

Cap3(T)=infuTdu3dVol,\operatorname{Cap}_3(T)=\inf_u\int_T|\mathrm{d}u|^3\,\operatorname{dVol},

where the infimum is over absolutely continuous functions u ⁣:TRZu\colon T\to\mathbb R\setminus\mathbb Z of degree one. Let

Tsol={(z1,z2)C2:z12z22=1/2}\mathbb T_{\mathrm{sol}}=\{(z_1,z_2)\in\mathbb C^2:|z_1|^2\leq|z_2|^2=1/2\}

be the solid Clifford torus.

Freedman–He conjecture. For every solid torus TS3T\subset\mathbb S^3,

min{Cap3(T),Cap3(T)}Cap3(Tsol)=212π.\min\{\operatorname{Cap}_3(T),\operatorname{Cap}_3(T^*)\}\leq\operatorname{Cap}_3(\mathbb T_{\mathrm{sol}})=\frac{\sqrt2-1}{2\pi}.

The conjecture asserts that the solid Clifford torus gives the optimal configuration for this dual solid-torus capacity problem. Its status is not resolved in the supplied source.

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Primary source

André Guerra and Eden Prywes, “On the optimal conformal capacity of linked curves”, arXiv:2305.17015 (2023).

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