Tsai–Tsui–Wang area-nonincreasing rigidity conjecture

Let (Sn,gstd)(\mathbb S^n,g_{std}) and (Sm,gstd)(\mathbb{S}^m,g_{std}) be round spheres, and let (CPn,gFS)(\mathbb C \mathbb P ^n,g_{FS}) and (CPm,gFS)(\mathbb C \mathbb P ^m,g_{FS}) be complex projective spaces with the Fubini–Study metrics. Consider an area-nonincreasing map between either pair of spaces. Tsai–Tsui–Wang's conjecture. Any area-nonincreasing map between (Sn,gstd)(\mathbb S^n,g_{std}) and (Sm,gstd)(\mathbb{S}^m,g_{std}) or between (CPn,gFS)(\mathbb C \mathbb P ^n,g_{FS}) and (CPm,gFS)(\mathbb C \mathbb P ^m,g_{FS}) must be either homotopically trivial or an isometry. The conjecture extends rigidity from distance-nonincreasing maps to the weaker area-nonincreasing condition; the source says it was speculated by Tsai, Tsui, and Wang and does not state a resolution.

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Man-Chun Lee and Jingbo Wan, “Rigidity of contracting map using harmonic map heat flow”, arXiv:2306.12258 (2024).

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