Dirichlet infinite-linking convergence conjecture

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Let MM be the material manifold and let M0=[0,τ]×M\mathbb{M}_0=[0,\tau]\times M be the spacetime manifold with Dirichlet boundary conditions. For each a≥0a\geq 0, let Hdir,aH_{\mathrm{dir},a} and Sdir,aS_{\mathrm{dir},a} denote the geometric and functional minimisation constants on M0\mathbb{M}_0, and let hdirDh_{\mathrm{dir}}^D and sdirDs_{\mathrm{dir}}^D denote the corresponding material constants on MM. Let Fa:M0→RF_a:\mathbb{M}_0\to\mathbb{R} minimise Sdir,aS_{\mathrm{dir},a}, let f:M→Rf:M\to\mathbb{R} minimise sdirDs_{\mathrm{dir}}^D, let Aa\mathbb{A}_a minimise Hdir,aH_{\mathrm{dir},a}, and let AA minimise hdirDh_{\mathrm{dir}}^D.

Dirichlet infinite-linking convergence conjecture. The constants and minimisers satisfy

lim⁡a→∞Sdir,a=sdirDandlim⁡a→∞Hdir,a=hdirD.\lim_{a\to\infty} S_{\mathrm{dir},a}=s_{\mathrm{dir}}^D\quad\text{and}\quad\lim_{a\to\infty} H_{\mathrm{dir},a}=h_{\mathrm{dir}}^D.

Moreover,

lim⁡a→∞Fa(t,x)=f(x)\lim_{a\to\infty}F_a(t,x)=f(x)

for all t∈[0,τ]t\in[0,\tau] and x∈Mx\in M, and

lim⁡a→∞Aa=[0,τ]×A.\lim_{a\to\infty}\mathbb{A}_a=[0,\tau]\times A.

This is the Dirichlet-boundary analogue of the convergence conjecture for the mixed boundary condition setting: infinitely tight linking should recover the corresponding material minimisers.

References

Primary source

Jason Atnip, Gary Froyland and Péter Koltai, “An inflated dynamic Laplacian to track the emergence and disappearance of semi-material coherent sets”, arXiv:2403.10360 (2026).

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