Weak Ergodicity Conjecture for partially hyperbolic diffeomorphisms on 3-manifolds

Let M3M^3 be an orientable closed 3-manifold and let f:M3M3f:M^3\to M^3 be a CrC^r (r>1r>1) non-ergodic partially hyperbolic diffeomorphism. Weak Ergodicity Conjecture. Then M3M^3 must be one of the following: the 3-torus T3\mathbb T^3; the mapping torus of id:T2T2-\operatorname{id}:\mathbb T^2\to\mathbb T^2; or a mapping torus of an Anosov diffeomorphism of T2\mathbb T^2. This conjecture seeks a topological characterization of 3-manifolds admitting non-ergodic partially hyperbolic dynamics; its general status is not resolved in the supplied text.

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Ziqiang Feng and Raúl Ures, “Accessibility and Ergodicity of Partially Hyperbolic Diffeomorphisms without Periodic Points”, arXiv:2404.07062 (2025).

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