Meeks–Pérez–Ros mean-curvature bound conjecture for CMC foliations

Let F\mathfrak{F} be a codimension one foliation of a complete Riemannian manifold Mn+1M^{n+1}. Assume that MM has absolute sectional curvature bounded from above by 11. Suppose that each leaf LL of F\mathfrak{F} has constant mean curvature HLH_L.

Meeks–Pérez–Ros conjecture. Then

HL1.|H_L|\leq 1.

Meeks III, Pérez and Ros positively answered this conjecture when MM is a compact orientable 33-manifold that is not topologically covered by S2×S1\mathbb{S}^2\times\mathbb{S}^1, and also proved it for M=M~3(1)M=\tilde M^3(-1). The general statement remains open in the context described here.

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José Edson Sampaio and Euripedes Carvalho da Silva, “Bounds to the mean curvature of leaves of CMC foliations”, arXiv:2404.13772 (2025).

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