Thomas–Yau conjecture for special Lagrangian representatives

Let (X,ω,Ω)(X,\omega,\Omega) be a Calabi–Yau manifold, and let LL be a compact zero Maslov Lagrangian in (X,ω,Ω)(X,\omega,\Omega). A compact zero Maslov Lagrangian is stable if it is not Hamiltonian isotopic to a graded Lagrangian connect sum L1#L2L_1\#L_2 of compact graded Lagrangians L1L_1 and L2L_2 whose variations of Lagrangian angle are less than 2π2\pi and satisfy

ArgL1ΩArgL2Ω.\operatorname{Arg}\int_{L_1}\Omega\geq \operatorname{Arg}\int_{L_2}\Omega.

Thomas–Yau conjecture. There exists a unique special Lagrangian in the Hamiltonian isotopy class of LL if and only if LL is stable. This conjecture proposes a stability criterion for the existence and uniqueness of special Lagrangian representatives, analogous to slope stability and Hermitian Yang–Mills theory. It was originally proposed by Thomas and remains open in this generality.

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Primary source

Shih-Kai Chiu and Yu-Shen Lin, “Special Lagrangian submanifolds in K3-fibered Calabi-Yau 3-folds”, arXiv:2410.17662 (2024).

Additional references

4 papers in this index state this conjecture (2011–2024). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:2203.01467, arXiv:2004.04831, arXiv:1104.3355.

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