Weak positive-Legendrian-isotopy CROSS conjecture

Let MM be a manifold of dimension at least 22. Let (SM,ξ)(S^{\ast}M,\xi) be its spherical cotangent bundle with the standard contact structure, and let ϕt\phi_t be a positive Legendrian isotopy of (SM,ξ)(S^{\ast}M,\xi) with ϕ0=id\phi_0=\operatorname{id}. For x,yMx,y\in M, assume that there is T>0T>0 such that every vSxMv\in S^{\ast}_xM satisfies ϕt(v)SyM\phi_t(v)\in S^{\ast}_yM for some t(0,T]t\in(0,T]. Weak positive-Legendrian-isotopy conjecture. Then MM is compact, its fundamental group is finite, and the integral cohomology ring of its universal cover is that of a CROSS. The source states that the compactness and fundamental-group conclusions are proved for isotopies arising from the specified null-geodesic construction, while the general conjecture remains open.

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Friedrich Bauermeister, “Topological consequences of null-geodesic refocusing and applications to Z^x manifolds”, arXiv:2503.23565 (2026).

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