The conjecture on non-planar free boundary minimal disks in ellipsoids

For q1q\geq 1, consider the ellipsoid

{x2+qy2+qz21}R3.\{x^2+q y^2+q z^2\leq 1\}\subset\mathbb{R}^3.

Ellipsoid existence conjecture. There is a non-planar free boundary minimal immersed disk into this ellipsoid if and only if q>3q>3. This is presented as a natural conjecture arising from the description of critical ellipses; its resolution is not given in the source.

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Primary source

Romain Petrides, “Isoperimetric inequalities involving Steklov eigenvalues on surfaces”, arXiv:2508.10721 (2025).

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