The contractible three-manifold positive-scalar-curvature conjecture

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Let (M3,g)(M^3,g) be a contractible 33-manifold equipped with a complete metric whose scalar curvature satisfies R>0R>0. The contractible three-manifold positive-scalar-curvature conjecture. Then MM is diffeomorphic to R3\mathbf{R}^3. The question concerns whether positive scalar curvature can occur on exotic contractible open three-manifolds. The source states that the conjecture is proved under bounded-geometry assumptions, but gives no resolution in general.

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Otis Chodosh, “Minimal surfaces and comparison geometry”, arXiv:2510.04481 (2025).

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