The generic regularity hypothesis for least-area hypersurfaces
The generic regularity hypothesis for least-area hypersurfaces
Let be a closed smooth manifold, let denote its codimension-one homology group, and let a representative of a homology class mean a smooth hypersurface in that class. Generic regularity hypothesis. There is a Baire generic set of metrics such that, for every and every , there is a smooth representative of least area. This hypothesis would address the singularities of area-minimizing hypersurfaces in high dimensions and provide a route to applying minimal-surface methods more broadly. The source says the conjecture has appeared in various forms since at least the 1980s and gives no resolution evidence.
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Otis Chodosh, “Minimal surfaces and comparison geometry”, arXiv:2510.04481 (2025).
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