Hamiltonian volume conjecture for vacuum data on hyperbolic 3-manifolds

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Let MM be a compact 33-dimensional manifold of hyperbolic type. Let (g,K)(g,K) be vacuum data on MM, meaning that the vacuum Einstein constraint equations hold, and suppose that the mean curvature trgK=τ\operatorname{tr}_g K=\tau is constant. Define the reduced Hamiltonian by

H(g,K)=trgK3Vol(M,g).\mathcal H(g,K)=|\operatorname{tr}_g K|^3\operatorname{Vol}(M,g).

Hamiltonian volume conjecture. The rescaled volume satisfies

H(g,K)33Vol(M,g0),\mathcal H(g,K)\geq 3^3\operatorname{Vol}(M,g_0),

where g0g_0 is the hyperbolic metric on MM with sectional curvature 1-1. Equality holds if and only if gg is isometric to n2τ2g0\frac{n^2}{\tau^2}g_0 and K=trKngK=\frac{\operatorname{tr}K}{n}g. This is proposed as an analogue of the positive mass theorem for spatially compact spacetimes and is presented as a consequence of the sigma-constant conjecture; the source does not specify whether it has been resolved.

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Primary source

Lars Andersson, “Constant mean curvature foliations of flat space–times”, arXiv:math/0110245 (2001).

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