Ritoré–Ros isoperimetric conjecture for the cubic three-torus

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Let T3T^3 be the flat cubic three-torus, and consider the isoperimetric problem of minimizing perimeter among regions of prescribed volume in T3T^3. The candidate minimizers are the sphere, cylinder, and slab.

Ritoré–Ros conjecture. The optima for the isoperimetric problem in a cubic T3T^3 are the sphere, cylinder, and slab.

This conjecture concerns the single-bubble problem underlying the double-bubble phase diagram. The source attributes it to Ritoré and Ros and presents it as an unresolved conjecture.

References

Primary source

Miguel Carrión-Álvarez, Joseph Corneli, Genevieve Walsh and Shabnam Beheshti, “Double bubbles in the 3-torus”, arXiv:math/0208120 (2002).

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