Croke–Dairbekov–Sharafutdinov marked-length-spectrum volume conjecture

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Let NN be a manifold with two negatively curved Riemannian metrics g0\mathbf{g}_0 and g1\mathbf{g}_1. For each free homotopy class ⟨γ⟩\langle\gamma\rangle, let MLS⁡g(⟨γ⟩)\operatorname{MLS}_{\mathbf{g}}(\langle\gamma\rangle) be the length of its shortest representative. Write MLS⁡g1≥MLS⁡g0\operatorname{MLS}_{\mathbf{g}_1}\geq\operatorname{MLS}_{\mathbf{g}_0} when this inequality holds in every free homotopy class.

Croke–Dairbekov–Sharafutdinov marked-length-spectrum volume conjecture. The inequality

MLS⁡g1≥MLS⁡g0\operatorname{MLS}_{\mathbf{g}_1}\geq\operatorname{MLS}_{\mathbf{g}_0}

should imply

vol⁡(g1)≥vol⁡(g0).\operatorname{vol}(\mathbf{g}_1)\geq\operatorname{vol}(\mathbf{g}_0).

Moreover, equality of volumes should hold if and only if g0\mathbf{g}_0 and g1\mathbf{g}_1 are isometric. This is a rigidity version of marked-length-spectrum volume comparison in negative curvature; the source gives no resolution.

References

Primary source

Christopher B. Croke and Mikhail G. Katz, “Universal volume bounds in Riemannian manifolds”, arXiv:math/0302248 (2003).

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