The K-contact energy-minimization conjecture for curl eigenforms
The K-contact energy-minimization conjecture for curl eigenforms
Let be the curl eigenform defined by a -contact structure, and let denote the associated coadjoint orbit. An eigenform is energy-minimizing on if it minimizes the relevant energy functional among forms in that orbit.
K-contact energy-minimization conjecture. The curl eigenform defined by a -contact structure is always energy-minimizing on .
The conjecture arises because the form is identified as a natural candidate for the principal curl eigenform, while the supplied context notes that it need not always be principal. The source gives no resolution of the universal energy-minimization assertion.
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R. Ghrist and R. Komendarczyk, “Overtwisted energy-minimizing curl eigenfields”, arXiv:math/0411319 (2015).
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