The K-contact energy-minimization conjecture for curl eigenforms

Let η\eta be the curl eigenform defined by a KK-contact structure, and let Ξη\Xi_\eta denote the associated coadjoint orbit. An eigenform is energy-minimizing on Ξη\Xi_\eta if it minimizes the relevant energy functional among forms in that orbit.

K-contact energy-minimization conjecture. The curl eigenform η\eta defined by a KK-contact structure is always energy-minimizing on Ξη\Xi_\eta.

The conjecture arises because the form η\eta 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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