Finite-volume scalar-curvature volume inequality

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Let (M,g)(M,g) be a complete finite-volume 33-manifold with minimal surface boundary, scalar curvature R(g)6R(g)\geq -6, and let DMDM denote its double. Write DM\|DM\| for the simplicial volume of DMDM.

Finite-volume volume conjecture. The volume satisfies

Vol(M,g)12DM,\operatorname{Vol}(M,g)\geq \frac{1}{2}\|DM\|,

with equality if and only if MM has geodesic boundary.

The source identifies this as an unresolved case needed to extend the main theorem to noncompact manifolds; it specifically notes difficulty proving the theorem in this setting.

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Primary source

Ian Agol, Nathan M. Dunfield, Peter A. Storm and William P. Thurston, “Lower bounds on volumes of hyperbolic Haken 3-manifolds”, arXiv:math/0506338 (2005).

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