Kusner–McGrath's eigenspace conjecture for embedded free boundary minimal surfaces

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Let SS be a properly embedded free boundary minimal surface in the unit ball Bn\mathbb B^n. Consider the first Steklov eigenspace of SS, and let the coordinate functions of the embedding be viewed as functions on SS.

Kusner–McGrath's conjecture. The first Steklov eigenspace of SS coincides with the span of the coordinate functions of the embedding.

This is presented as a stronger version of the Fraser–Li spectral-index conjecture. The supplied material reports verification under substantially weaker symmetry assumptions, but no general resolution.

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Bruno Colbois, Alexandre Girouard, Carolyn Gordon and David Sher, “Some recent developments on the Steklov eigenvalue problem”, arXiv:2212.12528 (2023).

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