An optimal Loewner-type systolic inequality and harmonic one-forms of constant norm (Q1884005)

The authors prove a new systolic inequality for a compact, oriented \(n\)-dimensional Riemannian manifold \((X,g)\) with positive first Betti number \(b\). Namely, \[ \text{confsys}_1(g) \text{sys}_{n-1}(g) \leq \gamma_b'\text{vol}_n(g)^{n-1\over n}, \] where \(\text{confsys}_1(g)\) is the conformal 1-systol of \((X,g)\), sys\(_{n-1}(g)\) is the \((n-1)\)-systole of \((X,g)\), \(\gamma_b'\) is the Bergé-Martinet constant, and vol\(_n(g)\) is the volume of \((X,g)\). Equality occurs when the Abel-Jacobi map \({\mathcal A}_X : X \rightarrow J_1(X)\) is a Riemannian submersion with connected minimal fibers and the deck transformations of the Jacobi variety \(J_1(X)\) form a dual-critical lattice.