On the multiplicity one conjecture in min-max theory

DOI10.4007/ANNALS.2020.192.3.3zbMATH Open1461.53051arXiv1901.01173OpenAlexW3098894566WikidataQ122905375 ScholiaQ122905375MaRDI QIDQ2215804FDOQ2215804

Authors: Xin Zhou 

Publication date: 14 December 2020

Published in: Annals of Mathematics. Second Series (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We prove that in a closed manifold of dimension between 3 and 7 with a bumpy metric, the min-max minimal hypersurfaces associated with the volume spectrum introduced by Gromov, Guth, Marques-Neves, are two-sided and have multiplicity one. This confirms a conjecture by Marques-Neves. We prove that in a bumpy metric each volume spectrum is realized by the min-max value of certain relative homotopy class of sweepouts of boundaries of Caccioppoli sets. The main result follows by approximating such min-max value using the min-max theory for hypersurfaces with prescribed mean curvature established by the author with Zhu.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.01173

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zbMATH Keywords

minimal hypersurfacesmultiplicitymin-max theoryvolume spectrumhypersurfaces with prescribed mean curvature

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Minimal surfaces and optimization (49Q05) Differential geometry of immersions (minimal, prescribed curvature, tight, etc.) (53C42) Existence of solutions for minimax problems (49J35) Variational problems concerning minimal surfaces (problems in two independent variables) (58E12)

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