Existence of four minimal spheres in $S^3$ with a bumpy metric

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Main Authors: Wang, Zhichao, Zhou, Xin
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Published: 2023
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author Wang, Zhichao
Zhou, Xin
author_facet Wang, Zhichao
Zhou, Xin
contents We prove that in the three dimensional sphere with a bumpy metric or a metric with positive Ricci curvature, there exist at least four distinct embedded minimal two-spheres. This confirms a conjecture of S. T. Yau in 1982 for bumpy metrics and metrics with positive Ricci curvature. The proof relies on a multiplicity one theorem for the Simon-Smith min-max theory.
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spellingShingle Existence of four minimal spheres in $S^3$ with a bumpy metric
Wang, Zhichao
Zhou, Xin
Differential Geometry
Analysis of PDEs
Geometric Topology
We prove that in the three dimensional sphere with a bumpy metric or a metric with positive Ricci curvature, there exist at least four distinct embedded minimal two-spheres. This confirms a conjecture of S. T. Yau in 1982 for bumpy metrics and metrics with positive Ricci curvature. The proof relies on a multiplicity one theorem for the Simon-Smith min-max theory.
title Existence of four minimal spheres in $S^3$ with a bumpy metric
topic Differential Geometry
Analysis of PDEs
Geometric Topology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.08755