Proof of the bounded conformal conjecture
Differential Geometry
2025-06-18 v4
Abstract
Given any asymptotically flat 3-manifold with smooth, non-empty, compact boundary , the conformal conjecture states that for every , there exists a metric , with a harmonic function, such that the area of outermost minimal area enclosure of with respect to is less than . Recently, the conjecture was used to prove the Riemannian Penrose inequality for black holes with zero horizon area, and was proven to be true under the assumption of existence of only a finite number of minimal area enclosures of boundary , and boundedness of harmonic function . We prove the conjecture assuming only the boundedness of .
Cite
@article{arxiv.2306.15322,
title = {Proof of the bounded conformal conjecture},
author = {Sameer Kumar},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2306.15322},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
Few changes to the proof of Proposition 1. Result unchanged, 25 pages