English

The rigidity statement in the Horowitz-Myers conjecture

Differential Geometry 2026-02-25 v2

Abstract

In this paper, we give an alternative proof of the Horowitz-Myers conjecture in dimension 3N73 \leq N \leq 7. Moreover, we show that a metric that achieves equality in the Horowitz-Myers conjecture is locally isometric to a Horowitz-Myers metric.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2504.16812,
  title  = {The rigidity statement in the Horowitz-Myers conjecture},
  author = {S. Brendle and P. K. Hung},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.16812},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

minor improvements in exposition

R2 v1 2026-06-28T23:08:42.559Z