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Existence of 5 minimal tori in 3-spheres of positive Ricci curvature

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arxiv 2409.09315 v2 pith:PA4PFSWL submitted 2024-09-14 math.DG math.APmath.GT

Existence of 5 minimal tori in 3-spheres of positive Ricci curvature

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In 1989, B. White conjectured that every Riemannian 3-sphere has at least 5 embedded minimal tori. We confirm this conjecture for 3-spheres of positive Ricci curvature. While our proof uses min-max theory, the underlying heuristics are largely inspired by mean curvature flow.

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