geometry-topology / Symplectic geometry: capacities of Lagrangian products

Vicente's question: is the Gromov width of every symmetric Lagrangian polar product equal to 4?

Theorem 1.1: for every n≥2n\ge2 and every origin-symmetric convex body K⊂RnK\subset\mathbb R^n, cG(int K×int K∘)=4c_G(\mathrm{int}\,K\times\mathrm{int}\,K^\circ)=4, with explicit smooth symplectic embeddings of every ball of capacity c<4c<4; no smoothness or strict convexity is assumed. The lower bound comes from a holomorphic ball principle (high-order vanishing gives large balls) and a uniform slice estimate for a conformal lens; the upper bound from a supporting-cylinder argument and nonsqueezing. Since symplectic embeddings preserve volume this reproves the symmetric Mahler inequality, but the paper makes no claim about equality cases. It says nothing about non-symmetric products or other capacities, and does not conflict with the Haim-Kislev-Ostrover counterexample to Viterbo's general conjecture.

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Vicente's question: is the Gromov width of every symmetric Lagrangian polar product equal to 4?

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Theorem 1.1: for every n≥2n\ge2 and every origin-symmetric convex body K⊂RnK\subset\mathbb R^n, cG(int K×int K∘)=4c_G(\mathrm{int}\,K\times\mathrm{int}\,K^\circ)=4, with explicit smooth symplectic embeddings of every ball of capacity c<4c<4; no smoothness or strict convexity is assumed. The lower bound comes from a holomorphic ball principle (high-order vanishing gives large balls) and a uniform slice estimate for a conformal lens; the…

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Theorem 1.1: for every n≥2n\ge2 and every origin-symmetric convex body K⊂RnK\subset\mathbb R^n, cG(int K×int K∘)=4c_G(\mathrm{int}\,K\times\mathrm{int}\,K^\circ)=4, with explicit smooth symplectic embeddings of every ball of capacity c<4c<4; no smoothness or strict convexity is assumed. The lower bound comes from a holomorphic ball principle (high-order vanishing gives large balls) and a uniform slice estimate for a conformal lens; the upper bound from a supporting-cylinder argument and nonsqueezing. Since symplectic embeddings preserve volume this reproves the symmetric Mahler inequality, but the paper makes no claim about equality cases. It says nothing about non-symmetric products or other capacities, and does not conflict with the Haim-Kislev-Ostrover counterexample to Viterbo's general conjecture.

Theorem 1.1: for every n≥2n\ge2 and every origin-symmetric convex body K⊂RnK\subset\mathbb R^n, cG(int K×int K∘)=4c_G(\mathrm{int}\,K\times\mathrm{int}\,K^\circ)=4, with explicit smooth symplectic embeddings of every ball of capacity c<4c<4; no smoothness or strict convexity is assumed. The lower bound comes from a holomorphic ball principle (high-order vanishing gives large balls) and a uniform slice estimate for a conformal lens; the upper bound from a supporting-cylinder argument and nonsqueezing. Since symplectic embeddings preserve volume this reproves the symmetric Mahler inequality, but the paper makes no claim about equality cases. It says nothing about non-symmetric products or other capacities, and does not conflict with the Haim-Kislev-Ostrover counterexample to Viterbo's general conjecture.

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