Problems / geometry-topology
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≥2 and every origin-symmetric convex body K⊂Rn, cG(intK×intK∘)=4, with explicit smooth symplectic embeddings of every ball of capacity c<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.