OpenAI reports the Solomon–Yau least-volume theorem

For every m≥2, a closed connected minimally immersed hypersurface of the unit round sphere S^{m+1} with non-totally-geodesic image has volume at least that of the smallest m-dimensional minimal Clifford product.

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For every m≥2, a closed connected minimally immersed hypersurface of the unit round sphere S^{m+1} with non-totally-geodesic image has volume at least that of the smallest m-dimensional minimal Clifford product.

Why it matters

If correct, resolves the least-volume conjecture for minimal hypersurfaces of round spheres in all dimensions.

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Is the least non-equatorial minimal hypersurface volume attained at a Clifford product?

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