Equality-case isomorphism classification
Prove that every bounded self-adjoint tuple with Lipschitz conjugate variables satisfying CD(c,∞) and saturating the free Poincaré bound C_P(X)=1/c generates a von Neumann algebra isomorphic to L(F₂).
References
We are led to suggest the following conjecture.
— Convexity, the spectrum of free Laplacians and geometric consequences: a free KLS bound
(2610.22109 - Diez, 15 Oct 2026) in Conjecture labeled \ref{conj:obata-isomorphism}, Section 3, subsection “The curvature criterion and a strengthened free Obata theorem”