Study periodic geodesics on contact 3D manifolds, proving existence and precise properties.
problem Existence and properties of periodic geodesics in contact sub-Riemannian metrics.
method Develops two independent subjects: existence of spiraling geodesics and precise study of geodesics on quotient of SL2(R).
result Proves existence and precise properties of periodic geodesics.
New proof of wave trace formula for 3D-contact manifolds.
problem Wave trace formula for 3D-contact manifolds.
method Normal form reduction to Heisenberg group.
result Extension of Chazarain-Duistermaat-Guillemin formula.
3D contact manifolds have optimal higher systolic ratios.
problem Optimizing higher systolic ratios in 3D contact manifolds.
method Proving Besse contact forms maximize certain ratios.
result Besse contact forms are local maximizers of higher systolic ratios.
Study 3D manifolds with specific curvature conditions.
problem Characterize 3D generalized (κ,μ)-contact metric manifolds. method Analyze manifolds with ildeW⋅R=0 and ildeW⋅H=0. result Cover all eight equivalent classes of 3D manifolds.
Study investigates induced geometry on surfaces in 3D contact manifolds.
problem Understanding the metric structure on surfaces embedded in 3D contact sub-Riemannian manifolds.
method Defined a coefficient to characterize characteristic points and identified global conditions for finite induced distance.
result Proved induced distance finite for certain surfaces with isolated characteristic points.
Study Schrödinger evolution on surfaces in 3D contact sub-Riemannian manifolds.
problem Analyzing the Schrödinger evolution on surfaces embedded in 3D contact sub-Riemannian manifolds.
method Relating self-adjointness of the Schrödinger operator to geometric invariants of the foliation.
result Classification of self-adjoint extensions yielding disjoint dynamics.
The paper classifies 3D contact partially hyperbolic diffeomorphisms.
problem Classifying contact partially hyperbolic diffeomorphisms in 3D.
method Smooth classification, conjugation to known flows or automorphisms, use of invariant distributions.
result Classification up to finite quotient or power, conjugation to known structures.
In this paper we study the small time asymptotics for the heat kernel on a sub-Riemannian manifold, using a perturbative approach. We then explicitly compute, in the case of a 3D contact structure, the first two coefficients of the small time asymptotics expansion of the heat kernel on the diagonal, expressing them in …
Proves Steiner and tube formulae for 3D contact sub-Riemannian surfaces.
problem Calculating surface properties in complex geometric structures.
method Develops a local Steiner formula for regular surfaces in 3D contact sub-Riemannian manifolds.
result Establishes a formula for surface expansion in arbitrary regions of contact sub-Riemannian manifolds.
Geodesics spiral around Reeb orbits in 3D contact manifolds.
problem Understanding geodesics in sub-Riemannian geometry.
method Normal form along Reeb orbits due to Melrose.
result Sub-Riemannian geodesics spiral around Reeb orbits in both phase and configuration spaces.
Study on surfaces of genus g≥1 in 3D contact sub-Riemannian manifolds, proving finiteness or infiniteness of induced distance.
problem Determining the finiteness of the induced distance on surfaces of genus g≥1 in 3D contact sub-Riemannian manifolds.
method Analyzing the structural stability of the finiteness/not-finiteness of the induced distance on closed surfaces of genus g≥1.
result Closed surfaces of genus g≥1 can be embedded in such a way that the induced distance is either always finite or always infinite.
Proves Giroux Correspondence in 3D using Heegaard splittings.
problem Proving Giroux Correspondence in 3D contact manifolds.
method Uses Heegaard splittings of contact manifolds, extending convex surface theory.
result Accessible proof for low-dimensional audience.
The tangent space is constructed in sub-Finsler geometry, leading to the failure of the CD condition in 3D-contact manifolds.
problem The failure of the CD condition in sub-Finsler geometry.
method Construction of the tangent space in the measured Gromov-Hausdorff sense, application of nilpotent approximation.
result The CD condition fails in 3D-contact sub-Finsler manifolds.
Classifies 3D manifolds with specific structures and automorphisms.
problem Classifying compact 3D manifolds with path structures and large automorphism groups.
method Uses Cartan connections and constant curvature analysis.
result Curvature of Cartan connections is constant for these manifolds.
Unified interpretation of sub-Riemannian Gauss-Bonnet theorem for surfaces in 3D contact manifolds.
problem Proving a sub-Riemannian Gauss-Bonnet theorem for surfaces in 3D contact manifolds.
method Measure-theoretic perspective, focusing on singular measures and characteristic points.
result Unified interpretation of previous results and natural geometric conditions for the theorem.
Quantifies tightness in 3D contact manifolds using sub-Riemannian metrics.
problem Estimating maximal tight neighbourhoods of Reeb orbits on 3D contact manifolds.
method Sub-Riemannian metrics and geometric constructions.
result Sharp estimates of tightness radius in terms of Schwarzian derivative bounds.
Study magnetic flows on 3D contact sub-Riemannian manifolds using Rumin complex.
problem Understanding magnetic flows on 3D contact sub-Riemannian manifolds.
method Introducing horizontal magnetic flows via closed Rumin differential two-forms and analyzing the lifted sub-Riemannian structure.
result Horizontal magnetic flows can be interpreted as geodesic flows on a suitably lifted structure, which is of Engel type when the magnetic field is non-vanishing.
Infinitely many 3D shapes have multiple ways to be filled with special surfaces.
problem Understanding how many ways 3D shapes can be filled with special surfaces.
method Examined 3D shapes supported by planar open books and found multiple ways to fill them with special surfaces.
result Found infinitely many 3D shapes that can be filled with multiple, non-homeomorphic special surfaces.
We compute the asymptotic expansion of the volume of small sub-Riemannian balls in a contact 3-dimensional manifold, and we express the first meaningful geometric coefficients in terms of geometric invariants of the sub-Riemannian structure
The paper simplifies proofs and characterizes contact structures in 3D.
problem Contact structures induced by geodesic vector fields in 3D.
method New proofs and characterizations of contact structures.
result Contact structures in 3D are universally tight under certain conditions.
Study of null φ-slant curves in specific 3D manifolds.
problem Characterizing null φ-slant curves in 3D normal almost contact B-metric manifolds.
method Analyzing the geometric properties and Frenet frames of φ-slant null curves.
result Existence of a unique Frenet frame for non-geodesic φ-slant null curves.
Prove an isoperimetric inequality for compact bodies in 3D contact non-unimodular Lie groups.
problem Isoperimetric inequality for compact bodies in contact non-unimodular 3D Lie groups.
method Prove an isoperimetric inequality.
result Prove an isoperimetric inequality.
Develops a diagrammatic method for symplectic filling classifications.
problem Classifying exact/weak symplectic fillings of 3D contact manifolds.
method Symplectic JSJ decomposition applied to contact surgery diagrams.
result Recover symplectic fillings for certain lens spaces and torus bundles, and classify fillings for a large class of plumbed 3-manifolds.
New 3D shapes found without certain special flows.
problem Finding 3D shapes without specific special flows.
method Rational surgeries on the figure eight knot.
result First infinite family of hyperbolic 3-manifolds without tight projectively Anosov flows.
The paper classifies 3D paracontact and almost paracosymplectic spaces.
problem Classifying 3D paracontact and almost paracosymplectic spaces.
method Detailed structure analysis and local classification for all possible values of κ.
result Local classification of paracontact metric and almost paracosymplectic (κ,μ)-spaces for every possible value of κ.
In this paper, we extend and complete the classification of the generic singularities of the 3D-contact sub-Riemmanian conjugate locus in a neighbourhood of the origin.
Characterizes Anosov flows in 3D using symplectic and contact geometry.
problem Understanding Anosov flows in 3D.
method Purely contact and symplectic geometric methods.
result Characterization of Anosov flows based on Reeb flows and underlying (bi)-contact structures.
3D contact forms have supporting decompositions, leading to entropy results.
problem Existence of supporting decompositions for contact forms in 3D.
method Proving existence of broken book decompositions for nondegenerate contact forms.
result Nondegenerate Reeb vector fields on 3-manifolds have positive entropy or infinitely many periodic orbits.
The study of quasi Yamabe solitons on 3D contact metric manifolds with specific curvature condition.
problem Investigating quasi Yamabe solitons on 3D contact metric manifolds with a specific curvature condition.
method Analyzing the properties of quasi Yamabe solitons on 3D contact metric manifolds with Qφ = φQ and proving the conditions under which the soliton vector field is constant, the scalar curvature is constant, and the manifold is Sasakian.
result If a 3D contact metric manifold M with Qφ = φQ admits a quasi Yamabe soliton with a non-zero soliton vector field V collinear with the Reeb vector field ξ, then V is a constant multiple of ξ, the scalar curvature is constant, and the manifold is Sasakian.
New inequality for links in 3D using 4D invariants.
problem Understanding links in 3D using 4D invariants.
method Using a Bauer--Furuta-type invariant for 4-manifolds with contact boundary.
result Generalized Thurston--Bennequin inequality for links in S3. In this paper, we prove (1): for any closed contact three-manifold with a C∞-generic contact form, the union of periodic Reeb orbits is dense, (2): for any closed surface with a C∞-generic Riemannian metric, the union of closed geodesics is dense. The key observation is C∞-closing lemma for 3D R…
Authors provide counterexamples to Weinstein conjecture in 3D.
problem Weinstein conjecture in 3D contact geometry.
method Construction of b-contact manifolds with specific orbits.
result Counterexamples to Weinstein conjecture in 3D.
Classifies knots in a special 3D space.
problem Classifying knots in a specific geometric space.
method Complete coarse classification of non-loose torus knots.
result Complete classification of knots in S1imesS2. Paper proves minimizing movements match smooth droplet flow in 3D.
problem Consistency of minimizing movements with smooth mean curvature flow.
method Proved minimizing movements coincide with smooth droplet flow.
result Minimizing movements and smooth mean curvature flow are consistent in 3D.
This paper studies Sasakian quasi-Killing spinors on 3D Sasakian manifolds.
problem Characterizing Sasakian quasi-Killing spinors on 3D Sasakian manifolds.
method Detailed analysis and geometric properties of Sasakian quasi-Killing spinors.
result Almost all Sasakian quasi-Killing spinors solve the Einstein-Dirac system with a non-zero cosmological constant.
Smooth analog of Gromov's dihedral rigidity for 3D weakly convex domains.
problem Rigidity of 3D weakly convex domains with nonnegative scalar curvature.
method Capillary minimal surfaces and foliations with nonnegative mean curvature.
result Smooth analog of Gromov's dihedral rigidity for 3D weakly convex domains.
New systems of linear PDEs discovered in 3D contact manifolds.
problem Investigating linear PDEs of sl3-type. method Complete local classification using extrinsic geometry.
result 7 new systems of second-order linear PDEs with 8-dimensional solution spaces.
The paper disproves a conjecture about 3D manifolds using even lattice points.
problem Thurston's Euler class one conjecture for fillable contact structures.
method Analyzing finite covers of hyperbolic 3-manifolds and properties of their dual Thurston norm unit balls.
result Found counter-examples to the conjecture using even lattice points on boundary.
Study of symplectic Monge-Ampère equations using moment maps and contact structures.
problem Characterizing symplectic Monge-Ampère equations through geometric structures.
method Constructing contact cone structures and using moment maps to relate equations to projective spaces.
result The contact cone structure and the cocharacteristic variety coincide for non-degenerate equations.
Discusses the tight versus overtwisted dichotomy in 3D contact geometry.
problem Understanding the tight versus overtwisted dichotomy in 3D contact geometry.
method Reviews Eliashberg's seminal work and contributions to the theory.
result Explains the genesis and importance of the tight versus overtwisted dichotomy.
Study of Yamabe solitons on specific geometric manifolds.
problem Characterizing Yamabe solitons on almost contact complex Riemannian manifolds.
method Investigation of two cases: Sasaki-like and torse-forming potentials.
result Explicit examples and theoretical properties confirmed in 3D.
New systolic inequality for 3D contact forms on Seifert bundles.
problem Bounding the shortest Reeb orbit period in terms of contact volume.
method Proved a general systolic inequality for S1-invariant contact forms on Seifert bundles.
result Validated systolic inequality on Seifert bundles with non-zero Euler number.
In this paper we provide the small-time heat kernel asymptotics at the cut locus in three relevant cases: generic low-dimensional Riemannian manifolds, generic 3D contact sub-Riemannian manifolds (close to the starting point) and generic 4D quasi-contact sub-Riemannian manifolds (close to a generic starting point). As …
The study connects contact forms and Ruelle invariant in convex domains.
problem Understanding the relationship between contact forms and Ruelle invariant in convex domains.
method Using the extrinsic curvature and Ruelle invariant, the authors prove bounds and construct counterexamples.
result First examples of dynamically convex contact 3-spheres not strictly contactomorphic to convex boundaries.
Study proves h-principles for curves in bracket-generating distributions.
problem Proving h-principles for curves in higher-dimensional bracket-generating distributions.
method Proves complete h-principles for embedded regular horizontal and transverse curves.
result Contrasts with 3D contact case, where full h-principle for transverse/legendrian knots does not hold.
Study proves all left-invariant contact structures on 3D Lie groups are tight.
problem Characterizing tightness of left-invariant contact structures on 3D Lie groups.
method Riemannian methods and unique factorization property for Lie groups.
result All left-invariant contact structures on 3D Lie groups are tight.
Study shows infinite order in mapping class groups for certain 3D shapes.
problem Understanding the mapping class groups of certain 3D shapes.
method Analogues of Seiberg-Witten-Floer homology for 3-manifolds.
result Monodromy diffeomorphisms have infinite order in smooth mapping class groups.
New method shows some 3D shapes can't be filled in certain ways.
problem Obstructing Liouville and weak fillability of contact structures.
method Introducing a new method to obstruct fillability.
result Various rational homology 3-spheres admit strongly fillable contact structures without Liouville fillings.