We introduce Z-critical connections for holomorphic vector bundles and prove their existence under stability conditions.
problem Existence of Z-critical connections for holomorphic vector bundles. method Associated geometric PDEs to Bridgeland stability conditions and used infinite dimensional moment maps.
result In the large volume limit, a sufficiently smooth holomorphic vector bundle admits a Z-critical connection if and only if it is asymptotically Z-stable. Introduces stability conditions and their connection to Artin groups.
problem Understanding the relationship between stability conditions and Artin groups.
method Explains the connection between Bridgeland stability conditions and the K(π,1) conjecture. result Establishes a link between stability conditions and Artin groups.
Surveying progress on deformed Hermitian-Yang-Mills equation and its connections to stability.
problem Solvability of the deformed Hermitian-Yang-Mills equation and its relation to geometric stability.
method Utilizing geometric invariant theory (GIT) and Bridgeland stability theory to analyze the equation.
result On the blow-up of \(\mathbb{P}^2\), line bundles admitting a solution of the deformed Hermitian-Yang-Mills equation are Bridgeland stable, but not conversely.
Inspired by mirror symmetry, we investigate some differential geometric aspects of the space of Bridgeland stability conditions on a Calabi-Yau triangulated category. The aim is to develop theory of Weil-Petersson geometry on the stringy Kähler moduli space. A few basic examples are studied. In particular, we identify …
Non-asphericity of strata of genus-one differentials
problem Strata of genus-one differentials
method Non-asphericity
result Infinitely many counterexamples to conjectures
We consider Bridgeland stability conditions for three-folds conjectured by Bayer-Macrì-Toda in the case of Picard rank one. We study the differential geometry of numerical walls, characterizing when they are bounded, discussing possible intersections, and showing that they are essentially regular. Next, we prove that w…
This is a survey on two closely related subjects. First, we review the study of topological structure of `finite type' components of spaces of Bridgeland's stability conditions on triangulated categories. The key is to understand Happel-Reiten-Smalo tilting as tiling of cells. Second, we review topological realizations…
We provide a novel proof that the set of directions that admit a saddle connection on a meromorphic quadratic differential with at least one pole of order at least two is closed, which generalizes a result of Bridgeland and Smith, and Gaiotto, Moore, and Neitzke. Secondly, we show that this set has finite Cantor-Bendix…
Introduces stability conditions for polarized varieties, linking to K-stability.
problem Stability conditions for polarized varieties.
method Analogue of Bridgeland's stability for polarized varieties, Z-stability, Z-critical Kähler metrics.
result Polarized varieties with certain stability conditions admit Z-critical Kähler metrics.
A (meromorphic) quadratic differential is a (meromorphic) section of the tensor square of the canonical bundle of a Riemann surface. They arose in the study of quasiconformal mappings in the works of Oswald Teichmüller, and have played a mayor role in the study of the Riemann moduli, where they can be identified with c…
We determine the image of the monodromy map for meromorphic projective structures with poles of orders greater than two. This proves the analogue of a theorem of Gallo-Kapovich-Marden, and answers a question of Allegretti and Bridgeland. Our proof uses coordinates on the moduli space of framed representations arising f…
Paper calculates Donaldson-Thomas invariants for a specific category.
problem Relating quadratic differentials to stability conditions and invariants.
method Uses string and band techniques from representation theory.
result Agrees with physics predictions for degenerate ring domains.
Defines special Joyce structures for ASK manifolds encoding real HK structures.
problem Defining Joyce structures for ASK manifolds.
method Introducing special Joyce structures and showing they encode real HK structures.
result Special Joyce structures encode real hyperkähler structures on ASK manifolds.
Study special Lagrangian sections in Calabi-Yau threefolds, showing stability conditions imply isomorphism to special Lagrangians.
problem Understanding stability conditions on Fukaya-Seidel categories of Calabi-Yau threefolds.
method Analyzing sections of special Lagrangian fibrations, constructing Bridgeland stability conditions, and relating to deformed Hermitian Yang-Mills connections.
result Semistability of L[2] implies isomorphism to special Lagrangian sections. We show that the Borel sums of the Voros symbols considered in the theory of exact WKB analysis arise naturally as Fock-Goncharov coordinates of framed PGL2(C)-local systems on a marked bordered surface. Using this result, we show that these Borel sums can be meromorphically continued to any point of $\math…
We study the deformed Hermitian-Yang-Mills (dHYM) equation, which is mirror to the special Lagrangian equation, from the variational point of view via an infinite dimensional GIT problem mirror to Thomas' GIT picture for special Lagrangians. This gives rise to infinite dimensional manifold H mirror to Solom…
Introduces relative stability conditions on triangulated categories.
problem Stability conditions in triangulated categories.
method Definition and deformation of relative stability conditions.
result Deformation of relative stability conditions via gluing stability conditions.
New map connects stability conditions to Teichmüller space.
problem Stability conditions and Teichmüller space relationship.
method Using harmonic maps and 3-Calabi-Yau categories.
result Natural map between stability conditions and Teichmüller space.
Characterizes periodic elements in Artin-Tits groups via stability conditions.
problem Understanding periodic elements in Artin-Tits groups.
method Dynamical characterization via 2-Calabi-Yau category and stability conditions.
result An element is periodic if and only if it has a fixed point in the stability manifold.
We introduce the notions of categorical systoles and categorical volumes of Bridgeland stability conditions on triangulated categories. We prove that for any projective K3 surface, there exists a constant C depending only on the rank and discriminant of its Picard group, such that $$\mathrm{sys}(σ)^2\leq C\cdot\mathrm{…
We study a class of flat bundles, of finite rank N, which arise naturally from the Donaldson-Thomas theory of a Calabi-Yau threefold X via the notion of a variation of BPS structure. We prove that in a large N limit their flat sections converge to the solutions to certain infinite dimensional Riemann-Hilbert prob…
The paper compactifies stability conditions on curves, akin to Teichmüller theory.
problem Compactifying spaces of stability conditions on curves.
method Constructing a Thurston-like compactification.
result Obtained a compactification of stability conditions space, analogous to Teichmüller theory.
Proves stability condition for Lagrangian sections in toric weak Fano manifolds.
problem Stability of Lagrangian sections in Calabi-Yau fibrations.
method SYZ transform, toric gamma theorem, Nakai-Moishezon criterion.
result Hamiltonian isotopy of Lagrangian sections under stability condition.
Null Kähler metrics are characterized by Painlevé I or II ODEs.
problem Characterizing null-Kähler metrics in four dimensions.
method Cohomogeneity-one anti-self-dual null-Kähler metrics, twistor methods, Painlevé I and II ODEs.
result Cohomogeneity-one anti-self-dual null-Kähler metrics are generically characterized by solutions to Painlevé I or Painlevé II ODEs.
For a punctured surface S, we characterize the representations of its fundamental group into PSL2(C) that arise as the monodromy of a meromorphic projective structure on S with poles of order at most two and no apparent singularities. This proves the analogue of a theorem of Gallo-Kapovich-Mar…
Study higher rank deformed Hermitian-Yang-Mills equations for stable vector bundles.
problem Stability conditions for higher rank vector bundles over complex manifolds.
method Establish equivalence between dHYM equations and Z-stability. result Equivalence between dHYM solutions and Z-stability for vortex type bundles. Study higher rank deformed Hermitian-Yang-Mills equations for stable vector bundles.
problem Stability conditions for higher rank vector bundles over complex manifolds.
method Establish equivalence between dHYM equations and Z-stability. result Equivalence between dHYM solutions and Z-stability for vortex type bundles. The study of special Lagrangian classes and semistable Mukai vectors on K3 surfaces.
problem Counting special Lagrangian classes and semistable Mukai vectors for K3 surfaces.
method Analyzing flat surfaces and K3 surfaces, using asymptotics and stability conditions.
result Exact leading term in the asymptotics of the number of semistable Mukai vectors.
Unified approach to stability conditions on surfaces with quadratic differentials.
problem Identifying spaces of stability conditions on triangulated categories.
method Perverse schober and their global sections, mixed-angulations, flips, finite-length hearts, tilts.
result Identification of moduli spaces of quadratic differentials with arbitrary singularity types.
For G a finite subgroup of SL(3,C) acting freely on C3∖{0} a crepant resolution of the Calabi-Yau orbifold C3/G always exists and has the geometry of an ALE non-compact manifold. We show that the tautological bundles on these crepant resolutions admit rigid H…
This paper gives a description of the full space of Bridgeland stability conditions on the bounded derived category of a contraction algebra associated to a 3-fold flop. The main result is that the stability manifold is the universal cover of a naturally associated hyperplane arrangement, which is known to be simplicia…
Study of decorated surfaces with vortices and their group structures.
problem Understanding group structures of decorated surfaces with vortices.
method Proved isomorphism between cluster braid group, braid twist group, and fundamental group of moduli space.
result Finite presentations of isomorphic groups were given.
Constructs stable Hilbert bundles on curves using Diophantine approximation.
problem Constructing stable Hilbert bundles on complex projective curves.
method Investigating arithmetic properties of the upper half plane and applying Diophantine approximation to bound Hermitian-Einstein metrics.
result Constructs Hilbert bundles with Hermitian-Einstein metrics on curves of positive genus.
We introduce the cluster exchange groupoid associated to a non-degenerate quiver with potential, as an enhancement of the cluster exchange graph. In the case that arises from an (unpunctured) marked surface, where the exchange graph is modelled on the graph of triangulations of the marked surface, we show that the univ…
Characterizes solutions to Z-critical equations on surfaces using effective conditions.
problem Characterizing solutions to Z-critical equations on compact Kähler surfaces.
method Uses effective conditions and Picard number bounds to characterize solutions.
result Characterizes optimally destabilizing curves for Donaldson's J-equation and deformed Hermitian Yang-Mills equation.
The resolved conifold geometry is linked to a special Kähler manifold and an instanton-corrected hyperkähler manifold.
problem Understanding the geometry of the resolved conifold and its associated structures.
method Explicit description of ASK and instanton-corrected HK manifolds, relating them to twistor coordinates and solving Riemann-Hilbert problems.
result The instanton-corrected hyperkähler manifold realizes a smoothing of the semi-flat HK metric associated with the ASK geometry.
Proves existence of Lagrangian mean curvature flow solutions.
problem Desingularizing transverse intersection points of immersed Lagrangians.
method Direct PDE approach using manifolds with corners and a-corners.
result Existence of Lagrangian mean curvature flow solutions with stronger convergence.
We further develop the asymptotic analytic approach to the study of scattering diagrams. We do so by analyzing the asymptotic behavior of Maurer-Cartan elements of a differential graded Lie algebra constructed from a (not-necessarily tropical) monoid-graded Lie algebra. In this framework, we give alternative differenti…
Let M be a Calabi-Yau m-fold, and consider compact, graded Lagrangians L in M. Thomas and Yau math.DG/0104196, math.DG/0104197 conjectured that there should be a notion of "stability" for such L, and that if L is stable then Lagrangian mean curvature flow {Lt:t∈[0,∞)} with L0=L should exist f…
The thesis explores stability conditions and metrics in differential geometry.
problem Understanding extremal objects in differential geometry.
method Introduces and analyzes Z-critical metrics and optimal symplectic connections. result Proves a correspondence between existence of metrics and stability conditions.
The article extends Thurston's Grafting Theorem to signed spaces and defines a framed monodromy map.
problem Extending Thurston's Grafting Theorem to signed spaces.
method Proves the analogue of Thurston's Grafting Theorem for signed spaces, defines a framed monodromy map.
result Characterizes PSL(2,C)-representations and shows the monodromy map is a local biholomorphism.
The paper characterizes when numerical criteria for PDE solvability fail and provides effective criteria for existence.
problem Characterizing when numerical criteria for PDE solvability fail.
method Finite number of subvarieties violating Nakai type criterion, and their rigidity.
result Finite number of subvarieties violating the Nakai type criterion, and these subvarieties are rigid.
Compactifies stability space for A2 category, introducing q-deformed rational numbers.
problem Stability conditions in triangulated categories and their compactifications.
method Embedding into an infinite-dimensional projective space, using B3 braid group action. result Two orbits in the boundary correspond to q-deformed rational numbers. Let X be a Calabi-Yau 3-fold, T=D^b(coh(X)) the derived category of coherent sheaves on X, and Stab(T) the complex manifold of Bridgeland stability conditions Z on T. It is conjectured that one can define rational numbers J^a(Z) for Z in Stab(T) and a in the numerical Grothendieck group K(T) generalizing Donaldson-Thom…
Mathematical structures link Gromov-Witten to Donaldson-Thomas invariants.
problem Understanding non-perturbative topological string theory.
method Borel summation of Gromov-Witten potential and analysis of Stokes phenomena.
result Stokes phenomena encode Donaldson-Thomas invariants of the resolved conifold.
Compactifies stability conditions on triangulated categories, inspired by Teichmüller theory.
problem Moduli space of stability conditions on triangulated categories.
method Inspired by Thurston compactification of Teichmüller space, constructs maps to infinite projective space.
result Injective maps with compact closure, identifies categorical analogs of intersection functionals.
Study of deformed Hermitian Yang-Mills equations with variable Kähler metrics.
problem Solving special Lagrangian type equations with variable metrics.
method Introducing extended gauge group to couple moment maps and scalar curvature.
result Solutions satisfy a mixture of K-stability and Bridgeland-type stability.
This paper constructs hyper-Kähler metrics and hyper-Lagrangian foliations for a class of complex manifolds.
problem Constructing hyper-Kähler metrics and foliations for complex manifolds.
method Using isomonodromy flows and reductions of Plebański's heavenly equations, the paper constructs hyper-Kähler metrics and hyper-Lagrangian foliations.
result Explicit expressions for hyper-Kähler metrics and foliations are derived.