Two new proofs of Gromov's non-squeezing theorem using curve reparametrization and gradient bounds.
problem Gromov's non-squeezing theorem in symplectic geometry.
method Reparametrization of pseudo-holomorphic curves and application of mean value inequality or Gromov-Schwarz lemma.
result Uniform bounds on the gradient of pseudo-holomorphic curves leading to compactness of moduli space.
The paper extends Gromov's non-squeezing theorem to deformed symplectic forms.
problem Extending Gromov's non-squeezing theorem to deformed symplectic forms.
method Trap idea for holomorphic curves analogous to dynamical systems.
result The classical Gromov argument breaks down for deformed forms.
Extends Gromov non-squeezing to locally conformally symplectic structures.
problem Generalizing Gromov non-squeezing to new geometric structures.
method Deformation theory applied to locally conformally symplectic structures.
result Proves a new extension of the Gromov non-squeezing phenomenon.
The paper quantifies how much of a 4-ball must be removed to squeeze into a cylinder, proving a lower bound on the Minkowski dimension.
problem Quantifying how much of a 4-ball must be removed to fit into a cylinder.
method Gromov's non-squeezing theorem and Minkowski dimension analysis.
result The Minkowski dimension of the removed set is at least 2, with an example showing this is optimal for certain radii.
Improved non-squeezing theorem for calibrated geometries proved.
problem Proving an improved non-squeezing theorem for calibrated geometries.
method Two proofs: direct and reduction to classical case.
result Established an improved non-squeezing theorem for calibrated geometries.
Contact Lie systems analyze integral curves of Hamiltonian vector fields.
problem Analyzing integral curves of Hamiltonian vector fields.
method Define and study contact Lie systems, including conservative systems.
result Develop Liouville theorems, contact reductions, and Gromov non-squeezing theorems.
The study explores pinwheels in symplectic surfaces and non-squeezing of rational homology balls.
problem Understanding when Lagrangian pinwheels embed in symplectic rational and ruled surfaces.
method Almost toric fibrations and symplectic rational blow-up.
result A rational homology ball embeds into a rational homology cylinder if and only if the parameter is greater than or equal to 1.
We initiate here the study of Gromov-Witten theory of locally conformally symplectic manifolds or $\lcs$ manifolds, $\lcsm$'s for short, which are a natural generalization of both contact and symplectic manifolds. We find that the main new phenomenon (relative to the symplectic case) is the potential existence of holom…
Starting from the work of Bhupal, we extend to the contact case the Viterbo capacity and Traynor's construction of symplectic homology. As an application we get a new proof of the Non-Squeezing Theorem of Eliashberg, Kim and Polterovich.
The paper recovers contact forms from boundary data using vector fields and Lyapunov functions.
problem Recovering contact forms from boundary data.
method Using vector fields and Lyapunov functions, the paper describes boundary data and proves reconstruction of (X,β) up to diffeomorphism. result Boundary data allow for the reconstruction of (X,β) up to a diffeomorphism of X. New methods prove non-squeezing in locally conformal symplectic geometry.
problem Non-squeezing theorem in locally conformal symplectic geometry.
method Generating functions and spectral selectors for lcs Hamiltonian diffeomorphisms.
result Proves a non-squeezing theorem in S1imesR2nimesS1. Study non-squeezing phenomena in contact geometry using specific capacities.
problem Detect and quantify non-squeezing in contact geometry.
method Defined and computed two contact capacities, using spectral selectors and Givental's non-linear Maslov index.
result Discovered and quantified non-squeezing phenomena in lens spaces and strongly order able closed prequantizations.
Contact manifolds are odd-dimensional smooth manifolds endowed with a maximally non-integrable field of hyperplanes. They are intimately related to symplectic manifolds, i.e. even-dimensional smooth manifolds endowed with a closed non-degenerate 2-form. Although in symplectic topology a famous bi-invariant metric, the …
Contact squeezing prevented in certain prequantized balls via generating functions.
problem Preventing contact squeezing in prequantized balls of different radii.
method Equivariant generating function homology with finite cyclic group action.
result Contact squeezing not possible in specified prequantized balls.
Nearby pinwheels are isotopic, solving Arnold's conjecture.
problem Proving isotopy of Lagrangian pinwheels in rational homology balls.
method Combining neck-stretching, symplectic blow-up, and computation of isotopy groups.
result Two pinwheels are isotopic, confirming Arnold's conjecture.
We prove a coisotropic intersection result and deduce the following: 1. Lower bounds on the displacement energy of a subset of a symplectic manifold, in particular a sharp stable energy-Gromov-width inequality. 2. A stable non-squeezing result for neighborhoods of products of unit spheres. 3. Existence of a "badly sque…
In her PhD thesis Milin developed an equivariant version of the contact homology groups constructed by Eliashberg, Kim and Polterovich and used it to prove an equivariant contact non-squeezing theorem. In this article we re-obtain the same result in the setting of generating functions, starting from the homology groups…
New theorem using Ricci flow for Gromov almost flat manifolds.
problem Conditions for Gromov almost flat manifolds.
method Employing Ricci flow to derive a new theorem.
result New theorem with weaker condition than Gromov--Ruh Theorem.
Proof of Gromov's theorem on convex polytopes with acute angles.
problem Gromov's conjecture on extremal scalar curvature of convex polytopes.
method Smoothing construction using Dirac operator techniques.
result Detailed proof of Gromov's theorem.
Extends Gromov's theorem with amenable covers.
problem Gromov's Vanishing Theorem limitations.
method Gromov's multicomplex theory, relative bounded cohomology.
result Relative version of Gromov's Vanishing Theorem.
New proof shows no Hölder embeddings into Heisenberg group.
problem Non-existence of Hölder embeddings into Heisenberg group.
method Developed a new elementary proof method.
result Generalization of Gromov's theorem proven.
Proves a quantitative index theorem for positive scalar curvature metrics.
problem Studying conjectures and open questions on positive scalar curvature.
method Quantitative relative index theorem and λ-Lipschitz rigidity theorem. result Positive answers to Gromov's open questions on scalar curvature.
Extended Otal-Peigné's Theorem to Gromov-hyperbolic spaces.
problem Prove critical exponent equals topological entropy for group actions.
method Extended Otal-Peigné's Theorem to proper, Gromov-hyperbolic spaces.
result Critical exponent equals topological entropy for line-convex spaces.
Study Gromov-Hausdorff convergence of metric pairs and tuples.
problem Understanding convergence in metric spaces.
method Prove equivalence of definitions, embedding, completeness, and compactness theorems.
result Relative version of Fukaya's theorem and finiteness theorem for stratified spaces.
Enhanced Bishop-Gromov theorem for homogeneous and inhomogeneous spaces.
problem Bounding the volume growth of geodesic balls in spaces.
method Introducing coefficient shuffling and using the Raychaudhuri equation, geodesic flow conservation, and the full spectrum of Ricci curvature.
result Upper bounds on the average rate of growth of geodesics for finite-volume inhomogeneous spaces.
In 1969 M. Gromov in his PhD thesis greatly generalized Smale-Hirsch-Phillips immersion-submersion theory by proving what is now called the h-principle for invariant open differential relations over open manifolds. Gromov extracted the original geometric idea of Smale and put it to work in the maximal possible generali…
Proves compactness for timed-metric spaces using new distance and maps.
problem Weak convergence of space-times using timed-Hausdorff distance.
method Uses Gromov's original compactness theorem and introduces addresses.
result Establishes compactness theorem for intrinsic timed-Hausdorff convergence.
We prove that if the unit codisc bundle of a closed Riemannian manifold embeds symplectically into a symplectic cylinder of radius one then the length of the shortest nontrivial closed geodesic is at most half the area of the unit disc.
Prove Gromov's Euclidean endpoint C0 rigidity conjecture for positive mass theorem.
problem Prove Gromov's Euclidean endpoint C0 rigidity conjecture for positive mass theorem. method Prove Gromov's Euclidean endpoint C0 rigidity conjecture for positive mass theorem. result Prove Gromov's Euclidean endpoint C0 rigidity conjecture for positive mass theorem. This is the second of three papers about the Compression Theorem. We give proofs of Gromov's theorem on directed embeddings [M Gromov, Partial differential relations, Springer--Verlag (1986); 2.4.5 C'] and of the Normal Deformation Theorem [The compression theorem I; 4.7], arxiv:math.GT/9712235.
The paper reconstructs Lorentzian spacetimes from causal sets.
problem Reconstructing Lorentzian spacetimes from causal sets.
method Introduced a concept of isomorphy and three types of convergence.
result Established Gromov's reconstruction theorem in Lorentzian geometry.
This note explores comparison geometry concepts and theorems.
problem Exploring various comparison theorems in geometry.
method Analyzes Rauch and Toponogov theorems and their applications.
result Introduction of Gromov-Hausdorff convergence and Alexandrov Spaces.
In this paper we first show that the necessary condition introduced in our previous paper is also a sufficient condition for a path to be a geodesic in the group $\Ham^c(M)$ of compactly supported Hamiltonian symplectomorphisms. This applies with no restriction on M. We then discuss conditions which guarantee that su…
The Gromov-Eliashberg theorem says that the group of symplectomorphisms of a symplectic manifold is C^0-closed in the group of diffeomorphisms. This can be translated into a statement about the Lagrangian submanifolds which are graphs of symplectomorphisms. It is also known that such Lagrangian submanifolds are locally…
Researchers describe the Gromov boundary of a graph related to surfaces.
problem Understanding the Gromov boundary of a graph associated with surfaces.
method Described a dense subset of the Gromov boundary as geodesic laminations, proving the graph satisfies a bounded geodesic image theorem.
result The boundary is not compact.
We will give a new proof for the Gromov's theorem on almost flat manifolds, which is an inductive proof on dimension.
Compactness theorem for timed-metric spaces established.
problem Compactness of timed-metric spaces and causality.
method Timed-Gromov--Hausdorff distance and intrinsic timed-Hausdorff distance.
result Induces same notion of convergence as intrinsic timed-Hausdorff distance.
Study uses equivariant topology to measure distances between G metric spaces.
problem Measuring distances between G metric spaces.
method Equivariant topology methods to derive lower bounds.
result Sharp bounds on Gromov Hausdorff distance between spheres.
Symplectic embedding extended to stratified spaces.
problem Symplectic embedding theorem for stratified spaces.
method Defined symplectic structure on stratified spaces, demonstrated embedding in complex projective space.
result Symplectic embedding theorem extended to stratified spaces.
Proves Gromov's conjecture and answers Stoker's polyhedron conjecture.
problem Gromov's flat corner domination conjecture and Stoker's conjecture for convex polyhedra.
method Same techniques applied to prove conjectures.
result Proves Gromov's conjecture and answers Stoker's polyhedron conjecture.
We provide the details for Gromov's proof of Stallings' theorem on groups with infinitely many ends using harmonic functions. The main technical result of the paper is a compactness theorem for a certain family of harmonic functions.
In this article, we give a complete and self--contained account of Chernysh's strengthening of the Gromov--Lawson surgery theorem for metrics of positive scalar curvature. No claim of originality is made.
The paper studies the connectedness of a graph's boundary for surfaces.
problem Understanding the topology of the Gromov boundary of fine curve graphs for surfaces.
method Proved a bounded geodesic image theorem, used to show linear connectivity of the Gromov boundary.
result The Gromov boundary of fine curve graphs for surfaces is linearly connected.
We show that the Gromov-Hausdorff limit of a sequence of leaves in a compact foliation is a covering space of the limiting leaf which is no larger than this leaf's holonomy cover. We also show that convergence to such a limit is smooth instead of merely Gromov-Hausdorff. Corollaries include Reeb's local stability theor…
Enhances the Bishop-Gromov theorem for curved spaces, especially at late times.
problem The Bishop-Gromov theorem's volume growth upperbound is often too loose, especially at late times.
method Identified and quantified the effect of shear, using higher curvature invariants to improve the upperbound.
result Tighter upper bounds on late-time growth rates of geodesic balls in homogeneous spaces with non-positive sectional curvature.
Lorentzian versions of classical Riemannian volume comparison theorems by Gunther, Bishop and Bishop-Gromov, are stated for suitable natural subsets of general semi-Riemannian manifolds. The problem is more subtle in the Bishop-Gromov case, which is extensively discussed. For the general semi-Riemannian case, a local v…
We give here some extensions of Gromov's and Polterovich's theorems on $\karea$ of CPn, particularly in the symplectic and Hamiltonian context. Our main methods involve Gromov-Witten theory, and some connections with Bott periodicity, and loop groups. The argument is closely connected with study of jump…
In this note we reprove a theorem of Gromov using Ricci flow. The theorem states that a, possibly non-constant, lower bound on the scalar curvature is stable under C0-convergence of the metric.