Study canonical curves and Kropina metrics in Lagrangian contact geometry.
problem Characterize canonical curves and their relationship to Lagrangian contact structures.
method Construct Fefferman-type spaces, analyze chains and null-chains, use Kropina metrics, apply Fermat principle.
result Chains and null-chains in integrable Lagrangian contact structures are geodesics of Kropina metrics.
Study of submanifolds in symplectic and contact manifolds using Hausdorff metrics.
problem Understanding the subtle interactions between submanifolds and metrics in symplectic and contact geometry.
method Applying Hausdorff metric to study sequences of submanifolds and proving metric versions of conjectures.
result Proves metric versions of the nearby Lagrangian conjecture and Viterbo conjecture on spectral norm.
Proposes a contact dynamics framework using generalized geometries.
problem Contact dynamics and related geometries.
method Generalizes symplectic and Morse families to contact framework.
result Establishes contact Hamiltonian and Lagrangian Dynamics as Legendrian submanifolds.
This paper extends the evolution operator to contact mechanics, linking Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulations.
problem Translating the evolution operator to contact mechanics for mechanical systems with dissipation.
method Using the evolution operator K to connect Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formalisms in contact mechanics.
result The evolution operator provides a geometric description of evolution equations and relates constraints.
We study the geometry of multidimensional scalar 2nd order PDEs (i.e. PDEs with n independent variables) with one unknown function, viewed as hypersurfaces E in the Lagrangian Grassmann bundle M(1) over a (2n+1)-dimensional contact manifold (M,C). We develop the theory of character…
GRID invariants block certain Lagrangian cobordisms in 3D.
problem Obstructing decomposable Lagrangian cobordisms in 3D.
method Filtered GRID invariants and link Floer homology.
result GRID invariants obstruct decomposable Lagrangian cobordisms.
Extends coisotropic embedding theorem to various geometric settings.
problem Regularization problem of singular Lagrangian systems.
method Generic methodology applied to cosymplectic, contact, and multisymplectic manifolds.
result Fundamental basis for applying results to regularization problem.
We prove a version of the Arnol'd conjecture for Lagrangian submanifolds of conformal symplectic manifolds: a Lagrangian L which has non-zero Morse-Novikov homology for the restriction of the Lee form β cannot be disjoined from itself by a C0-small Hamiltonian isotopy. Furthermore for generic such isotopies the …
Study Legendrian surfaces using N-graphs and flag moduli.
problem Characterize and apply Legendrian surfaces in contact geometry.
method Develop diagrammatic calculus and algebraic-geometric characterization.
result Show applications in Lagrangian concordance, exact fillings, and rational point counts.
Generalizes Tulczyjew triples for contact manifolds in Hamiltonian and Lagrangian formalisms.
problem Tackles the need for a geometric tool in contact manifolds.
method Introduces a generalized Tulczyjew triple for contact manifolds.
result Contact Hamiltonians and Lagrangians as sections of line bundles determine dynamics on contact phase space.
The classes of Monge-Ampère systems, decomposable and bi-decomposable Monge-Ampère systems, including equations for improper affine spheres and hypersurfaces of constant Gauss-Kronecker curvature are introduced. They are studied by the clear geometric setting of Lagrangian contact structures, based on the existence of …
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.
New geometric framework for non-conservative field theories with time-dependent terms.
problem Describing non-conservative field theories with explicit space-time dependence.
method Combining k-cosymplectic and k-contact formulations to develop Hamiltonian and Lagrangian formalisms.
result Illustrated with the nonlinear damped wave equation, demonstrating the new formalism's applicability.
New examples of Legendrian links with infinitely many fillings.
problem Understanding the structure of Legendrian links and their fillings.
method New combinatorial formula for Legendrian contact DGAs and Floer-theoretic techniques.
result Construction of the first families of Legendrian links with infinitely many Lagrangian fillings.
Upper bounds for Legendrian links in tight contact 3-manifolds.
problem Bounding the complexity of Legendrian links in tight contact 3-manifolds.
method Constructing exact Lagrangian cobordisms and defining minimal Lagrangian genus.
result Established upper bounds for Legendrian links with a common rotation number.
We study the connection between topological strings and contact homology recently proposed in the context of knot invariants. In particular, we establish the proposed relation between the Gromov-Witten disk amplitudes of a Lagrangian associated to a knot and augmentations of its contact homology algebra. This also impl…
Lagrangian contact supersymmetries (depending on derivatives of arbitrary order) are treated in very general setting. The cohomology of the variational bicomplex on an arbitrary graded manifold and the iterated cohomology of a generic nilpotent contact supersymmetry are computed. In particular, the first variational fo…
This paper completely answers the question of when contact (r)-surgery on a Legendrian knot in the standard contact structure on the 3-sphere yields a symplectically fillable contact manifold for r in (0,1]. We also give obstructions for other positive r and investigate Lagrangian fillings of Legendrian knots.
In this note we define the notion of collarable slices of Lagrangian submanifolds. Those are slices of Lagrangian submanifolds which can be isotoped through Lagrangian submanifolds to a cylinder over a Legendrian embedding near a contact hypersurface. Such a notion arises naturally when studying intersections of Lagran…
In this paper we prove that there does not exists any closed Pre-Lagrangian submanifolds in any closed contact manifolds by using the J−holomorphic curves and Gromov's nonlinear Fredholm alternative.
New invariant stops certain types of geometric transformations.
problem Obstructing decomposable Lagrangian cobordisms.
method Defined an invariant for Legendrian links.
result Obstructs decomposable Lagrangian cobordisms.
The paper studies how Lagrangian cobordisms affect DGAs of Legendrian ends.
problem Understanding how Lagrangian cobordisms impact DGAs of Legendrian ends.
method Adapting the map induced by cobordisms on DGAs to linearizations using augmentations, and showing invariance under Lagrangian isotopy.
result The induced map on linearized Legendrian contact homology is invariant under Lagrangian isotopy under mild hypotheses.
In this paper, we extend the well-known Noether theorem for Lagrangian systems to contact Lagrangian systems. We introduce a classification of infinitesimal symmetries and obtain the corresponding dissipated quantities. We notice that in contact dynamics, the existence of infinitesimal symmetries does not produce conse…
Torsion found in knot homology, challenging augmentation theories.
problem Torsion in linearized contact homology for Legendrian knots.
method Examples of Legendrian knots with non-trivial homology over Z.
result Augmentations not induced by exact fillings, even mod 2.
Develops a new geometric framework for non-conservative field theories.
problem Non-conservative field theories in classical physics.
method Multisymplectic and contact geometries, variational field equations, jet bundle description.
result Introduces variational field equations in multicontact manifolds.
The study shows knots from 3-braids cannot be concordant to a specific Legendrian unknot.
problem The concordance of knots from 3-braids to a specific Legendrian unknot.
method Using symplectic handlebody diagrams and Legendrian contact homology, the study derives a contradiction to show the non-concordance.
result The study proves that knots from 3-braids cannot be concordant to a specific Legendrian unknot.
Researchers develop methods to construct Lagrangian cobordisms between Legendrian knots.
problem Understanding the relationship between Legendrian knots through Lagrangian cobordisms.
method Combinatorial and geometric methods, including Heegaard Floer Homology and contact surgery.
result Construction of nondecomposable Lagrangian cobordisms between Legendrian knots.
We construct infinitely many Legendrian links in the standard contact R3 with arbitrarily many topologically distinct Lagrangian fillings. The construction is used to find links in S3 that bound topologically distinct pieces of algebraic curves in B4⊂C2, is applied to find contact 3-…
We prove that for a uniformly convex Lagrangian system L on a compact manifold M, almost all energy levels contain a periodic orbit. We also prove that below Ma ne's critical value of the lift of the Lagrangian to the universal cover, almost all energy levels have conjugate points. We prove that if the energy level [E=…
We show that the EH class and the LOSS invariant of Legendrian knots in contact 3-manifolds are functorial under regular Lagrangian concordances in Weinstein cobordisms. This gives computable obstructions to the existence of regular Lagrangian concordances.
We explain the effect of applying a full Lutz twist along a pre-Lagrangian torus in a contact 3-manifold, on the contact invariant in Heegaard Floer homology with twisted coefficients.
This paper analyses the parabolic geometries generated by a free 3-distribution in the tangent space of a manifold. It shows the existence of normal Fefferman constructions over CR and Lagrangian contact structures corresponding to holonomy reductions to SO(4,2) and SO(3,3), respectively. There is also a fascinating co…
We establish connections between contact isometry groups of certain contact manifolds and compactly supported symplectomorphism groups of their symplectizations. We apply these results to investigate the space of symplectic embeddings of balls with a single conical singularity at the origin. Using similar ideas, we als…
Persistent Legendrian contact homology distinguishes knots using height functional.
problem Distinguishing Legendrian knots in R3. method Persistent homology applied to Chekanov-Eliashberg DGA, with height functional.
result Strong Morse inequalities for persistent Legendrian contact homology.
Study confirms contact cosmetic surgery for most knots, with exceptions.
problem Determining contact cosmetic surgeries for Legendrian knots.
method Analyzing Legendrian knots, including unknots, and using contact surgery theory.
result Some Legendrian unknots have unique contact surgeries without a cosmetic pair.
We characterize which Legendrian 4-plat knots in the standard contact 3-space have exact orientable Lagrangian fillings. As a corollary, we show that the underlying smooth knot types of fillable Legendrian 4-plats are positive.
We discuss contact invariant structures on the space of solutions of a third-order ordinary differential equation. Associated to any third-order differential equation modulo contact transformations, Chern introduced a degenerate conformal Lorentzian metric on the space of 2-jets of functions of one variable. When the W…
Abstract: Survey on contact submanifolds.
problem Understanding contact submanifolds.
method None specified, survey of existing knowledge.
result Discussion of various contact submanifolds.
The paper develops spectral networks in symplectic topology and their relation to Lagrangian fillings.
problem Understanding spectral networks in symplectic topology and their role in Lagrangian fillings.
method Analytic results on adiabatic degeneration of Floer trajectories and explicit computation of continuation strips.
result Established equivalence between Family Floer functor and non-abelianization functor for Lagrangian fillings with spectral networks.
We provide an explicit example of a non trivial Legendrian knot Λ such that there exists a Lagrangian concordance from Λ0 to Λ where Λ0 is the trivial Legendrian knot. We then use the map induced in Legendrian contact homology by a concordance and the augmentation category of Λ to show that no Lagrangian co…
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.
Spinors help study unique five-dimensional contact structures.
problem Understanding unique five-dimensional contact structures.
method Using classical two-component spinors, define directional derivatives in contact directions.
result Calculate invariant torsion of G2 contact structure. The paper introduces triple grid diagrams to construct Lagrangian surfaces in complex projective space.
problem Constructing Lagrangian surfaces in complex projective space.
method Defining and analyzing triple grid diagrams to determine Lagrangian caps and surfaces.
result Triple grid diagrams can determine closed Lagrangian surfaces in CP2 under certain conditions. Infinite-dimensional contact geometry explored.
problem Generalizing contact geometry to infinite dimensions.
method Generalization of cosymplectic, contact, and cocontact manifolds to infinite dimensions.
result Model examples of time-dependent and dissipative Hamiltonian systems calculated.
Paper introduces Eden bracket for nonholonomic systems.
problem Nonholonomic contact systems with dissipation.
method Contact Eden bracket for system evolution.
result Evolution of observables in constrained systems.
Study contact geometry of symplectic divisors, invariant under specific transformations.
problem Understanding contact structures on symplectic divisors and their boundaries.
method Invariant analysis of contact structures under toric and interior blow-ups/blow-downs, open book decomposition construction.
result Contact structure on divisor boundaries is invariant under specified transformations.
Study Lagrangian zigzag cobordisms for Legendrian knots, comparing to smooth concordance.
problem Understanding Legendrian knots through Lagrangian cobordisms.
method Defined an equivalence relation on Legendrian knots using interpolating zigzag Lagrangian cobordisms, studied metric monoid, and compared to other concordance types.
result Proved structural results on torsion and satellite operators in the Lagrangian zigzag concordance classes.
A new method simplifies contact Hamiltonian mechanics.
problem Traditional contact Hamiltonian mechanics is complex.
method Introduces sections of line bundles over contact manifolds.
result Reduces contact Hamiltonian formalism to symplectic.