arXiv research

Study contact 3-manifolds using sub-Riemannian geometry, proving new properties of their Lipschitz homotopy groups.

The thesis defines and proves invariants for manifolds of bounded geometry.

We provide a sufficient condition for the nontriviality of the Lipschitz homotopy group of the Heisenberg group, $π_m^{Lip}(H_n)$, in terms of properties of the classical homotopy group of the sphere, $π_m(S^n)$. As an application we provide a new simplified proof of the fact that $π_n^{Lip}(H_n)\neq 0$, $n=1,2,...$, a…

Lipschitz and horizontal maps from an $n$-dimensional space into the $(2n+1)$-dimensional Heisenberg group $\H^n$ are abundant, while maps from higher-dimensional spaces are much more restricted. DeJarnette-Hajłasz-Lukyanenko-Tyson constructed horizontal maps from $S^k$ to $\H^n$ which factor through $n$-spheres and sh…

We construct a smooth compact n-dimensional manifold Y with one point singularity such that all its Lipschitz homotopy groups are trivial, but Lipschitz mappings Lip(S^n,Y) are not dense in the Sobolev space W^{1,n}(S^n,Y). On the other hand we show that if a metric space Y is Lipschitz (n-1)-connected, then Lipschitz …

Study quantifies convergence of Alexandrov spaces without collapsing.

This work focuses on important step in quantitative topology: given homotopic mappings from $S^m$ to $S^n$ of Lipschitz constant $L$, build the (asymptotically) simplest homotopy between them (meaning having the least Lipschitz constant). The present paper resolves this problem for the first case where Hopf invariant p…

We introduce the notion of good coverings of metric spaces, and prove that if a metric space admits a good covering, then it has the same locally Lipschitz homotopy type as the nerve complex of the covering. As an application, we obtain a Lipschitz homotopy stability result for a moduli space of compact Alexandrov spac…

This paper refines homotopy theory for cubical sets and uniform spaces.

An $e^ε$-Lipschitz and co-Lipschitz map, as a metric analogue of an $ε$-Riemannian submersion, naturally arises from a sequence of Alexandrov spaces with curvature uniformly bounded below that converges to a space of only weak singularities. In this paper we prove its homotopy lifting property and its homotopy stabilit…

For a given null-cobordant Riemannian $n$-manifold, how does the minimal geometric complexity of a null-cobordism depend on the geometric complexity of the manifold? In [Gro99], Gromov conjectured that this dependence should be linear. We show that it is at most a polynomial whose degree depends on $n$. This constructi…

We prove that the multiplication maps $\mathbb{s}^n \times \mathbb{s}^n \rightarrow \mathbb{s}^n$ ($n = 1, 3, 7$) for unit complex, quaternion and octonion numbers are, up to isometries of domain and range, the unique Lipschitz constant minimizers in their homotopy classes. Other geometrically natural maps, such as pro…

Study the landscape of Lipschitz functions between manifolds using persistent homology.

Given a Hopf fibration of a round sphere by parallel great subspheres, we prove that the projection map to the base space is, up to isometries of domain and range, the unique Lipschitz constant minimizer in its homotopy class. Similarly, given a Hopf fibration of a round sphere by parallel great circles, we view a unit…

Let S be a compact surface, and M be the double of a handlebody. Given a homotopy class of maps from S to M inducing an isomorphism of fundamental groups, we describe a canonical uniformly lipschitz retraction of the sphere graph of M to the arc graph of S. We also show that this retraction is a uniformly bounded dista…

In \cite{GrOrang}, Gromov asks the following question: given a nullhomotopic map $f:S^m \to S^n$ of Lipschitz constant $L$, how does the Lipschitz constant of an optimal nullhomotopy of $f$ depend on $L$, $m$, and $n$? We establish that for fixed $m$ and $n$, the answer is at worst quadratic in $L$. More precisely, we …

Study 2D spaces with curvature, focusing on structure and approximations.

We develop some basic Lipschitz homotopy technique and apply it to manifolds with finite asymptotic dimension. In particular we show that the Higson compactification of a uniformly contractible manifold is mod $p$ acyclic in the finite dimensional case. Then we give an alternative proof of the Higher Signature Novikov …

Maps and measures on surfaces link best Lipschitz and least gradient functions.

The paper introduces new functors for cohomology groups of manifolds.

We characterize locally Lipschitz mappings and existence of Lipschitz extensions through a first order nonlinear system of PDEs. We extend this study to graded group-valued Lipschitz mappings defined on compact Riemannian manifolds. Through a simple application, we emphasize the connection between these PDEs and the Ru…

Study maps in semidirect products of groups, proving Lipschitz properties without intrinsic dilations.

Novikov conjecture reduced to Lipschitz cohomology of groups.

Paper proves homotopy braid group properties over integers and three strands.

The paper proves Rademacher's theorem for Heisenberg groups.

Maps in Carnot groups are equivalent to solutions of a PDE system.

By considering homotopies that preserve the stratification, one obtains a natural notion of homotopy for stratified spaces. In this short note, we introduce invariants of stratified homotopy, the stratified homotopy groups. We show that they satisify a stratified version of Whitehead's theorem. As an example, we introd…

Classifies non-linear Fredholm maps linking to stable homotopy groups of spheres.

The study proves surfaces in a specific Heisenberg group must be simple planes.

Given a compact orientable surface of negative Euler characteristic, there exists a natural pairing between the Teichmueuller space of the surface and the set of homotopy classes of simple loops and arcs. The length pairing sends a hyperbolic metric and a homotopy class of a simple loop or arc to the length of geodesic…

Almost perimeter-minimizing boundaries in plentiful groups can be approximated by Lipschitz graphs.

In the 1970s and again in the 1990s, Gromov gave a number of theorems and conjectures motivated by the notion that the real homotopy theory of compact manifolds and simplicial complexes influences the geometry of maps between them. The main technical result of this paper supports this intuition: we show that maps of di…

We focus our attention on the notion of intrinsic Lipschitz graphs, inside a special class of metric spaces i.e. the Carnot groups. More precisely, we provide a characterization of locally intrinsic Lipschitz functions in Carnot groups of step 2 in terms of their intrinsic distributional gradients.

A new method calculates the minimum volume swept by a sphere's homotopy in 3D space.

Finite type and finitely generated homotopy groups for manifold automorphisms.

In this paper, we investigate some applications of commutator subgroups to homotopy groups and geometric groups. In particular, we show that the intersection subgroups of some canonical subgroups in certain link groups modulo their symmetric commutator subgroups are isomorphic to the (higher) homotopy groups. This give…

We estimate the second order linking invariants of Lipschitz maps from an n-dimensional ellipse. The estimate uses a new directionally-dependent version of the isoperimetric inequality for cycles inside the ellipse. Using this work, we prove new lower bounds for the k-dilation of maps from one ellipse to another.

Smooth actions of infinite groups linked to homotopy theory.

Study homotopy groups of spaces of long links and knots, finding new generators.

The paper studies optimal maps between hyperbolic surfaces, focusing on their rigidity and obstructions.

The paper extends Lipschitz metric isometries between Outer Spaces of virtually free groups.

Characterizes Stein surfaces with finite homotopy rank-sum.

We estimate the linear isoperimetric constants of an n-dimensional ellipse. Using these estimates and a technique of Gromov, we estimate the Hopf and linking invariants of Lipschitz maps from ellipses to round spheres. Using these estimates, we give a lower bound for the k-dilation of degree non-zero maps between ellip…

In this note on coarse geometry we revisit coarse homotopy. We prove that coarse homotopy indeed is an equivalence relation, and this in the most general context of abstract coarse structures. We introduce (in a geometric way) coarse homotopy groups. The main result is that the coarse homotopy groups of cone of a compa…

New examples of manifolds with similar homotopy but different simple homotopy types.

Groups of homotopy equivalences of graphs help realize compact subgroups.

Let $M$ be a closed symplectic manifold of dimension $2n$ with non-ellipticity. We can define an almost Kähler structure on $M$ by using the given symplectic form. Hence, we have a $\G=π_1(M)$-invariant almost Kähler structure on the universal covering, $\ti M$, of $M$. Using Darboux coordinate charts, we globally defo…

Existence and rigidity results for lifts in Carnot groups.