Study continuation maps for Morse fundamental group properties.
problem Properties of continuation maps for Morse fundamental group.
method Analysis of continuation maps for Morse fundamental group, functoriality, and isomorphism to relative fundamental group.
result Continuation maps are isomorphic to relative fundamental groups.
The Morse-Novikov number MN(L) of an oriented link L in the 3-sphere is the minimum number of critical points of a Morse map from the complement of L in the 3-sphere to the circle representing the class of a Seifert surface for L (e.g., the Morse-Novikov number of L is zero if and only if L is fibered). We develop vari…
Study finds both existence and non-existence of maps in Morse boundaries.
problem Existence and non-existence of Cannon-Thurston maps in Morse boundaries.
method Examined Morse boundaries for normal subgroups.
result Found both existence and non-existence of Cannon-Thurston maps.
Novel Morse theory for mapping cone cohomology.
problem Cohomology of mapping cones varies with closed forms.
method Introduced a Morse complex for mapping cones.
result Cohomology of cone Morse complex is isomorphic to mapping cone cohomology.
The paper lifts spherical Morse functions to immersions and embeddings.
problem Lifting spherical Morse functions to other maps.
method New methods to lift to special generic maps with non-positive codimensions.
result Constructs most lifts to special generic maps.
Stable and Morse subgroups coincide in mapping class groups.
problem Understanding subgroup properties in mapping class groups.
method Analyzing stability and Morse properties in mapping class groups.
result Stability and Morse properties coincide for subgroups of infinite index in mapping class groups.
Morse theory extended to noncompact manifolds with complex geometric data.
problem Extending Morse theory to noncompact manifolds with intricate geometric and homotopy data.
method Defining Morse homology for pairs of manifolds and related geometric/homotopy data, constructing a homotopy coherent diagram of linear maps, and showing it computes Morse homology.
result Morse homology can be computed using a chain complex derived from a homotopy coherent diagram.
Study on Gauss map of anisotropic minimal surfaces with Morse index estimates.
problem Estimating the Morse index of anisotropic minimal surfaces.
method Local analysis of Gauss map, conformal geometric techniques applied to the Gauss map.
result Upper and lower estimates for the Morse index of anisotropic minimal surfaces.
The study examines Morse diagrams and their behavior under Murasugi sums, leading to contact structure classifications.
problem Understanding Morse diagrams and their behavior under Murasugi sums.
method Examination of combinatorial Morse structures, open book decompositions, and contact structures.
result Diagrammatic criterion for detecting overtwisted contact structures and classification of Morse diagrams for one-holed torus pages.
In~\cite{rotvandervorst} a homology theory --Morse-Conley-Floer homology-- for isolated invariant sets of arbitrary flows on finite dimensional manifolds is developed. In this paper we investigate functoriality and duality of this homology theory. As a preliminary we investigate functoriality in Morse homology. Functor…
We discuss generic smooth maps from smooth manifolds to smooth surfaces, which we call "Morse 2-functions", and homotopies between such maps. The two central issues are to keep the fibers connected, in which case the Morse 2-function is "fiber-connected", and to avoid local extrema over 1-dimensional submanifolds of th…
Low-index harmonic maps from S3 to S2 are simple.
problem Characterizing harmonic maps with low Morse index.
method Proving any such map is an isometry, fibration, and holomorphic composition.
result Harmonic maps of low index are restricted to specific compositions.
We develop functoriality for Morse theory, namely, to a pair of Morse-Smale systems and a generic smooth map between the underlying manifolds we associate a chain map between the corresponding Morse complexes, which descends to the correct map on homology. This association does not in general respect composition. We gi…
Murasugi sums can be defined as readily for Morse maps to the circle of (arbitrary) link complements in the 3-sphere as for fibrations over the circle of (fibered) link complements in the 3-sphere. As one application, I show that if a knot K has free genus m, then there is a Morse map from its complement to the circle …
A Morse function f on a manifold with corners M allows the characterization of the Morse data for a critical point by the Morse index. In fact, a modified gradient flow allows a proof of the Morse theorems in a manner similar to that of classical Morse theory. It follows that M is homotopy equivalent to a CW-complex wi…
A Morse 2-function is a generic smooth map from a smooth manifold to a surface. In the absence of definite folds (in which case we say that the Morse 2-function is indefinite), these are natural generalizations of broken (Lefschetz) fibrations. We prove existence and uniqueness results for indefinite Morse 2-functions …
Stability of Morse index for harmonic maps on degenerating surfaces analyzed.
problem Analyzing stability of Morse index for harmonic maps on degenerating Riemann surfaces.
method Analysis of second variation of energy, identification of conditions for upper semicontinuity, explicit contribution of geodesics.
result Sharper control of spectrum of Jacobi operator, explicit contribution of geodesic segments to Morse index.
Paper constructs Thom-Smale complex using instantons from Morse functions.
problem Constructing Thom-Smale complex for Morse functions.
method Analytic instanton construction using eigenspaces of mapping cone Laplacian.
result Instanton complex is cochain isomorphic to Thom-Smale complex.
Generalizes Floer homotopy via Morse-Bott theory.
problem Constructing equivariant models in Floer theory.
method Morse-Bott theory, flow categories, stable homotopy types.
result Equivalence of Borel equivariant spectra for certain Lagrangians.
Develops geometric foundations for sublinear Morse boundaries in mapping class groups and Teichmüller spaces.
problem Capturing generic directions in mapping class groups and Teichmüller spaces.
method Develops tools for modeling hulls of median rays in hierarchically hyperbolic spaces via CAT(0) cube complexes.
result Sublinear Morse boundaries are visibility spaces and admit continuous equivariant injections into the boundary of the curve graph.
The paper proves stability of critical points for conformally invariant Lagrangians.
problem Stability of critical points for conformally invariant Lagrangians under weak convergence.
method Upper-semi-continuity of Morse index plus nullity established for critical points.
result The sum of Morse indices and nullity is bounded from above by the sum of the Morse indices plus the nullity of the weak limit and bubbles.
The paper characterizes subgroup stability via limit sets on the Morse boundary.
problem Characterizing subgroup stability in various settings.
method Characterization via limit sets on the Morse boundary.
result Stability of a subgroup is equivalent to all limit points being conical or horospherical.
Develops deformation theory for mapping spaces related to Morse theory and Bott-Thom isomorphism.
problem Studying weak homotopy equivalences and decompositions of vector bundles.
method Morse theory on path spaces, deformation theory, Clifford representations, Bott-Thom isomorphism.
result Stable decompositions of vector bundles over sphere bundles derived from Clifford representations.
New result classifies hierarchically hyperbolic groups based on their Morse boundaries.
problem Classifying hierarchically hyperbolic groups using Morse boundaries.
method Generalizing a result on Gromov boundaries to Morse boundaries, showing quasi-isometry if and only if there's a homeomorphism.
result Spaces are quasi-isometric if and only if there's a 2-stable, quasi-möbius homeomorphism between their Morse boundaries.
Stability of Morse index for Yang-Mills connections in 4D.
problem Stability of critical points in Yang-Mills energy relaxation.
method Establishing lower semi-continuity of Morse index and upper continuity of Morse index plus nullity.
result Yang-Mills fields are more stable than harmonic maps in 4D.
The study shows pseudo-Anosovs are common in mapping class groups.
problem Counting pseudo-Anosovs in mapping class groups.
method Using weakly contracting isometries and Morse elements.
result Pseudo-Anosovs are generic in mapping class groups.
Local-to-global principle for Morse actions on symmetric spaces.
problem Recognizing Morse actions on symmetric spaces.
method Equivariant Morse quasiisometric embeddings of trees into symmetric spaces.
result Algorithmic recognizability of Morse actions and construction of Morse Schottky subgroups.
Let M be a compact surface and P be a one dimensional manifold without boundary, that is the line R1 or a circle S1. The classification of path-components of the space of Morse maps from M into P was recently obtained by S. V. Matveev and V. V. Sharko for the case P=R. For P=S1 the …
The paper generalizes Reeb spaces for special generic maps and lifts smooth functions.
problem Constructing lifts of smooth maps, especially Morse functions.
method Defining and generalizing quotient maps onto Reeb spaces of special generic maps and constructing lifts.
result Lifts of Morse functions can be constructed using the generalized maps.
The local-to-global property is proven for Morse quasi-geodesics in various groups.
problem Proving local-to-global properties for Morse quasi-geodesics in different groups.
method Developing a theory of deep points for local quasi-geodesics in relatively hyperbolic spaces.
result Generalization of combination theorems for stable subgroups of various groups.
The paper develops algorithms to detect stability and Morse properties in various groups.
problem Detecting stability and Morse properties in finitely generated groups.
method Various detection and decidability algorithms for stability and Morse properties in specific types of groups.
result The algorithms provide a way to determine if a subgroup is stable or Morse in specific group types.
We introduce a new type of boundary for proper geodesic spaces, called the Morse boundary, that is constructed with rays that identify the "hyperbolic directions" in that space. This boundary is a quasi-isometry invariant and thus produces a well-defined boundary for any finitely generated group. In the case of a prope…
New methods decompose manifolds into submanifolds via fold maps.
problem Understanding the topologies and differentiable structures of manifolds globally.
method Explicit decompositions of manifolds via fold maps, generalizing Morse functions.
result Decompositions of manifolds into lower dimensional spaces via fold maps.
One of the basic objects in the Morse theory of circle-valued maps is Novikov complex - an analog of the Morse complex of Morse functions. Novikov complex is defined over the ring of Laurent power series with finite negative part. The main aim of this paper is to present a detailed and self-contained exposition of the …
In this paper we are concerned with harmonic maps and minimal immersions defined on compact Riemannian manifolds and with values in homogenous strongly harmonic manifolds. We show some results on the Morse index by varying these maps along suitable conformal vector fields. We obtain also that they are global maxima on …
Defines concordance of Morse functions on manifolds and presents a condition.
problem Deciding if two Morse functions on the same manifold are concordant.
method Introduces concordance as a stronger equivalence relation than cobordism, and presents a necessary and sufficient condition for concordance.
result A necessary and sufficient condition for two Morse functions to be concordant is presented.
A quasi-geodesic is Morse if and only if it is strongly contracting in injective spaces.
problem Characterizing Morse quasi-geodesics in injective spaces.
method Proving equivalence between Morse and strongly contracting quasi-geodesics.
result Injective metric spaces have the Morse local-to-global property and acylindrically hyperbolic groups with Morse elements.
We give elementary constructions of manifold with corner structures and associative gluing maps on compactifications of spaces of infinite, half infinite, and finite Morse flow lines.
The paper defines Morse-Bott invariants for critical sets of circles.
problem Homological invariants from Morse-Bott data on unions of circles.
method Axiomatic approach to moduli spaces and evaluation maps, defining homological invariants.
result Construction of a homotopy invariant cascade homology functor.
The Morse complex is shown to be an infinite functor.
problem Understanding the structure of Morse complexes as infinite functors.
method Showed the Morse complex of a compact Lie monoid can be given the structure of an f-bialgebra and defined an ∞-functor.
result Obtained two other ∞-functors mapping manifolds and actions to their Morse complexes.
Exponential growth of stable subgroups in Morse geodesics.
problem Growth rates of stable subgroups in complex groups.
method Theory of automatic structures on Morse geodesics.
result Exponential growth of stable subgroups is faster than their infinite index stable subgroups.
We give an upper bound for the Reidemeister-Singer distance between two Heegaard splittings in terms of the genera and the number of cusp points of the product map of Morse functions for the splittings. It suggests that a certain development in singularity theory may lead to the best possible bound for the Reidemeister…
Proves properties of Morse vector fields on compact manifolds.
problem Properties of gradient vector fields of Morse functions.
method Analyzes connectedness of critical points and shrinkage of flow.
result Shows connectedness of critical points through orbits and exponential shrinkage.
New boundary for geodesic spaces captures Poisson boundary of mapping class groups.
problem Capturing the Poisson boundary of mapping class groups.
method Constructing a quasi-isometric invariant boundary for proper geodesic spaces.
result The Poisson boundary of mapping class groups can be realized on the κ-Morse boundary.
Graph products inherit Morse local-to-global property from their components.
problem Generalizing local-to-global property to graph products of infinite groups.
method Generalizing maximization procedure for relatively hierarchically hyperbolic groups and showing stable embeddings.
result Graph products of infinite Morse local-to-global groups have the Morse local-to-global property.
New method refines Morse theory for group presentations.
problem Studying transformations of group presentations.
method Refined discrete Morse theory for CW-complexes.
result Some counterexamples to the Andrews--Curtis conjecture are shown to satisfy the conjecture.
New Teichmüller geodesic rays found with unique foliations.
problem Capturing generic directions in Teichmüller space.
method Using Chaika-Masur-Wolf and Durham-Zalloum work.
result First sublinearly-Morse geodesic rays with minimal non-uniquely ergodic foliations.
Study of Morse functions with constraints and their bordism groups.
problem Interpolating between Morse and generic functions' bordism groups.
method Elimination of cusps, Stein factorization, two-index theorem, handle extension theorem.
result Constrained bordism groups are related to connective bordism.