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.
The Thurston spine's properties are studied in relation to Morse-Smale complexes.
problem Understanding the Thurston spine's local properties and their global implications.
method Analyzes the Thurston spine as a subset of Teichmüller space and studies its local properties in relation to the systole function.
result The Thurston spine satisfies properties analogous to Morse-Smale complexes, demonstrating its topological significance.
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.
Minimal Morse functions on Poincaré dodecahedral space are selected via spectral properties.
problem Identifying minimal Morse functions on the Poincaré dodecahedral space.
method Spectral selection property P, obstruction principle, conformal variations, finite dimensional reduction.
result Restoration of minimal Morse selection on the Poincaré dodecahedral space via spectral mechanisms.
Paper constructs continuous families of topological Morse functions.
problem Existence and deformability of topological Morse functions.
method Simple construction of continuous families of topological Morse functions.
result Gives a construction of continuous families of topological Morse functions.
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.
The paper studies connectivity properties of Morse complexes as simplicial complexes grow.
problem Understanding connectivity of Morse complexes as simplicial complexes evolve.
method Bestvina-Brady Morse theory applied to a generalized Morse complex.
result Proves M(Δ) becomes arbitrarily highly connected as Δ grows. Study Morse functions on projective plane using Reeb graphs.
problem Investigate topological structure of Morse functions on projective plane.
method Use Reeb graphs to describe and prove properties of simple Morse functions on RP2. result Prove that Reeb graphs are a complete topological invariant for simple Morse functions on RP2. Uniformly perfect Morse boundaries characterize geometric properties of groups.
problem Characterizing geometric properties of groups using Morse boundaries.
method Introducing and geometrically characterizing uniformly perfect Morse boundaries for proper geodesic metric spaces.
result The Morse boundary of any finitely generated, non-elementary group is uniformly perfect if it is nonempty.
The paper introduces Morse theory for Lie groupoids and proves inequalities.
problem Defining Morse theory for Lie groupoids and studying their properties.
method Introducing Morse Lie groupoid morphisms and proving their Morita invariance.
result Established Morse theory for Lie groupoids and proved Morse inequalities.
The paper studies Morse flows on 3-manifold boundaries with fixed points.
problem Classifying Morse flows on 3-manifold boundaries.
method Constructing a Pr-diagram as a topological invariant.
result A complete topological invariant of Morse flows on 3-manifold boundaries.
Regularizers change the geometric properties of loss functions in neural networks.
problem Understanding how different regularizers affect the geometric properties of loss functions in neural networks.
method Examined several regularizers, including weight decay, to determine if the regularized loss function becomes Morse.
result For certain regularizers, the regularized loss function becomes Morse, indicating a change in geometric properties.
Main subject of the paper is a (strong) Morse function on a compact manifold with boundary. We construct a cellular structure and discuss its algebraic properties in this paper. Also we get an estimation on Arnold's question on a number of critical points of a Morse function with given boundary condition.
Let f be a Morse function on a closed manifold M, and v be a Riemannian gradient of f satisfying the transversality condition. The classical construction (due to Morse, Smale, Thom, Witten), based on the counting of flow lines joining critical points of the function f associates to these data the Morse comple…
Study of hyperbolic directions in convex projective geometry.
problem Understanding properties of quasi-geodesics in convex projective geometry.
method Three perspectives: Hilbert metric, boundary projective geometry, and automorphisms.
result Relationship between different definitions of Morse and regular quasi-geodesics.
We construct a smooth Riemannian metric on any 3-manifold with the property that there are genus zero embedded minimal surfaces of arbitrarily high Morse index.
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.
The paper proves functions related to mean field equations on surfaces are Morse functions under certain conditions.
problem Analyzing the Morse property of functions related to mean field equations on surfaces.
method Examining functions of the form \( f_g(x) \) on a smooth compact surface \( \Sigma \) with boundary, proving the existence of a metric \( \widetilde{g} \) close to \( g \) making \( f_{\widetilde{g}} \) a Morse function.
result For any Riemannian metric \( g \), there exists a metric \( \widetilde{g} \) arbitrarily close to \( g \) and in the conformal class of \( g \) such that \( f_{\widetilde{g}} \) is a Morse function.
Product of shellable complexes yields shellable triangulations under tameness conditions.
problem Understanding shellability in products of simplicial complexes.
method Definition and proof of shellability properties for products of complexes under tameness conditions.
result Product of shellable complexes yields shellable triangulations under certain conditions.
Study classifies Morse functions with 4 critical points on immersed 2-spheres.
problem Classifying Morse functions with 4 critical points on immersed 2-spheres.
method Used dual graph of immersion and Reeb graphs to classify functions.
result Found all possible structures of the functions.
Study Morse-Novikov cohomology on foliated manifolds and prove Hodge theorem.
problem Understanding cohomology groups on foliated manifolds.
method Defined and studied Morse-Novikov cohomology relative to a foliation, proving homotopy invariance and extending to more general forms.
result Proved Hodge theorem and Poincaré duality for reduced leafwise Morse-Novikov cohomology groups on Riemannian foliations.
Kleinberg introduced three natural clustering properties, or axioms, and showed they cannot be simultaneously satisfied by any clustering algorithm. We present a new clustering property, Monotonic Consistency, which avoids the well-known problematic behaviour of Kleinberg's Consistency axiom, and the impossibility resu…
The Morse boundary of a proper geodesic metric space is designed to encode hypberbolic-like behavior in the space. A key property of this boundary is that a quasi-isometry between two such spaces induces a homeomorphism on their Morse boundaries. In this paper we investigate when the converse holds. We prove that for $…
The Goresky-Hingston coproduct was first introduced by D. Sullivan and later extended by M. Goresky and N. Hingston. In this article we give a Morse theoretic description of the coproduct. Using the description we prove homotopy invariance property of the coproduct. We describe a connection between our Morse theoretic …
The Morse boundary of a proper geodesic metric space is designed to encode hypberbolic-like behavior in the space. A key property of this boundary is that a quasi-isometry between two such spaces induces a homeomorphism on their Morse boundaries. In this paper we investigate when the converse holds. We prove that for c…
This paper improves a local-to-global principle for Morse quasigeodesics.
problem Quantify the size of local neighborhoods for global Morse behavior.
method Estimates in symmetric space to supplement Kapovich-Leeb-Porti's proof.
result Explicit criteria for local-to-global principle verified.
New Morse functions on curve moduli space via geodesics.
problem Understanding the moduli space of curves via geometric and combinatorial methods.
method Introducing Morse functions based on geodesic lengths and analyzing their critical points and indices.
result Found new explicit Morse functions on Mg,n, leading to a combinatorial cell decomposition. Study confirms conjecture on Hermitian manifolds with bounded mass.
problem Morse-type integrals in nef (1,1) classes on compact Hermitian manifolds with bounded mass.
method Analyzes conjecture using bounded mass property on compact Hermitian manifolds.
result Confirms Demailly-Păun and Tosatti-Weinkove's conjectures.
The counting function on the natural numbers defines a discrete Morse-Smale complex with a cohomology for which topological quantities like Morse indices, Betti numbers or counting functions for critical points of Morse index are explicitly given in number theoretical terms. The Euler characteristic of the Morse filtra…
Develops a chain-level model for Chas-Sullivan products using Morse theory with differential graded coefficients.
problem Chas-Sullivan products on homology of loop spaces.
method Morse theory with differential graded coefficients, functorial properties, K{ü}nneth formula, Pontryagin-Thom construction.
result Chain-level description of Chas-Sullivan products.
Study topological properties of foliations induced by closed 1-forms on orbifolds.
problem Characterize the topology of foliation leaves induced by closed 1-forms on orbifolds.
method Establish criteria for the compactness of foliation leaves and extend a topological result to orbifolds.
result Criteria for the compactness and coexistence of foliation leaves are established.
This note establishes several integral identities relating certain metric properties of level hypersurfaces of Morse functions.
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.
We prove a Morse Lemma for coarsely regular quasigeodesics in nonpositively curved symmetric spaces and euclidean buildings X. The main application is a simpler coarse geometric characterization of Morse subgroups of the isometry groups Isom(X) as undistorted subgroups which are coarsely uniformly regular. We show furt…
In this paper we develop a Morse theory for the uniform energy. We use the one-sided directional derivative of the distance function to study the minimizing properties of variations through closed geodesics. This derivative is then used to define a one-sided directional derivative for the uniform energy which allows us…
New spectral sequences derived from shellable tilings.
problem Discrete Morse theory and shellable complexes.
method Introduced tilings and quivers to support spectral sequences.
result Spectral sequences converge to relative (co)homology.
New hyperbolic groups exhibit unusual finiteness properties.
problem Finding groups with specific finiteness properties.
method Fibre product construction and homomorphisms to Z and Z2. result Examples of hyperbolic groups with kernels of type Fk but not Fk+1. We show the mapping class group, CAT(0) groups, the fundamental groups of closed 3-manifolds, and certain relatively hyperbolic groups have a local-to-global property for Morse quasi-geodesics. This allows us to generalize combination theorems of Gitik for quasiconvex subgroups of hyperbolic groups to the stable subgro…
The paper proves a disk's energy minimizer is holomorphic and calculates its Morse index.
problem Analyzing the Morse index of a non-holomorphic disk in pseudoconvex domains.
method Proof of holomorphic minimizers and Morse index calculation.
result Non-holomorphic critical disks have a Morse index of at least n-1.
New method connects CAT(0) spaces to hyperbolic spaces.
problem Injecting sublinear Morse boundaries into Gromov boundaries.
method Developed curtain machinery to characterize sublinear Morse properties.
result Continuous injection of sublinear Morse boundaries into Gromov boundaries.
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.
For a finitely generated group, there are two recent generalizations of the notion of a quasiconvex subgroup of a word-hyperbolic group, namely a stable subgroup and a Morse or strongly quasiconvex subgroup. Durham and Taylor defined stability and proved stability is equivalent to convex cocompactness in mapping class …
In this article we study algebraic properties of the specific class of groups G generated by direct products and wreath products. Such class of groups appears in calculation of fundamental groups of orbits of Morse functions on compact manifolds. We prove that for any group G∈G the ranks of th…
Study Seiberg-Witten moduli spaces on 3D cobordisms with Morse functions.
problem Properties of Seiberg-Witten moduli spaces on 3D cobordisms.
method Perturbed Seiberg-Witten equations on cylindrical ends with Morse functions.
result Properties of moduli spaces of Seiberg-Witten equations on 3D cobordisms.
We describe the "hyperbolic" properties of a riemann surface lamination M canonically associated to every compact three manifolds of curvature less than 1. More precisely, if the geodesic flow is the phase space attached to an ordinary differential equation, our space M is the "phase space" attached to a certain ellipt…
In this paper we continue the study of generic properties of the Novikov complex, began in the work "The incidence coefficients in the Novikov complex are generically rational functions" ( dg-ga/9603006). For a Morse map f:M→S1 there is a refined version of Novikov complex, defined over the Novikov completion of …
Let f be a smooth Morse function on an infinite dimensional separable Hilbert manifold, all of whose critical points have infinite Morse index and co-index. For any critical point x choose an integer a(x) arbitrarily. Then there exists a Riemannian structure on M such that the corresponding gradient flow of f has the f…
Generalizes covering lemmas in metric spaces, finding equivalent properties.
problem Finding equivalent properties of Besicovitch and WBCP in metric spaces.
method Generalization of covering lemmas in complete Riemannian manifolds and Euclidean spaces.
result Equivalence of BCP and WBCP in certain metric spaces.