arXiv research

Study on holonomy of Obata connection on specific nilmanifolds.

One way of producing explicit Riemannian 6-manifolds with holonomy SU(3) is by integrating a flow of SU(2)-structures on a 5-manifold, called the hypo evolution flow. In this paper we classify invariant hypo SU(2)-structures on nilpotent 5-dimensional Lie groups. We characterize the hypo evolution flow in terms of gaug…

We study the existence of invariant metrics with holonomy $G_{2(2)}^* \subset SO(4,3)$ on compact nilmanifolds, i.e. on compact quotients of nilpotent Lie groups by discrete subgroups. We prove that, up to isomorphism, there exists only one indecomposable nilpotent Lie algebra admitting a torsion-free $G_{2(2)}^*$-stru…

Characterizes holonomies of convex projective cusps.

Study Lie foliation of Walker manifolds in pseudo-Riemannian geometry.

New proof shows certain manifolds cannot have real projective structure.

Study linear perturbations of Spin(7) metrics, finding only rank one nilpotent matrices.

Study families of flat connections with nilpotent Higgs fields, showing similar monodromy to regular Higgs bundles.

We show that a complete flat pseudo-Riemannian homogeneous manifold with non-abelian linear holonomy is of dimension at least 14. Due to an example constructed in a previous article by Oliver Baues and the author, this is a sharp bound. Also, we give a structure theory for the fundamental groups of complete flat pseudo…

Starting from a 6-dimensional nilpotent Lie group N endowed with an invariant SU(3) structure, we construct a homogeneous conformally parallel G_2-metric on an associated solvmanifold. We classify all half-flat SU(3) structures that endow the rank-one solvable extension of N with a conformally parallel G_2 structure. B…

Proves conditions for minimal surfaces in complex hyperbolic space.

Promotes Poisson deformations to hyperkähler structures.

The Deligne groupoid is a functor from nilpotent differential graded Lie algebras concentrated in positive degrees to groupoids; in the special case of Lie algebras over a field of characteristic zero, it gives the associated simply connected Lie group. We generalize the Deligne groupoid to a functor gamma from L-infin…

We show that generalized plane wave manifolds are complete, strongly geodesically convex, Osserman, Szabo, and Ivanov-Petrova. We show their holonomy groups are nilpotent and that all the local Weyl scalar invariants of these manifolds vanish. We construct isometry invariants on certain families of these manifolds whic…

We construct explicit left invariant quaternionic contact structures on Lie groups with zero and non-zero torsion, and with non-vanishing quaternionic contact conformal curvature tensor, thus showing the existence of quaternionic contact manifolds not locally quaternionic contact conformal to the quaternionic sphere. W…

We explore the graded and filtered formality properties of finitely generated groups by studying the various Lie algebras over a field of characteristic 0 attached to such groups, including the Malcev Lie algebra, the associated graded Lie algebra, the holonomy Lie algebra, and the Chen Lie algebra. We explain how thes…

Let $\mathfrak{g}$ be a $2n$-dimensional unimodular Lie algebra equipped with a Hermitian structure $(J,F)$ such that the complex structure $J$ is abelian and the fundamental form $F$ is balanced. We prove that the holonomy group of the associated Bismut connection reduces to a subgroup of $SU(n-k)$, being $2k$ the dim…

We derive expressions for the Ricci curvature tensor and scalar in terms of intrinsic torsion classes of half-flat manifolds by exploiting the relationship between half-flat manifolds and non-compact $G_2$ holonomy manifolds. Our expressions are tested for Iwasawa and more general nilpotent manifolds. We also derive ex…

In this article, we determine the seven-dimensional almost Abelian Lie algebras which admit calibrated or parallel G_2-/G_2^*-structures. Along the way, we show that certain well-established curvature restrictions for calibrated and parallel G_2-structures are not valid in the G_2^* case. In more detail, we provide the…

Null Kähler metrics are characterized by Painlevé I or II ODEs.

Let $\mathrm{SL}_{n}(\mathbb{Z})$ $(n\geq 3)$ be the special linear group and $M^{r}$ be a closed aspherical manifold. It is proved that when $r<n,$ a group action of $\mathrm{SL}_{n}(\mathbb{Z})$ on $M^{r}$ by homeomorphisms is trivial if and only if the induced group homomorphism $\mathrm{SL}_{n}(% \mathbb{Z})\righta…

Nilpotent quandles have simple characterizations and are closely related to nilpotency.

Nilpotent Lie algebras obtained from ordered sets and quivers are algebraic Ricci solitons.

New method constructs nilpotent Lie algebras from quivers.

Study knot invariants using automorphism groups of free nilpotent groups.

Nilpotent Sasakian manifolds are Heisenberg nilmanifolds.

We exhibit pseudo Riemannian manifolds which are Szabó nilpotent of arbitrary order, or which are Osserman nilpotent of arbitrary order, or which are Ivanov-Petrova nilpotent of order 3.

Classifies complex structures on specific nilpotent Lie algebras.

We compute the characteristic varieties and the Alexander polynomial of a finitely generated nilpotent group. We show that the first characteristic variety may be used to detect nilpotence. We use the Alexander polynomial to deduce that the only torsion-free, finitely generated nilpotent groups with positive deficiency…

This paper classifies Ricci soliton subgroups in a specific type of nilpotent group.

On a (pseudo-)Riemannian manifold (M,g), some fields of endomorphisms i.e. sections of End(TM) may be parallel for g. They form an associative algebra A, which is also the commutant of the holonomy group of g. As any associative algebra, A is the sum of its radical and of a semi-simple algebra S. We show in arXiv:1402.…

Study limits of adjoint orbits for Lie groups, describing nilpotent orbits.

Completes classification of G2-structures on specific nilpotent Lie groups.

New findings on complex structures in nilpotent Lie algebras and pseudo-Kähler geometry.

The paper studies gradings on nilpotent Lie algebras linked to smooth algebraic varieties.

This paper completes the classification of certain nilpotent Lie groups with specific geometric structures.

Criterion for nilpotent Lie groups to have nilsolitons.

We study complex product structures on nilpotent Lie algebras, establishing some of their main properties, and then we restrict ourselves to 6 dimensions, obtaining the classification of 6-dimensional nilpotent Lie algebras admitting such structures. We prove that any complex structure which forms part of a complex pro…

Study proves equality of LS-category and cohomological dimension for specific group homomorphisms.

Study nilpotent Higgs bundles and Calabi-Yau moduli metrics.

This paper classifies strongly nilpotent special multi-flags and their Goursat counterparts.

Study on pseudo-Hermitian quadratic nilpotent Lie algebras with methods and classifications.

This article provides a complete description of the differential Gerstenhaber algebras of all nilpotent complex structures on any real six-dimensional nilpotent algebra. As an application, we classify all pseudo-Kählerian complex structures on six-dimensional nilpotent algebras such that the differential Gerstenhaber a…

Extends Floquet-Bloch theory to nilpotent groups for geometric applications.

Researchers determine Dehn functions of specific nilpotent groups.

Gromov proposed an averaged version of the Dehn function and claimed that in many cases it should be subasymptotic to the Dehn function. Using results on random walks in nilpotent groups, we confirm this claim for most nilpotent groups. In particular, if a nilpotent group satisfies the isoperimetric inequality $δ(l)<Cl…

We study the question of the existence of left-invariant Sasaki contact structures on the seven-dimensional nilpotent Lie groups. It is shown that the only Lie group allowing Sasaki structure with a positive definite metric tensor is the Heisenberg group. We find a complete list of the 22 classes of seven-dimensional n…

Classifies nilpotent Lie groups with specific $G_2$-structures.