arXiv research

Maps self-duality in little disks operad to framed manifolds.

Geometric model for $K^0$ pairing with analytic and topological terms.

We formulate a theory of pointed manifolds, accommodating both embeddings and Pontryagin-Thom collapse maps, so as to present a common generalization of Poincaré duality in topology and Koszul duality in $\mathcal{E}_n$-algebra.

By adapting the Cheeger-Simons approach to differential cohomology, we establish a notion of differential cohomology with compact support. We show that it is functorial with respect to open embeddings and that it fits into a natural diagram of exact sequences which compare it to compactly supported singular cohomology …

We observe that the Poincare duality isomorphism for a string manifold is an isomorphism of modules over the subalgebra A(2) of the modulo 2 Steenrod algebra. In particular, the pattern of the operations Sq^1, Sq^2, and Sq^4 on the cohomology of a string manifold has a symmetry around the middle dimension. We character…

The topological significance of the spectral Atiyah-Patodi-Singer eta-invariant is investigated under the parity conditions of P. Gilkey. We show that twice the fractional part of the invariant is computed by the linking pairing in K-theory with the orientation bundle of the manifold. The Pontrjagin duality implies the…

In earlier papers, we introduced spherical T-duality, which relates pairs of the form $(P,H)$ consisting of an oriented $S^3$-bundle $P\rightarrow M$ and a 7-cocycle $H$ on $P$ called the 7-flux. Intuitively, the spherical T-dual is another such pair $(\hat P, \hat H)$ and spherical T-duality exchanges the 7-flux with …

Topological Pontryagin classes are algebraically independent in high-dimensional spaces.

Enhances Pontryagin-Thom theorem for manifold maps.

Study shows unbounded Pontryagin numbers on curved manifolds.

Develops method to compute Chern-Simons potentials from higher-dimensional Pontryagin densities.

In this note we compute low degree rational Pontryagin classes for every closed locally symmetric manifold of noncompact type. In particular, we answer the question: Which locally symmetric M have at least one nonzero Pontryagin class?

Unified approach to Merton's portfolio problem using Pontryagin's principles.

The Pontryagin forms on 1-jet bundle of Riemannian metrics, are shown to provide, in a natural way, diffeomorphism-invariant pre-symplectic structures on the space of Riemannian metrics for dimensions $n=4r-2$. The equivariant Pontryagin forms provide canonical moment maps for these structures. In dimension two, the sy…

Study on Heisenberg group's Lorentzian problems using Pontryagin's principle.

A 4-manifold is parallelizable if its Stiefel-Whitney and Pontryagin classes vanish.

Study extremals on Lie groups with asymmetric polyhedral Finsler structures using Pontryagin's Maximal Principle.

Revisits Pontryagin's proof of stable stems 0, 1, and 2.

New geometric approach to optimal control theory using Stokes Theorem.

Researchers calculate alpha invariant for certain complex projective spaces.

In this paper, first we give a detailed study on the structure of a transitive Lie 2-algebroid and describe a transitive Lie 2-algebroid using a morphism from the tangent Lie algebroid TM to a strict Lie 3-algebroid constructed from derivations. Then we introduce the notion of a quadratic Lie 2-algebroid and define its…

We give a Pontryagin-Thom-Szucs type construction for non-positive codimensional singular maps, and obtain results about cobordism and bordism groups of -1 codimensional stable maps with prescribed singular fibers.

Two groups with specific limit sets in hyperbolic spaces are identified.

Introduces new geodesic fields for Finsler manifolds.

We prove that any rational linear combination of Pontryagin numbers that is not a multiple of the signature is unbounded on connected closed oriented manifolds of nonnegative sectional curvature. Combining our result with Gromov's finiteness result for the signature yields a new characterization of the L-genus.

Abstract: New methods for finding optimal controls in geometric problems on Lie groups.

Proves stable properties of proper maps between manifolds.

A Polish group $G$ is called a group of quasi-invariance or a QI-group, if there exist a locally compact group $X$ and a probability measure $μ$ on $X$ such that 1) there exists a continuous monomorphism of $G$ to $X$, and 2) for each $g\in X$ either $g\in G$ and the shift $μ_g$ is equivalent to $μ$ or $g\not\in G$ and…

Generalizes Thorpe's inequality for 4k-manifolds.

Study cobordisms of nested manifolds and their invariants.

The paper finds obstructions to Lie algebroid representations up to homotopy.

In this work, we use the Sternberg phase space (which may be considered as the classical phase space of particles in gauge fields) in order to explore the dynamics of such particles in the context of Hamilton-Dirac systems and their associated Hamilton-Pontryagin variational principles. For this, we develop an analogue…

Researchers find optimal paths on a specific geometric group.

New framework optimizes multi-asset portfolio choice for high dimensions.

Generalizes Pontryagin's construction for proper maps in stable dimensions.

Novikov theorem extended to rational Pontryagin classes for cyclic group $C_4$.

The paper combines several fortunate mini miracles to achieve its two objectives. These were woven together in a several year's effort to answer a question raised by Iz Singer a decade ago. Our answer is accessible to the topologist, to the differential geometer and to the analyst who appreciates the statement of the I…

The study finds obstructions for certain Weyl curvature tensors on manifolds.

A method for dynamic portfolio choice with uncertain parameters using Pontryagin projection.

Proves Massey's theorems on complex structure obstructions.

Geometric model for Hodge filtered complex cobordism constructed.

Researchers found optimal paths on a specific geometric group.

This paper is on homotopy classification of maps of (n+1)-dimensional manifolds into the n-dimensional sphere. For a continuous map f of an (n+1)-manifold into the n-sphere define the degree deg f to be the class dual to f^*[S^n], where [S^n] is the fundamental class. We present a short and direct proof of the followin…

The fundamental theorem of the theory of optimal control, the Pontryagin maximum principle (PMP), is extended to the setting of almost Lie (AL) algebroids, geometrical objects generalizing Lie algebroids. This formulation of the PMP yields, in particular, a scheme comprising reductions of optimal control problems simil…

A rational linear combination of Chern numbers is an oriented diffeomorphism invariant of smooth complex projective varieties if and only if it is a linear combination of the Euler and Pontryagin numbers. In dimension at least three only multiples of the top Chern number, which is the Euler characteristic, are invarian…

The paper shows examples of geodesics switching infinitely often on certain manifolds.

In this paper, we show that the Jacobiator $J$ of a pre-Courant algebroid is closed naturally. The corresponding equivalence class $[J^\flat]$ is defined as the Pontryagin class, which is the obstruction of a pre-Courant algebroid to be deformed into a Courant algebroid. We construct a Leibniz 2-algebra and a Lie 2-alg…

In this work we present a new approach on studying dynamical systems. Combining the two ways of expressing the uncertainty, using probabilistic theory and credibility theory, we have research the generalized fractional hybrid equations. We have introduced the concepts of generalized fractional Wiener process, generaliz…