Study constraints on singular points of rational cuspidal curves using Heegaard Floer theory.
problem Constraints on singular points of rational cuspidal curves.
method Involutive Heegaard Floer homology theory.
result Results do not apply to rational cuspidal curves of even degree.
The study of symplectic fillings for rational cuspidal curves.
problem Understanding symplectic fillings of contact manifolds associated with rational cuspidal curves.
method Exploration through Stein handlebodies and rational blow-downs.
result Examples of contact manifolds that are links of normal surface singularities, and those that do not admit symplectic fillings.
Classifies curves up to symplectic isotopy.
problem Classifying rational cuspidal curves up to symplectic isotopy.
method Topological tools, pseudoholomorphic techniques, and birational transformations.
result Classifies rational cuspidal curves of degrees 6 and 7 up to symplectic isotopy.
Study isotopy of rational cuspidal curves in 4-manifolds.
problem Isotopy of rational cuspidal curves in 4-manifolds.
method Tame symplectic curves, pseudo-holomorphic curves, log pairs, 4-dimensional topology.
result Every rational cuspidal curve is isotopic to a complex curve in degrees up to 5.
Formula conjectured for rational cuspidal curves in projective plane.
problem Counting rational cuspidal curves in projective plane.
method Extending Kontsevich's recursion formula and using geometric input about tangency of curves at nodal points.
result Conjectural formula agrees with earlier computations and extends to rational quartics with E6 singularity.
We study rational cuspidal curves in Hirzebruch surfaces. We provide two obstructions for the existence of rational cuspidal curves in Hirzebruch surfaces with prescribed types of singular points. The first result comes from Heegaard--Floer theory and is a generalization of a result by Livingston and the first author. …
Lecture notes on Heegaard Floer homologies and curves.
problem Analyzing rational cuspidal curves using Heegaard Floer homologies.
method Application of Heegaard Floer homologies to study rational cuspidal curves.
result Detailed analysis of rational cuspidal curves using Heegaard Floer homologies.
Study Cremona transformations in weighted projective planes to find rational cuspidal curves and Zariski pairs.
problem Finding rational cuspidal curves and Zariski pairs in weighted projective planes.
method Construct families of curves using Cremona transformations, compute fundamental groups, and use blow-up-down decompositions.
result Discover new examples of rational cuspidal curves and Zariski pairs in weighted projective planes.
We study rational cuspidal curves in projective surfaces. We specify two criteria obstructing possible configurations of singular points that may occur on such curves. One criterion generalizes the result of Fernandez de Bobadilla, Luengo, Melle--Hernandez and Nemethi and is based on the Bezout theorem. The other one i…
We establish a twistor correspondence between a cuspidal cubic curve in a complex projective plane, and a co-calibrated homogeneous G2 structure on the seven--dimensional parameter space of such cubics. Imposing the Riemannian reality conditions leads to an explicit co-calibrated G2 structure on SU(2,1)/U(1). …
We apply the methods of Heegaard Floer homology to identify topological properties of complex curves in the complex projective plane. As one application, we resolve an open conjecture that constrains the Alexander polynomial of the link of the singular point of the curve in the case that there is exactly one singular p…
Research examines geometric foliations on cuspidal edges.
problem Understanding the geometric configurations of curvature lines on cuspidal edges.
method Analyzes 3-jets of parametrizations to determine configurations.
result Identifies key topological configurations of curvature lines.
Along cuspidal edge singularities on a given surface in Euclidean 3-space, which can be parametrized by a regular space curve, a unit normal vector field ν is well-defined as a smooth vector field of the surface. A cuspidal edge singular point is called generic if the osculating plane of the cuspidal edge (as a regul…
The paper finds infinitely many cuspidal edges along a knot with the same first fundamental form.
problem Finding cuspidal edges with the same first fundamental form along a knot.
method Analyzes Cω-cuspidal edges along a knot C. result Infinitely many non-congruent cuspidal edges have the same first fundamental form.
In L^3, cuspidal edges can have bounded mean curvature under specific conditions.
problem Understanding cuspidal edges with bounded mean curvature in Lorentz-Minkowski 3-space.
method Investigated cuspidal edges and generalized cuspidal edges, analyzing their singular points and principal curvatures.
result Cuspidal edges with bounded mean curvature in L^3 occur only when the singular set is a light-like curve.
We give bounds on the gap functions of the singularities of a cuspidal plane curve of arbitrary genus, generalising recent work of Borodzik and Livingston. We apply these inequalities to unicuspidal curves whose singularity has one Puiseux pair: we prove two identities tying the parameters of the singularity, the genus…
Study on singularities of frontal surfaces, classifying under equivalence.
problem Classifying singularities of frontal surfaces.
method Classification under left-right-equivalence, introduction of frontalisation, definition of cuspidal and transverse double point curves.
result Frontal surfaces have finite codimension if and only if the curves are reduced.
We study the discriminant of a degree 4 extension given by a deformed bidouble cover, i.e., by equations z^2= u + a w, w^2= v + bz. We first show that the discriminant surface is a quartic which is cuspidal on a twisted cubic, i.e.,is the discriminant of the general equation of degree 3. We then take a(u,v), b(u,v) and…
Suppose C is a singular curve in CP^2 and it is topologically an embedded surface of genus g; such curves are called cuspidal. The singularities of C are cones on knots K_i. We apply Heegaard Floer theory to find new constraints on the sets of knots {K_i} that can arise as the links of singularities of cuspidal curves.…
New maxfaces with catenoid or planar ends constructed using node-opening technique.
problem Lack of examples of maxfaces with catenoid or planar ends.
method Adapted node-opening technique to construct maxfaces of high genus.
result Singularities on constructed maxfaces form curves around the waists of the necks, with most singularities being cuspidal edges and the rest swallowtails.
The paper links set cuspidality to function regularity and flatness.
problem Linking set cuspidality to function regularity and flatness.
method Analyzes arc-smooth functions and their properties on various sets.
result Establishes a precise link between set cuspidality and function regularity.
We prove that any two irreducible cuspidal Hurwitz curves C0 and C1 (or more generally, curves with A-type singularities) in the Hirzebruch surface FN with coinciding homology classes and sets of singularities are regular homotopic; and symplectically regular homotopic if C0 and C1 are symplectic with re…
We apply Heegaard Floer homology to study deformations of singularities of plane algebraic curves. Our main result provides an obstruction to the existence of a deformation between two singularities. Generalizations include the case of multiple singularities. The obstruction is formulated in terms of a semicontinuity p…
Researchers introduce new invariants for a specific type of edge geometry.
problem Investigating geometric properties of 5/2-cuspidal edges. method Introducing secondary cuspidal curvature and bias, proving their properties and product's invariance.
result Real analytic 5/2-cuspidal edges with non-vanishing limiting normal curvature admit non-trivial isometric deformations. Extends duality preserving singular set images and first fundamental forms to generalized cuspidal edges.
problem Preserving singular set images and first fundamental forms on generalized cuspidal edges.
method Extends previous isometric duality to generalized cuspidal edges including cuspidal cross caps and 5/2-cuspidal edges.
result New geometric insights on the duality.
Study on cuspidal edges and cross-caps in 3D geometry.
problem Understanding the geometry of folded cuspidal edges and cross-caps.
method Analyzing geometrical invariants and submersions preserving flat geometry.
result Geometrical invariants uniquely determine cuspidal cross-caps up to order 5.
We study parallel surfaces and dual surfaces of cuspidal edges. We give concrete forms of principal curvature and principal direction for cuspidal edges. Moreover, we define ridge points for cuspidal edges by using those. We clarify relations between singularities of parallel and dual surfaces and differential geometri…
Study algebraic curves in C^2 using Floer theory.
problem Configurations of singular points on algebraic curves.
method Floer theory applied to knot Floer complexes.
result Formula for H1-action on knot Floer complex. Study geometric properties of cuspidal edges with boundary.
problem Differential geometric properties of cuspidal edges with boundary.
method Analysis of differential geometric invariants and their relations.
result Relation between boundary behavior and other invariants.
Study of cuspidal edges on focal surfaces of regular surfaces.
problem Clarifying the sign of singular curvature at cuspidal edges.
method Investigation using singularities of parallel surfaces.
result Clarification of the sign of singular curvature at cuspidal edges.
Study relates Gaussian curvature signs to cuspidal edge types and geometric invariants.
problem Understanding the relationship between Gaussian curvature and singularities of Gauss maps of cuspidal edges.
method Analyzes geometric invariants and types of singularities of Gauss maps to define and characterize positivity/negativity of cusps.
result Defines and characterizes positivity/negativity of cusps of Gauss maps by geometric invariants of cuspidal edges, and shows relation between sign of cusps and Gaussian curvature.
We investigate singularities of all parallel surfaces to a given regular surface. In generic context, the types of singularities of parallel surfaces are cuspidal edge, swallowtail, cuspidal lips, cuspidal beaks, cuspidal butterfly and 3-dimensional D4± singularities. We give criteria for these singularities type…
New varieties found without smooth curves.
problem Finding varieties without smooth rational curves.
method Constructing normal rationally connected varieties.
result Found varieties of arbitrary large dimensions without smooth rational curves.
Proves existence and uniqueness of CMC foliations in cuspidal manifolds.
problem Existence and uniqueness of CMC foliations in asymptotically cuspidal manifolds.
method Proof without curvature assumptions, applicable in any dimension.
result Proves existence and uniqueness of CMC foliations.
Classifies real rational knots and curves in a specific quadric space.
problem Classifying real rational knots and curves in a quadric space of signature (3,2). method Classification through a study of real rational curves of low degree in the quadric.
result Provides representatives of all real rational knots of degree ≤5 in the quadric. We give useful criteria for S_1 singularities in the Mond classification table, and cuspidal S_k singularities. As applications, we give a simple proof of a result given by Mond and a characterization of cuspidal S_k singularities for the composition of a cuspidal edge and a fold map indicated by Arnol'd for the case k…
The paper provides criteria and curvatures for singularities of curves in R^N.
problem Tackles the classification and characterization of singularities of curves in R^N.
method Systematic procedure for constructing criteria, explicit criteria for multiplicities 2-4, generalized curvatures.
result Generalized curvatures reinterpret Fukui's theorem for curves of finite multiplicities.
Study dualities of geometric invariants on cuspidal edges in hyperbolic and de Sitter spaces.
problem Computing and understanding dualities of geometric invariants on cuspidal edges.
method Analyzing differential geometric invariants of cuspidal edges in hyperbolic and de Sitter spaces.
result Identified dualities of invariants on cuspidal edges.
Geometric study of cuspidal S1 singularities using diffeomorphisms and isometries.
problem Understanding geometric properties of cuspidal S1 singularities. method Form representing deformation using diffeomorphisms and isometries, necessary and sufficient condition for frontal maps.
result Investigation of geometric properties and cuspidal cross caps in deformations.
Three methods solve spatial rational curves with rational arc length.
problem Construct all spatial rational curves with rational arc length.
method Three different methods: PH curve adaptation, zero-residue conditions, and dual approach.
result Three methods share quaternion-based representation.
Survey on minimal rational curves and their geometric structures.
problem Germ-equivalence problem of minimal rational curves on uniruled projective manifolds.
method Analysis of isotrivial families of projective varieties and G-structures.
result Natural G-structure on Zariski-open subset of uniruled projective manifolds.
Paper studies singularities of timelike minimal surfaces in Minkowski 3-space.
problem Exploring singularities of timelike minimal surfaces in Minkowski 3-space.
method Existence and non-existence theorems, criteria for specific singularities.
result Various singularities unique to timelike minimal surfaces, including cuspidal butterfly and (2,5)-cuspidal edge. Maxfaces can have cuspidal edges near certain singularities.
problem Characterizing singularities on maxfaces.
method Analyzing singular Björling data and proving geometric properties.
result Near a maxface with a specific type of singularity, there exists another maxface with a cuspidal edge.
The paper studies parallel surfaces of cuspidal cross caps and their degeneracy.
problem Investigating the geometry and singularities of parallel surfaces of cuspidal cross caps.
method Established a criterion for the degeneracy of the distance squared function using geometric invariants.
result Parallel surfaces degenerate into a degenerated cuspidal S1 singularity at specific distances.
New findings on prime theta-curves with simple tangles.
problem Understanding prime theta-curves with specific unknotting numbers.
method Analyzing composite theta-curves and their components.
result Composite theta-curves with unknotting number one are prime.
We give a normal form of the cuspidal edge which uses only diffeomorphisms on the source and isometries on the target. Using this normal form, we study differential geometric invariants of cuspidal edges which determine them up to order three. We also clarify relations between these invariants.
We shall introduce the singular curvature function on cuspidal edges of surfaces, which is related to the Gauss-Bonnet formula and which characterizes the shape of cuspidal edges. Moreover, it is closely related to the behavior of the Gaussian curvature of a surface near cuspidal edges and swallowtails.
Survey on rational curves on complex surfaces, highlighting different approaches.
problem Existence of rational curves on complex surfaces.
method Classification of complex surfaces and systematic study of rational curves in each class.
result Highlighting the different approaches to study rational curves on complex surfaces.