Smooth C1 contact maps are always smooth in rigid Carnot groups.
problem Smoothness of C1 contact maps in rigid Carnot groups. method Analyzing C∞-rigid Carnot groups to show C1-contact maps are smooth. result Smooth C1 contact maps are always smooth in rigid Carnot groups. The study extends calibrated geometry to smooth maps and finds energy bounds.
problem Finding energy bounds for smooth maps between Riemannian manifolds.
method Generalizing calibrated submanifolds to smooth maps and applying to energy functional.
result Lower bounds to the energy of smooth maps in homotopy classes.
Abstract reviews geometric theories of smooth and F-smooth systems.
problem Geometric theories of smooth and F-smooth systems.
method Reviews geometric theories of smooth and F-smooth systems.
result Discusses geometric theories of smooth and F-smooth systems.
The paper shows how to approximate continuous maps to smooth CW complexes.
problem Approximating continuous maps to smooth CW complexes.
method Whitney Approximation Theorem for continuous maps to smooth CW complexes.
result Topological CW complexes are homotopy equivalent to smooth CW complexes.
A Reeb space is defined as the space of all the connected components of inverse images of a smooth map, which is a fundamental tool in studying smooth manifolds using generic smooth maps whose codimensions are not positive such as Morse functions, their higher dimensional versions including fold maps and general stable…
This paper constructs real algebraic maps that are topologically special generic maps.
problem Constructing smooth maps in differential topology and real algebraic geometry.
method Constructs real algebraic maps that are topologically special generic maps.
result Real algebraic maps are topologically special generic maps.
Maps can be embedded in higher dimensions if they lift to embeddings in product spaces.
problem Embedding maps in higher dimensions without self-intersections.
method Lifting maps to embeddings in product spaces.
result Maps can be embedded in higher dimensions if they lift to embeddings in product spaces.
Variant of previous work on smooth algebraic functions with compact and non-compact preimages.
problem Constructing smooth algebraic functions with specific preimage properties.
method Explicit construction of smooth real algebraic functions with controlled preimage compactness.
result New results in singularity theory and real algebraic geometry.
We show that every smooth manifold admits a smooth triangulation transverse to a given smooth map. This removes the properness assumption on the smooth map used in an essential way in Scharlemann's construction [5].
Computes mapping class groups of 4-manifolds with boundary.
problem Computing mapping class groups for 4-manifolds with boundary.
method Topological and smooth methods applied to compact, simply connected 4-manifolds.
result Description of topological and stable smooth mapping class groups.
Paper studies smoothness of bi-conformal heat flow on 4-manifolds.
problem Smoothness of bi-conformal heat flow on 4-manifolds.
method Introduces bi-conformal heat flow (bi-CHF) and proves global smoothness without finite time singularities.
result Global smoothness and no finite time singularity for bi-conformal heat flow.
Adapts a short argument to derive a stability theorem for smooth maps.
problem Proving stability of smooth proper maps.
method Adapting a short argument from Golubitsky and Guillemin to derive the Mather stability theorem.
result Derives the Mather stability theorem from the Mather stability theorem in [MaII].
Defines manifolds of mappings between function spaces and discusses their properties.
problem Defining smooth manifolds of mappings between function spaces.
method Defines a smooth manifold structure on sets of continuous mappings and discusses properties of natural mappings.
result Properties of spaces of sections and smoothness of natural mappings between spaces of mappings.
In this paper we study fundamental properties of geodesic mappings with respect to the smoothness class of metrics. We show that geodesic mappings preserve the smoothness class of metrics. We study geodesic mappings of Einstein spaces.
Smooth maps show Gromoll filtration for spheres.
problem Understanding Gromoll filtration for special generic maps.
method Analyzing smooth maps with definite folds and Gromoll filtration.
result Gromoll filtration equals p for special generic maps.
Abstracts a theorem for non-smooth maps in infinite dimensions.
problem Generalizing inverse mapping theorem for non-smooth maps.
method Introduces property A and applies it to non-smooth maps.
result Generalized inverse mapping theorems for non-smooth maps.
Smooth contact mappings in a flat (2,3,5)-distribution are shown to be smoother.
problem Characterizing smoothness of contact mappings in a specific geometric setting.
method Study of differential identities and rigidity of stratified Lie groups.
result Smooth contact mappings are actually smoother than initially assumed.
The paper studies branched surfaces and their properties.
problem Global topologies of branched surfaces and their maps.
method Explicit construction of maps and study of topological properties.
result New insights into the geography of branched surfaces and their maps.
The paper extends properties of smooth functions to closed sets and maps.
problem Properties of smooth functions on closed sets and maps.
method Extending properties of smooth functions to closed sets and maps, proving isomorphisms with natural topologies.
result Bornological isomorphisms of function spaces are established.
Survey on harmonic maps in non-smooth spaces, focusing on rigidity.
problem Rigidity phenomena in non-smooth spaces.
method Regularity theory of harmonic maps to non-smooth targets.
result Generalizations of Margulis superrigidity and holomorphic rigidity of Teichmüller space.
The paper explores different smooth map notions on convex sets and their relationships.
problem Exploring and comparing different smooth map notions on convex sets.
method Constructing a function that doesn't extend to a smooth function on any open neighborhood but does for Ck functions. result Diffeological and Sikorski smoothness notions do not coincide for all convex sets.
The paper proves a smooth Birman-Hilden theorem for hyperkähler manifolds.
problem Understanding the smooth mapping class groups of certain 4-manifolds.
method Geometric and Teichmüller-theoretic methods.
result Proves a global Torelli theorem for generalized Enriques manifolds.
Geometric cohomology model uses co-oriented maps to define a product structure.
problem Constructing a geometric model for cohomology of smooth manifolds.
method Develops a cochain complex model based on co-oriented smooth maps, focusing on their pull-back product structure.
result Geometric cochains with a partially defined product structure induce the cup product in cohomology.
Motivated by the definition of the smooth manifold structure on a suitable mapping space, we consider the general problem of how to transfer local properties from a smooth space to an associated mapping space. This leads to the notion of smoothly local properties. In realising the definition of a local property at a pa…
We give several versions of local and global inverse mapping theorem for tame non necessarily smooth, mappings. Here tame mapping means a mapping which is subanalytic or, more generally, definable in some o-minimal structure. Our sufficient conditions are formulated in terms of various properties (convexity, positivity…
In this paper, we construct round fold maps or stable fold maps with concentric singular value sets introduced by the author on smooth bundles over spheres or bundles over more general manifolds. The class of round fold maps includes special generic maps on spheres and such maps have been constructed on smooth bundles …
We generalize Cartan's logarithmic derivative of a smooth map from a manifold into a Lie group G to smooth maps into a homogeneous space M=G/H, and determine the global monodromy obstruction to reconstructing such maps from infinitesimal data. The logarithmic derivative of the embedding of a submanifold $Σ\subset M…
Generic smooth plane-to-plane map germs are topologically equivalent to cones of mappings of the circle. We carry out a complete topological classification of smooth stable mappings of the circle and show how this classification leads, via the result mentioned above, to a topological classification of finitely determin…
Smooth maps bound Betti numbers of zero sets.
problem Bounding Betti numbers of zero sets of smooth maps.
method Generalized Thom-Milnor bound to polynomial maps on nonsingular real algebraic varieties; introduced condition number for families of functions.
result Extended Thom-Milnor bounds to families of functions and semialgebraic sets.
Proves a Thom Isotopy Theorem for nonproper semialgebraic maps.
problem Nonproper semialgebraic maps without properness.
method Proves a Thom Isotopy Theorem for nonproper semialgebraic maps.
result Validates the Thom Isotopy Theorem for nonproper semialgebraic maps.
This is an overview article. After an introduction to convenient calculus in infinite dimensions, the foundational material for manifolds of mappings is presented. The central character is the smooth convenient manifold C∞(M,N) of all smooth mappings from a finite dimensional Whitney manifold germ M into a …
Study smooth mappings between manifolds and their properties.
problem Understanding mappings between manifolds with various dimensions and boundaries.
method Analyzes mappings Cα in terms of iterated directional derivatives and smooth structures. result Establishes a canonical smooth manifold structure for mappings under certain conditions.
A smooth map between smooth manifolds is called a special generic map if it has only definite fold points as its singularities. In this paper, we give conditions for a special generic map into the 3-dimensional Euclidean space to be factored as the composition of an embedding and a projection for certain dimensions.
We consider four notions of maps between smooth C^r orbifolds O, P with O compact (without boundary). We show that one of these notions is natural and necessary in order to uniquely define the notion of orbibundle pullback. For the notion of complete orbifold map, we show that the corresponding set of C^r maps between …
In this paper we extend Y.Eliashberg's h-principle to arbitrary generic smooth maps of smooth manifolds. Namely, we prove a necessary and sufficient condition for a continuous map of smooth manifolds of the same dimension to be homotopic to a generic map with a prescribed Thom-Boardman singularity ΣI at each point…
We consider differentiable maps in the setting of Abstract Differential Geometry and we study the conditions that ensure the uniqueness of differentials in this setting. In particular, we prove that smooth maps between smooth manifolds admit a unique differential, coinciding with the usual one. Thus smooth manifolds fo…
Proves rigidity of maps between manifolds with scalar curvature constraints.
problem Lipschitz rigidity problem in scalar curvature geometry.
method Harmonic map heat flow coupled with Ricci flow.
result Continuous maps between manifolds with scalar curvature constraints are either isometries or have scalar curvature strictly less than the sphere.
Consider the equivariant wave map equation from Minkowski space to a rotationnally symmetric manifold which has an equator (example: the sphere). In dimension 3, this article gives a necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of a smooth self-similar blow up profile. More generally, we study the relation betw…
Study on manifolds that map to lower dimensions with specific critical points.
problem Characterizing manifolds that map to Rn−1 with round fold maps. method Analyzing smooth n-dimensional closed manifolds with n≥4 and classifying round fold maps up to C∞ A--equivalence. result Determine which manifolds admit round fold maps into Rn−1 and classify these maps. Smooth maps preserve distances on specific revolution surfaces.
problem Existence of smooth maps on revolution surfaces.
method Proving existence of maps preserving distances on meridians and parallels.
result Smooth maps exist from revolution surfaces to Euclidean plane.
The paper simplifies smooth maps to spheres and planes, showing homotopy and embedding properties.
problem Constructing explicit deformations of smooth maps to spheres and planes.
method Explicit constructions and homotopy arguments.
result Smooth maps are homotopic to stable maps with limited singularities.
We present a definable smooth version of the Thom transversality theorem. We show further that the set of non-transverse definable smooth maps is nowhere dense in the definable smooth topology. Finally, we prove a definable version of a theorem of Trotman which says that the Whitney (a)-regularity of a stratification…
The paper generalizes a result on smooth mapping class groups and proves a property of Dehn twists in 4-manifolds.
problem Properties of Dehn twists in smooth 4-manifolds.
method Generalization of a previous result and alternative proof of a consequence.
result Dehn twists along the boundary of simply-connected 4-manifolds are trivial after connected sums.
Taking an elementary and straightforward approach, we develop the concept of a regular value for a smooth map f: O -> P between smooth orbifolds O and P. We show that Sard's theorem holds and that the inverse image of a regular value is a smooth full suborbifold of O. We also study some constraints that the existence o…
Maps with many singularities found in complex space.
problem Constructing maps with singularities in complex space.
method Created a map with infinitely many Schoen-Wolfson singularities on a disc.
result Found a Ck map with smooth trace in C2. Residually finite groups found in manifold automorphisms.
problem Residual finiteness of automorphism groups of high-dimensional manifolds.
method Embedding calculus, Weiss fibre sequence, convergence of embedding calculus tower, smoothing theory.
result Topological mapping class group of high-dimensional manifolds is residually finite.
Study differential operators over maps and their applications in supermanifolds.
problem Understanding differential operators over smooth maps and their applications.
method Recall and study differential operators, formal ℏ-differential operators, pullbacks by thick morphisms, and quantization of symplectic micromorphisms. result Developed constructions and examples of differential operators over maps.
Constructs real algebraic maps with specific geometric constraints.
problem Construct smooth functions with prescribed Reeb graphs.
method Explicitly constructs real algebraic maps whose images are domains surrounded by products of hyperbolas and affine spaces.
result New examples of real algebraic maps with specified geometric constraints.