Introduces string structures linking to loop spaces.
problem Understanding geometric string structures.
method Explains connections to loop spaces.
result String structures linked to loop spaces.
In this paper, we construct the moduli space of marked oper structures on a closed, oriented smooth surface of negative Euler characteristic as a holomorphic fiber bundle over Teichmüller space. We prove that the holonomy map from the space of marked oper structures to the moduli space of reductive flat bundles is a ho…
New Poisson structures found on Higgs bundle moduli spaces.
problem Constructing Poisson structures on moduli spaces of Higgs bundles.
method Via Lie algebroids on stacky curves, focusing on parabolic Higgs bundles.
result Provides new examples of Poisson structures on moduli spaces.
The paper studies moduli spaces of non-smooth metric structures with non-negative Ricci curvature.
problem Understanding moduli spaces of non-smooth metric structures with non-negative Ricci curvature.
method Relating convergence of RCD(0,N)-structures to their lifts, constructing Albanese and soul maps, proving their continuity, and constructing examples.
result Construction of moduli spaces with non-trivial rational homotopy groups.
New examples of structures found using twistor space.
problem Finding non-trivial generalized paracomplex structures.
method Twistor space construction scheme.
result Non-trivial examples of generalized paracomplex structures constructed.
Symplectic structure found on projective structures on surfaces with boundary.
problem Deformation space of projective structures on surfaces with boundary.
method Natural symplectic structure on the space, integrating the Adler-Gelfand-Dikii-space of the boundary.
result Space is a Hamiltonian space for the symplectic groupoid.
Introduces holed cone structures to generalize cone structures on 3-manifolds.
problem Generalizing cone structures to 3-manifolds with irreducible holonomy representations.
method Introduces holed cone structures and considers their deformation space.
result The deformation space of holed cone structures is a covering space of the character variety.
New spaces help connect manifold structures on equivariant Poincaré spaces.
problem Creating manifold structures on equivariant Poincaré spaces.
method Introducing semifree isovariant G-Poincaré spaces and gap conditions. result Space of isovariant structures on semifree G-Poincaré spaces is highly connected. The paper defines Dirac structures on connection spaces and their properties.
problem Defining Dirac structures on spaces of connections.
method Twisted Dirac structures on spaces of irreducible connections over manifolds, described by the Cartan 3-form.
result Spaces of flat connections are endowed with Dirac structures, and their properties are discussed.
Defines a new Poisson structure for generalized Sasakian spaces.
problem No specific problem stated; focuses on new structure definition.
method Defines a canonical Poisson structure on generalized contact metric spaces.
result Shows distinction between generalized Sasakian and coKähler structures.
Affine structures on a Lie groupoid, including affine k-vector fields, k-forms and (p,q)-tensors are studied. We show that the space of affine structures is a 2-vector space over the space of multiplicative structures. Moreover, the space of affine multivector fields has a natural graded strict Lie 2-algebra stru…
In this paper we introduce the twistor space of a Riemannian manifold with an even Clifford structure. This notion generalizes the twistor space of quaternion-Hermitian manifolds and weak-Spin(9) structures. We also construct almost complex structures on the twistor space for parallel even Clifford structures and check…
Study on median algebra structures on Euclidean spaces and manifolds with local CAT(0) cubulation.
problem Understanding median algebra structures on Euclidean spaces and manifolds.
method Showed local CAT(0) cubulation for median structures on ER homology manifolds.
result Median structures on ER homology manifolds have a local CAT(0) cubulation structure.
Unique median structures found in hyperbolic spaces.
problem Uniqueness of median structures in hyperbolic spaces.
method Analyzing product of hyperbolic spaces and properties of relative hyperbolicity.
result Non-hyperbolic pants graphs can have unique median structures.
We study grassmannians associated with a linear space with a nondegenerate hermitian form. The geometry of these grassmannians allows us to explain the relation between a (pseudo-)riemannian projective geometry and the conformal structure on its ideal boundary (absolute). Such relation encompasses, for instance, the us…
In this paper we develop a method for studying tight contact structures on lens spaces. We then derive uniqueness and non-existence statements for tight contact structures with certain (half) Euler classes on lens spaces. We also prove that any lens space admits only finitely many tight contact structures.
This paper studies moduli spaces of statistical structures on Lie groups.
problem Understanding statistical structures on Lie groups.
method Introduced and studied moduli spaces for left-invariant statistical structures on Lie groups.
result Moduli spaces of left-invariant Riemannian metrics are singletons for certain Lie groups.
Researchers provide explicit parametrizations for Sasakian space forms.
problem Understanding homogeneous contact Riemannian structures on Sasakian space forms.
method Explicit parametrizations of all homogeneous structures.
result Detailed descriptions of all homogeneous structures in 3D Sasakian space forms.
Introduces Möbius structures and hyperbolic ends for k-surfaces in hyperbolic space.
problem Understanding k-surfaces in hyperbolic space. method Studies Möbius structures and hyperbolic ends.
result Applications to k-surfaces in hyperbolic space. Characterizes invariant contact metric structures on tangent sphere bundles of compact symmetric spaces.
problem Identifying invariant contact metric structures on tangent sphere bundles of compact symmetric spaces.
method Characterization through invariant Riemannian metrics and Killing vector fields.
result A family of invariant contact metric structures is obtained on tangent sphere bundles of compact symmetric spaces with rank greater than or equal to two.
This paper shows moduli spaces of RCD(0,2) structures are contractible.
problem Understanding moduli spaces of RCD(0,2) structures.
method Established a list of compact topological spaces admitting RCD(0,2) structures and described their associated moduli spaces.
result All moduli spaces of RCD(0,2) structures are contractible.
Study on moduli spaces of branched projective structures on surfaces.
problem Characterizing and understanding moduli spaces of branched projective structures.
method Analytic and geometric methods to study the moduli spaces of branched projective structures.
result The moduli space of marked branched projective structures is a complex analytic space with specific dimensions and singular points.
Classifies contact structures on negative-definite Seifert fibred spaces.
problem Classifying fillable contact structures on negative-definite Seifert fibred spaces.
method Using Alexander filtration in lattice cohomology and Stein structures.
result Unique negative maximal twisting number and explicit computation.
Study of complex structures on product twistor spaces for 4D manifolds.
problem Understanding complex structures on product twistor spaces.
method Analyzing the product bundle of twistor spaces with Riemannian metrics and almost complex structures.
result Determined Gray-Hervella classes for 4D manifolds.
Paper proves Whitney stratified spaces can be given a conically smooth structure.
problem Proving Whitney stratified spaces can be given a conically smooth structure.
method Introduced conically smooth structure by Ayala, Francis, and Tanaka. Proved conjecture that any Whitney stratified space admits a canonical conically smooth structure.
result Established a connection between Whitney stratified spaces and conically smooth spaces.
We introduce integrable complex structures on twistor spaces fibered over complex manifolds. We then show, in particular, that the twistor spaces associated with generalized Kahler, SKT and strong HKT manifolds all naturally admit complex structures. Moreover, in the strong HKT case we construct a metric and three comp…
The abstract discusses the linear and smooth structures of mapping spaces.
problem The structure of mapping spaces in differential geometry.
method Proving diffeomorphisms and fibre bundle properties.
result Path spaces and base point preserving mapping spaces are Fréchet spaces.
Study shows a copy of 7D real projective space in the space of almost complex structures on 6-sphere.
problem Understanding the topology of almost complex structures on the 6-sphere.
method Analyzes the fundamental and rational homotopy groups, computes homotopy fiber and groups, and generalizes to 6-manifolds.
result Induces isomorphism on fundamental and rational homotopy groups of the 6-sphere.
Based on a general formula due to R.Bryant, we work out the topological structure of the space of torsion-free G2-structures generating the same associated Riemannian metric on a compact 7-manifold. We also identify a corresponding Lie group-theoretic structure of the space. These observations are then used to des…
Sasakian structures found on tangent sphere bundles of certain symmetric spaces.
problem Existence of Sasakian structures on tangent sphere bundles of compact rank-one symmetric spaces.
method Proof of existence using K-contact structures and induced structures from almost Hermitian structures.
result Tangent sphere bundles of compact rank-one symmetric spaces admit unique K-contact structures that are Sasakian.
Study almost complex structures on six-manifolds using twistor spaces.
problem Understanding the space of almost complex structures on six-dimensional manifolds.
method Using twistor spaces and rational homotopy theory, compute the space of almost complex structures and their homological properties.
result Computed the rational homotopy theoretic minimal model of components of almost complex structures satisfying a Chern number condition.
Researchers compute the ν-invariant for specific G2-structures on Aloff-Wallach spaces.
problem Computing the ν-invariant for G2-structures on Aloff-Wallach spaces.
method Using Goette's formulas for η-invariants of homogeneous spaces, derived an explicit expression for ν.
result For the nearly-parallel G2-structures φ± on Nk,l, the ν-invariant is ν(φ±) = ±41.
Let S be a compact connected oriented orbifold surface We show that using Bers simultaneous uniformization, the moduli space of projective structure on S can be mapped biholomorphically onto the total space of the holomorphic cotangent bundle of the Teichmüller space for S. The total space of the holomorphic cotangent …
Study geometric structures on twistor and reflector spaces of paraquaternionic contact manifolds.
problem Geometric structures on paraquaternionic contact manifolds.
method Investigate fiber bundles (twistor and reflector spaces) over paraquaternionic contact manifolds.
result Intrinsic geometric structures on twistor and reflector spaces are always integrable.
We introduce and analyze a new geometric structure on topological surfaces generalizing the complex structure. To define this so called higher complex structure we use the punctual Hilbert scheme of the plane. The moduli space of higher complex structures is defined and is shown to be a generalization of the classical …
Study finds only two CROSSes can have specific quaternionic structure.
problem Characterizing compact rank one symmetric spaces with quaternionic structures.
method Analyzing properties of CROSSes (compact rank one symmetric spaces).
result Only HPn and CP2 admit almost quaternionic structures. The space A of almost complex structures on a closed manifold M is studied. A natural parametrization of the space A is defined. It is shown, that A is a infinite dimensional complex weak Pseudo-Riemannian manifold. A curvature of the space A is found. The space ${\…
We consider submanifolds into Riemannian manifold with metallic structures. We obtain some new results for hypersurfaces in these spaces and we express the fundamental theorem of submanifolds into products spaces in terms of metallic structures. Moreover, we define new structures called complex metallic structures. We …
The natural topological, differentiable and geometrical structures on the space of light rays of a given spacetime are discussed. The relation between the causality properties of the original spacetime and the natural structures on the space of light rays are stressed. Finally, a symplectic geometrical approach to the …
Kähler manifold loop space inherits Kähler structure and is complete.
problem Characterizing the geometric properties of loop spaces of Kähler manifolds.
method Proving the Kähler structure and completeness of the loop space.
result The loop space of a Kähler manifold is complete and inherits a Kähler structure.
Study contact structures on lens spaces, classifying rational knots.
problem Classify rational knots in lens spaces.
method One-parametric convex surface theory to classify Legendrian and transverse rational unknots.
result Determine the contact mapping class group of lens spaces.
We define a moduli space of translation structures on the open topological disk with a basepoint and endow it with a locally-compact metrizable topology. We call this the immersive topology, because it is defined using the concept of immersions: continuous maps between subsets of translation surfaces that respect the b…
Study special Lagrangian moduli spaces with boundary.
problem Understanding geometric structures on moduli spaces of special Lagrangians.
method Investigates geometric structures and constructs special affine structures and a Hessian metric.
result Constructs a pair of special affine structures and a Hessian metric on the moduli space.
Researchers found all invariant contact structures on tangent sphere bundles of compact symmetric spaces.
problem Identifying all invariant contact metric structures on tangent sphere bundles of compact rank-one symmetric spaces.
method Explicitly obtained all structures, distinguishing K-contact, Sasakian, and 3-Sasakian structures.
result There is a unique Sasakian-Einstein metric on tangent sphere bundles of spheres and real projective spaces.
We review the basic definitions and properties concerning smooth structures, convenient spaces, diffeological spaces and tangent structures. The relation betwen them is described. A tangent structure is constructed for each pre-convenient space. This one is proved to be convenient iff the space and the tangent fibres c…
Study open Alexandrov spaces with nonnegative curvature, proving structural results.
problem Understanding open Alexandrov spaces with nonnegative curvature.
method Establishing structural results on open Alexandrov spaces.
result Structural results on open Alexandrov spaces with nonnegative curvature.
Divides state space into regions with identical term structure shapes.
problem Classifying term structure shapes in the two-factor Vasicek model.
method Using envelopes and winding numbers to divide and classify the state space.
result Nearly complete classification of parameter space regarding term structure shapes.
In this paper we introduce the notion of a smooth structure on a stratified space, the notion of a Poisson smooth structure and the notion of a weakly symplectic smooth structure on a stratified symplectic space, refining the concept of a stratified symplectic Poisson algebra introduced by Sjamaar and Lerman. We show t…