arXiv research

Proves classification of 4D complete intersections up to diffeomorphism.

Research confirms a conjecture about complex manifolds with total Betti number three.

New example solves topological dynamics problem.

The paper introduces Patterson-Sullivan systems and proves their rigidity, with applications to random walks and entropy rigidity.

The density conjecture of Bers, Sullivan and Thurston predicts that each complete hyperbolic 3-manifold M with finitely generated fundamental group is an algebraic limit of geometrically finite hyperbolic 3-manifolds. We prove that the conjecture obtains for each complete hyperbolic 3-manifold with no cusps and incompr…

Using a cell model for the little discs operad in terms of spineless cacti we give a minimal common topological operadic formalism for three a priori disparate algebraic structures: (1) a solution to Deligne's conjecture on the Hochschild complex, (2) the Hopf algebra of Connes and Kreimer, and (3) the string topology …

T. Kobayashi conjectured in the 36th Geometry Symposium in Japan (1989) that a homogeneous space G/H of reductive type does not admit a compact Clifford-Klein form if rank G - rank K < rank H - rank K_H. We solve this conjecture affirmatively. We apply a cohomological obstruction to the existence of compact Clifford-Kl…

We compute the alpha invariant of any smooth complex projective spin complete intersection of complex dimension $1 \; ({\rm mod} \; 4)$. We prove that the alpha invariant depends only on the total degree and Pontryagin classes. Our findings are consistent with a long-standing conjecture, often called the Sullivan Conje…

We show that if $p \colon M \to N$ is a normal Riemannian covering, with $N$ closed, and $M$ has exponential volume growth, then there are non-constant, positive harmonic functions on $M$. This was conjectured by Lyons and Sullivan in \cite{LS}.

Anosov groups' measures on limit sets are uniquely determined by their dimension.

New proof confirms periodic orbit conjecture for Eulerisable flows.

Proves finite measure implies product structure for certain discrete subgroups.

The main goal of this paper is to show a counterexample to the following conjecture: {\bf Conjecture} [Meeks, Sullivan]: If $f:M\to \mathbb{R}^3$ is a complete proper minimal immersion where $M$ is a Riemannian surface without boundary and with finite genus, then $M$ is parabolic. We have proved: {\bf Theorem:} There e…

We shall show that for a given homeomorphism type and a set of end invariants (including the parabolic locus) with necessary topological conditions which a topologically tame Kleinian group with that homeomorphism type must satisfy, there is an algebraic limit of minimally parabolic, geometrically finite Kleinian group…

Vertex distortion detects if a knot is unknot.

Let N be a complete hyperbolic 3-manifold that is an algebraic limit of geometrically finite hyperbolic 3-manifolds. We show N is homeomorphic to the interior of a compact 3-manifold, or tame, if one of the following conditions holds: (1) N has non-empty conformal boundary, (2) N is not homotopy equivalent to a compres…

Develops Patterson-Sullivan theory for coarse cocycles.

Homotopy proof for pseudomanifolds via branched covers.

Sullivan discusses his contributions to math and physics.

We define the Simons-Sullivan differential analytic index by translating the Freed-Lott differential analytic index via explicit ring isomorphisms between Freed-Lott differential K-theory and Simons-Sullivan differential K-theory. We prove the differential Grothendieck-Riemann-Roch theorem in Simons-Sullivan differenti…

We introduce Riemannian metrics of positive scalar curvature on manifolds with Baas-Sullivan singularities, prove a corresponding homology invariance principle and discuss admissible products. Using this theory we construct positive scalar curvature metrics on closed smooth manifolds of dimension at least five which ha…

Paper develops a theory for Patterson-Sullivan measures in higher rank symmetric spaces.

Let $Σ_{\infty, 1}$ be the inductive limit of compact oriented surfaces with one boundary component. We prove the center of the Goldman Lie algebra of the surface $Σ_{\infty,1}$ is spanned by the constant loop. A similar statement for a closed oriented surface was conjectured by Chas and Sullivan, and proved by Etingof…

Extends Hopf-Tsuji-Sullivan dichotomy to higher rank groups and applies to Anosov subgroups.

Paper proves finite BMS measure for SPR groups in higher rank Lie groups.

Unique entropy measure found for convex projective manifolds.

The paper connects geodesic flows and limit sets on visibility manifolds.

We introduce BV-algebra structures on the homology of the space of framed long knots in $\mathbb{R}^n$ in two ways. The first one is given in a similar fashion to Chas-Sullivan's string topology. The second one is defined on the Hochschild homology associated with a cyclic, multiplicative operad of graded modules. The …

We give a finite dimensional approach to the Chas-Sullivan product on the free loop space of a manifold, orientable or not.

Prove a global shadow lemma for Patterson-Sullivan measures associated with relatively Morse subgroups in higher-rank semisimple Lie groups.

Proves rigidity of circle packings in the plane, generalizing previous work.

Combines Kleinian groups and polynomials into a dynamical system.

For a fixed closed manifold $P$, we construct a cobordism category of embedded manifolds with a single Baas-Sullivan singularity of type $P$. Our main theorem identifies the homotopy type of the classifying space of this cobordism category with that of the infinite loop-space of a certain spectrum related to the spectr…

This note describes sharp Milnor--Wood inequalities for the Euler number of flat oriented vector bundles over closed Riemannian manifolds locally isometric to products of hyperbolic planes. One consequence is that such manifolds do not admit an affine structure, confirming Chern--Sullivan's conjecture in this case. The…

New findings on geometric flows and equidistribution in Hilbert geometry.

Odd $K$-theory has the interesting property that it admits an infinite number of inequivalent differential refinements. In this paper we provide a bundle theoretic model for odd differential $K$-theory using the caloron correspondence and prove that this refinement is unique up to a unique natural isomorphism. We chara…

Develops a chain-level model for Chas-Sullivan products using Morse theory with differential graded coefficients.

New findings show mapping class groups of certain high-dimensional manifolds are not residually finite.

Anosov groups limit sets are Ahlfors regular, with applications in Teichmüller spaces.

We show that uniform lattices in some semi-simple groups (notably complex ones) admit Anosov surface subgroups. This result has a quantitative version: we introduce a notion, called $K$-Sullivan maps, which generalizes the notion of $K$-quasi-circles in hyperbolic geometry, and show in particular that Sullivan maps are…

Extends Morse-Novikov Homology to include differential graded coefficients and fibration structures.

We define generalized currents associated with immersions of abstract solenoids with a transversal measure. We realize geometrically the full real homology of a compact manifold with these generalized currents, and more precisely with immersions of minimal uniquely ergodic solenoids. This makes precise and geometric De…

The fundamental group of a hyperbolic manifold acts on the limit set, giving rise to a cross-product C^* algebra. We construct nontrivial K-cycles for the cross-product algebra, thereby extending some results of Connes and Sullivan to higher dimensions. We also show how the Patterson-Sullivan measure on the limit set c…

The paper develops a theory of conformal density at infinity for groups with contracting elements.

In this article, we consider the geodesic flow on a compact rank $1$ Riemannian manifold $M$ without focal points, whose universal cover is denoted by $X$. On the ideal boundary $X(\infty)$ of $X$, we show the existence and uniqueness of the Busemann density, which is realized via the Patterson-Sullivan measure. Based …

Method extends eigenfunction construction to non-symmetric spaces.

We extend several notions and results from the classical Patterson-Sullivan theory to the setting of Anosov subgroups of higher rank semisimple Lie groups, working primarily with invariant Finsler metrics on associated symmetric spaces. In particular, we prove the equality between the Hausdorff dimensions of flag limit…

Develops measures for non-Borel Anosov groups on Furstenberg boundary.