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Extends Serrin's symmetry result to model manifolds.

The paper proves inequalities for lattice eigenvalues, answering a question.

The paper extends inequalities to closed Riemannian manifolds.

Two types of 4-manifolds disagree on minimum Euler characteristic.

We prove a structure theorem for compact aspherical Lorentz manifolds with abundant local symmetry. If M is a compact, aspherical, real-analytic, complete Lorentz manifold such that the isometry group of the universal cover has semisimple identity component, then the local isometry orbits in M are roughly fibers of a f…

The Hausmann-Weinberger invariant of a group G is the minimal Euler characteristic of a closed orientable 4-manifold M with fundamental group G. We compute this invariant for finitely generated free abelian groups and estimate the invariant for all finitely generated abelian groups.

Proves a strengthening of Chang, Weinberger, and Yu's theorem on positive scalar curvature.

We study the possibility of applying a finite-dimensionality argument in order to address parts of the Baum-Connes conjecture for finitely generated linear groups. This gives an alternative approach to the results of Guentner, Higson, and Weinberger concerning the Baum-Connes conjecture for linear groups. For any finit…

Study proves inequalities for eigenvalues of symmetric domains in space forms.

The paper simplifies complex gauge field theory using symplectic methods.

Study invariants of 3-manifold groups to determine Euler characteristics of 4-manifolds.

Study proves inequalities for eigenvalues of fourth-order elliptic operators on Riemannian manifolds.

} In this article, we put forward a Neumann eigenvalue problem for the bi-harmonic operator $Δ^2$ on a bounded smooth domain $\Om$ in the Euclidean $n$-space ${\bf R}^n$ ($n\ge2$) and then prove that the corresponding first non-zero eigenvalue $Υ_1(\Om)$ admits the isoperimetric inequality of Szegö-Weinberger type: $Υ_…

The Bryant-Ferry-Mio-Weinberger surgery exact sequence for high-dimensional compact ANR homology manifolds is used to obtain transversality, splitting and bordism results for homology manifolds, generalizing previous work of Johnston.

We consider an overdetermined Serrin's type problem in space forms and we generalize Weinberger's proof in [Arch. Rational Mech. Anal., 43 (1971)] by introducing a suitable P-function.

In this note we prove that Thompson's group F cannot be the fundamental group of a symplectic 4-manifold with trivial canonical class by showing that its Hausmann-Weinberger invariant q(F) is strictly positive.

An explicit (-1)^n-quadratic form over Z[Z^{2n}] representing the surgery problem E_8 x T^{2n} is obtained, for use in the Bryant-Ferry-Mio-Weinberger construction of 2n-dimensional exotic homology manifolds.

Sharp inequality for eigenvalues of convex bodies, proving ellipsoid uniqueness.

This article is a follow up of the previous article of the authors on the analytic surgery of eta- and rho-invariants. We investigate in detail the (Atiyah-Patodi-Singer)-rho-invariant for manifolds with boundary. First we generalize the cut-and-paste formula to arbitrary boundary conditions. A priori the rho-invariant…

We present an alternative approach to the result of Guentner, Higson, and Weinberger concerning the Baum-Connes conjecture for finitely generated subgroups of SL(2,C). Using finite-dimensional methods, we show that the Baum-Connes assembly map for such groups is an isomorphism.

We study the local Szegö-Weinberger profile in a geodesic ball $B_g(y_0,r_0)$ centered at a point $y_0$ in a Riemannian manifold $(\M,g)$. This profile is obtained by maximizing the first nontrivial Neumann eigenvalue $μ_2$ of the Laplace-Beltrami Operator $Δ_g$ on $\M$ among subdomains of $B_g(y_0,r_0)$ with fixed vol…

In this paper, we use a weighted isoperimetric inequality to give a lower bound on the first Dirichlet eigenvalue of the Laplacian on a bounded domain inside a Euclidean cone. Our bound is sharp, in that only sectors realize it. This result generalizes a lower bound of Payne and Weinberger in two dimensions.

In this paper, we show that the convex domains of the hyperbolic space which are almost extremal for the Faber-Krahn or the Payne-Polya-Weinberger inequalities are close to geodesic balls. Our proof is also valid in other space forms and allows us to recover known results in Euclidean space and on the sphere.

We provide a proof of the controlled surgery sequence, including stability, in the special case that the local fundamental groups are trivial. Stability is a key ingredient in the construction of exotic homology manifolds by Bryant, Ferry, Mio and Weinberger, but no proof has been available. The development given here …

The paper develops surgery theories for foliations and solves a problem posed by Weinberger.

Defines new rho invariant for topological groups.

The homology groups of a manifold are important topological invariants that provide an algebraic summary of the manifold. These groups contain rich topological information, for instance, about the connected components, holes, tunnels and sometimes the dimension of the manifold. In earlier work, we have considered the s…

We discuss a certain Riemannian metric, related to the toric Kahler-Einstein equation, that is associated in a linearly-invariant manner with a given log-concave measure in R^n. We use this metric in order to bound the second derivatives of the solution to the toric Kahler-Einstein equation, and in order to obtain spec…

Based on works by Hopf, Weinberger, Hamilton and Evans, we state and prove the strong elliptic maximum principle for smooth sections in vector bundles over Riemannian manifolds and give some applications in Differential Geometry. Moreover, we use this maximum principle to obtain various rigidity theorems and Bernstein …

Following Bryant, Ferry, Mio and Weinberger we construct generalized manifolds as limits of controlled sequences p_i: X_i --> X_{i-1} : i = 1,2,... of controlled Poincaré spaces. The basic ingredient is the epsilon-delta-surgery sequence recently proved by Pedersen, Quinn and Ranicki. Since one has to apply it not only…

We establish inequalities for the eigenvalues of the sub-Laplace operator associated with a pseudo-Hermitian structure on a strictly pseudoconvex CR manifold. Our inequalities extend those obtained by Niu and Zhang \cite{NiuZhang} for the Dirichlet eigenvalues of the sub-Laplacian on a bounded domain in the Heisenberg …

We analyze the obstruction to metrics of positive scalar curvature within a given bounded distortion class of metrics. This obstruction lives in a non-Hausdorff cohomology group Poincare dual to the uniformly finite homology studied by Block and Weinberger. One of the applications is a converse to their theorem on infi…

Working with group homomorphisms, a construction of manifolds is introduced to preserve homology groups. The construction gives as special cases Qullien's plus construction with handles obtained by Hausmann, the existence of one-sided $h$-cobordism of Guilbault and Tinsley, the existence of homology spheres and higher-…

Sharp isoperimetric inequalities for Neumann eigenvalues in symmetric spaces.

Study numerical invariants under retraction maps between topological spaces.

We introduce a construction adding low-dimensional cells to a space that satisfies certain low-dimensional conditions; it preserves high-dimensional homology with appropriate coefficients. This includes as special cases Quillen's plus construction, Bousfield's integral homology localization, the existence of Moore spac…

We investigate periodic diffeomorphisms of non-compact aspherical manifolds (and orbifolds) and describe a class of spaces that have no homotopically trivial periodic diffeomorphisms. Prominent examples are moduli spaces of curves and aspherical locally symmetric spaces with non-vanishing Euler characteristic. In the i…

Block and Weinberger show that an arithmetic manifold can be endowed with a positive scalar curvature metric if and only if its $\rationals$-rank exceeds 2. We show in this article that these metrics are never in the same coarse class as the natural metric inherited from the base Lie group. Furthering the coarse $C^\as…

We give a classification of many closed Riemannian manifolds M whose universal cover possesses a nontrivial amount of symmetry. More precisely, we consider closed Riemannian manifolds $M$ such that Isom$(\widetilde{M})$ has noncompact connected components. We prove that in many cases, such a manifold is as a fiber bund…

New integral estimates on substatic manifolds improve Alexandrov Theorem.

Unified field theory from higher-order Riemannian geometry.

The problem of gauging a closed form is considered. When the target manifold is a simple Lie group G, it is seen that there is no obstruction to the gauging of a subgroup H\subset G if we may construct from the form a cocycle for the relative Lie algebra cohomology (or for the equivariant cohomology), and an explicit g…

Feature hashing reduces data dimensions while preserving norms, with tight bounds on performance.

Paper derives inequalities for eigenvalues of Witten-Laplacian under fixed volume constraint.

In this article we first show that any finite cover of the moduli space of closed Riemann surfaces of genus $g$ with $g\geq 2$ does not admit any Riemannian metric $ds^2$ of nonnegative scalar curvature such that $ds^2 \succ ds_{T}^2$ where $ds_{T}^2$ is the Teichmüller metric. Our second result is the proof that any c…

Characterizes a specific homology group for certain graphs.

Contradicts claims about Poincaré complexes and homology manifolds.

Study rigidity in Riemannian manifolds using Pohozoaev and P-function approaches.