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48 results for canonical curves

We show that for any extreme curve in a 3-manifold M, there exist a canonical mean convex hull containing all least area disks spanning the curve. Similar result is true for asymptotic case in hyperbolic 3-space such that for any asymptotic curve, there is a canonical mean convex hull containing all minimal planes span…

2004-12-29abs ↗pdf ↗

Study canonical curves and Kropina metrics in Lagrangian contact geometry.

problem Characterize canonical curves and their relationship to Lagrangian contact structures.
method Construct Fefferman-type spaces, analyze chains and null-chains, use Kropina metrics, apply Fermat principle.
result Chains and null-chains in integrable Lagrangian contact structures are geodesics of Kropina metrics.

We use recent results by Bainbridge-Chen-Gendron-Grushevsky-Moeller on compactifications of strata of abelian differentials to give a comprehensive solution to the realizability problem for effective tropical canonical divisors in equicharacteristic zero. Given a pair (Γ,D)(Γ, D) consisting of a stable tropical curve ΓΓ

2017-10-17abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper provides a combinatorial criterion for realizing tropical pluri-canonical divisors.

problem Determining when a tropical pair corresponds to a smooth algebraic curve with a pluri-canonical divisor.
method Introducing tropical normalized covers and reducing the problem to their realizability.
result Generalizes previous work on tropical canonical divisors and incorporates recent progress on kk-differentials.

Consider degenerations of Abelian differentials with prescribed number and multiplicity of zeros and poles. Motivated by the theory of limit linear series, we define twisted canonical divisors on pointed nodal curves to study degenerate differentials, give dimension bounds for their moduli spaces, and establish smootha…

2015-04-08abs ↗pdf ↗

We introduce the warping crossing polynomial of an oriented knot diagram by using the warping degrees of crossing points of the diagram. Given a closed transversely intersected plane curve, we consider oriented knot diagrams obtained from the plane curve as states to take the sum of the warping crossing polynomials for…

2011-12-08abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper finds lower bounds for volumes of complex geometric structures.

problem Estimating the volume of complex geometric structures.
method Reduction to a counting problem in the unit tangent bundle, solved using exponential multiple mixing for the geodesic flow.
result First known lower bound for the volume of these manifolds in terms of curve length.

Analytic curves linked to algebraic ones via Schottky groups.

problem Moving between analytic and algebraic representations of Riemann surfaces.
method Identifying Riemann surfaces with Schottky groups and constructing families of non-hyperelliptic surfaces.
result Construction of families of non-hyperelliptic surfaces with specific properties.

Consider LL a regular Lagrangian, SS the canonical semispray, and hh the horizontal projector of the canonical nonlinear connection. We prove that if the Lagrangian is constant along the integral curves of the Euler-Lagrange equations then it is constant along the horizontal curves of the canonical nonlinear connect…

2005-07-27abs ↗pdf ↗

For a generic anti-canonical hypersurface in each smooth toric Fano 4-fold with rank 2 Picard group, we prove there exist three isolated rational curves in it. Moreover, for all these 4-folds except one, the contractions of generic anti-canonical hypersurfaces along the three rational curves can be deformed to smooth t…

2010-12-01abs ↗pdf ↗

We investigate the structure of a variety of new Moishezon twistor spaces, by utilizing the pluri-half-anti-canonical map from the twistor spaces. Each of these twistor spaces is bimeromorphic to a double covering of a scroll of planes over a rational normal curve, and the branch divisor of the double cover is a cut of…

2018-10-30abs ↗pdf ↗

The current paper is devoted to the study of integral curves of constant type in parabolic homogeneous spaces. We construct a canonical moving frame bundle for such curves and give the criterium when it turns out to be a Cartan connection. Generalizations to parametrized curves, to higher-dimensional submanifolds and t…

2011-10-02abs ↗pdf ↗

For a submanifold M in a Euclidean space, the tangential component x^T of the position vector field x of M is the most natural vector field tangent to the Euclidean submanifold, called the canonical vector field of M. In this article, first we prove that the canonical vector field of every Euclidean submanifold is alwa…

2018-01-22abs ↗pdf ↗

Study on knot 747_4 surgeries reveals infinite residue characteristics and infinite order points.

problem Arithmetic properties of Dehn surgery points on knot 747_4.
method Analyzing the canonical component of the SL2(C)\mathrm{SL}_2(\mathbf{C})-character variety.
result Infinite set of ramified places and infinite order points in the Mordell-Weil group.

Study on algebraic curves' invariants and vanishing criteria.

problem Vanishing criteria for Griffiths infinitesimal invariants of algebraic curves.
method Analysis of moduli space of smooth genus 4 curves, study of normal functions.
result Vanishing criteria for the Griffiths infinitesimal invariants of Ceresa normal function.

We describe a polynomial-time algorithm to compute a (tight) geodesic between two curves in the curve graph. As well as enabling us to compute the distance between a pair of curves, this has several applications to mapping classes. For example, we can use these geodesics to compute the asymptotic translation length, Ni…

2016-09-29abs ↗pdf ↗

We compute the log canonical thresholds of non-negatively curved singular hermitian metrics on ample linearized line bundles on bi-equivariant group compactifications of complex reductive groups. To this end, we associate to any such metric a convex function whose asymptotic behavior determines the log canonical thresh…

2015-10-17abs ↗pdf ↗

Study plane curve singularities to determine vanishing cycles and monodromy groups.

problem Understanding vanishing cycles and monodromy groups for plane curve singularities.
method Intrinsic description of geometric monodromy group, easy criterion for vanishing cycles, canonical framing.
result Monodromy groups are injective for singularities with Milnor fiber of genus at least 7.

We compute both natural and smooth models for the SL2(C)SL_2(\mathbb C) character varieties of the two component double twist links, an infinite family of two-bridge links indexed as J(k,l)J(k,l). For each J(k,l)J(k,l), the component(s) of the character variety containing characters of irreducible representations are birational to…

2014-11-04abs ↗pdf ↗

The study finds families of surfaces with specific properties and connects them to rational curve configurations in K3 surfaces.

problem Existence and properties of surfaces with specific canonical and geometric genus conditions.
method Study of rational curve configurations and use of Q\mathbb{Q}-Gorenstein smoothings.
result Existence of (202K2)(20-2K^2)-dimensional families of simply-connected surfaces with pg=1p_g=1 and K2=1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9K^2=1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9.

We study one parameter degenerations of complex projective manifolds by introducing certain type of Hodge metrics coming from the pluricanonical forms. We show that degenerations with at most canonical singularities are all in the finite distance boundary of moduli spaces. We also propose the converse to be true in the…

2002-11-29abs ↗pdf ↗

Study preserves planar and graphical properties of curves under elastic flow.

problem Maintaining planar and graphical properties of non-compact curves under elastic flow.
method Extended recent work on adapted elastic energy to derive thresholds for planar and graphical embeddedness.
result Derived new Li--Yau type inequality for complete planar curves.

In 1910 E. Cartan constructed a canonical frame and found the most symmetric case for maximally nonholonomic rank 2 distributions in R5\mathbb R^5. We solve the analogous problem for germs of generic rank 2 distributions in Rn{\mathbb R}^n for n>5. We use a completely different approach based on the symplectification o…

2007-03-22abs ↗pdf ↗

Study of homeomorphisms on infinite type surfaces with a classification theorem.

problem Classifying homeomorphisms on surfaces of infinite type.
method Introduce tame homeomorphisms and prove a Nielsen-Thurston type classification theorem.
result For tame homeomorphisms, surfaces decompose into invariant subsurfaces with canonical decompositions.

In this paper we study an analog of minimal surfaces called Weyl-minimal surfaces in conformal manifolds with a Weyl connection (M4,c,D)(M^4,c,D). We show that there is an Eells-Salamon type correspondence between nonvertical J\mathcal{J}-holomorphic curves in the weightless twistor space and branched Weyl-minimal surfaces.…

2019-09-12abs ↗pdf ↗

Considering Riemannian submersions, we find necessary and sufficient conditions for when sub-Riemannian normal geodesics project to curves of constant first geodesic curvature or constant first and vanishing second geodesic curvatures. We describe a canonical extension of the sub-Riemannian metric and study geometric p…

2017-07-17abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper studies ideal flows of closed curves, classifying critical points and proving flow behavior.

problem Analyzing the generalised ideal flow of closed planar curves.
method Completely classifies critical points and proves properties of the mm-ideal flow.
result For m>1m>1, the mm-ideal flow of closed curves converges to a round multiply-covered circle.

Conflict sets are loci of intersecting wavefronts emanating from ll different surfaces. We show that generically conflict sets are Legendrian: locally they admit the structure of wavefronts. Simple stable singularities for this problem in Rn\R^n occur when 0nl40 \leq n-l \leq 4. Other related sets, such as kite curves a…

2002-09-12abs ↗pdf ↗

The study characterizes a complex curve of residueless meromorphic differentials on elliptic curves.

problem Characterizing the locus of residueless meromorphic differentials on elliptic curves.
method Multi-scale compactification of strata, formulas for genus and degree of maps, distinguishing components.
result Complete classification of connected components of residueless loci in exceptional strata.