arXiv research

A manifold's canonical involution defines a projection of connections.

We give necessary and sufficient geometric conditions for a distribution (or a Pfaffian system) to be locally equivalent to the canonical contact system on Jn(R,Rm), the space of n-jets of maps from R into Rm. We study the geometry of that class of systems, in particular, the existence of corank one involutive subdistr…

The paper studies quadratic Poisson structures on Lie algebras, finding a 10-parametric family.

On a compact oriented four-manifold with an orientation preserving involution c, we count solutions of Seiberg-Witten equations, which are moreover symmetrical in relation to c, to construct "real" Seiberg-Witten invariants. Using Taubes' results, we prove that on a symplectic almost complex manifold with an antisymple…

Introduces integer-valued Heegaard Floer theory with canonical orientations.

New connections on symmetric spaces with invariant properties.

We prove that the canonical 4-dimensional surgery problems can be solved after passing to a double cover. This contrasts the long-standing conjecture about the validity of the topological surgery theorem for arbitrary fundamental groups (without passing to a cover). As a corollary, the surgery conjecture is reformulate…

An explicit expression of the canonical 8-form on a Riemannian manifold with a Spin(9)-structure, in terms of the nine local symmetric involutions involved, is given. The list of explicit expressions of all the canonical forms related to Berger's list of holonomy groups is thus completed. Moreover, some results on Spin…

Generalizes kinematical Lie algebras for isotropic spacetimes.

This paper equates geometric structures to algebraic ones for degree 2 manifolds.

The paper classifies $\widetilde{J}$-tangent affine hyperspheres in arbitrary dimensions.

The canonical involution of a double (=iterated) tangent bundle may be dualized in different ways to yield relations between the Tulczyjew diffeomorphism, the Poisson anchor associated with the standard symplectic structure on the cotangent space,and the reversal diffeomorphism. We show that the constructions which yie…

In this study, we generalize double tangent bundles to double jet bundles. We present a secondary vector bundle structure on a 1-jet of a vector bundle. We show that 1-jet of a vector bundle carries two vector bundle structures, namely primary and secondary structures. We also show that the manifold charts induced by p…

In this paper, we determine the canonical polyhedral decomposition of every hyperbolic once-punctured torus bundle over the circle. In fact, we show that the only ideal polyhedral decomposition that is straight in the hyperbolic structure and that is invariant under a certain involution is the ideal triangulation defin…

New method constructs non-arithmetic hyperbolic orbifolds from complex arithmetic ball quotients.

Given a Dirac subbundle and an isotropic subbundle of a Courant algebroid, we provide a canonical method to obtain a new Dirac subbundle. When the original Dirac subbundle is involutive (i.e., a Dirac structure) this construction has interesting applications, for instance to Dirac's theory of constraints and to the Mar…

We introduce canonical principal parameters on any strongly regular minimal surface in the three dimensional sphere and prove that any such a surface is determined up to a motion by its normal curvature function satisfying the Sinh-Poisson equation. We obtain a classification theorem for bi-umbilical hypersurfaces of t…

Making use of Murakami's classification of outer involutions in a Lie algebra and following the Morse-theoretic approach to harmonic two-spheres in Lie groups introduced by Burstall and Guest, we obtain a new classification of harmonic two-spheres in outer symmetric spaces and a Weierstrass-type representation for such…

In this paper we study the geodesic flow on nilmanifolds equipped with a left-invariant metric. We write the underlying definitions and find general formulas for the Poisson involution. As an example we develop the Heisenberg Lie group equipped with its canonical metric. We prove that a family of first integrals giving…

Partial AHS-structures extend G-structures and Cartan geometries to manifolds with involutive distributions.

We generalize the notion of a Lie algebroid over infinite jet bundle by replacing the variational anchor with an N-tuple of differential operators whose images in the Lie algebra of evolutionary vector fields of the jet space are subject to collective commutation closure. The linear space of such operators becomes an a…

This paper develops a discrete theory of real Riemann surfaces using quad-graphs and linear discretization.

Classifies involutions on spherical 3-manifolds.

Study classifies Calabi-Yau threefolds with non-Gorenstein involutions.

The paper studies circular evolutes and involutes of framed curves in Euclidean space.

New formula for dual knots using involutions.

We study two sorts of actions on the space of conjugacy classes of irreducible $SU_2$-representations of a knot group. One of them is an involution which comes from the algebraic structure of $SU_2$ and the other is the action by the outer automorphism group of the knot group. In particular, we consider them on an 1-di…

The study classifies involutions on del Pezzo surfaces.

Characterizes the Legendre involution on generic frontals.

The paper defines conditions for good involutions in generalized Alexander quandles.

In the present paper we carry on a systematic study of 3-quasi-Sasakian manifolds. In particular we prove that the three Reeb vector fields generate an involutive distribution determining a canonical totally geodesic and Riemannian foliation. Locally, the leaves of this foliation turn out to be Lie groups: either the o…

Study proves naturality and functoriality in a type of Heegaard Floer homology.

The paper develops a new theory for knots and 3-manifolds with involutions.

The study proves symplectic quandles cannot have good involutions.

Involution algebroids extend Lie algebroids to tangent categories.

Classifies dissecting involutions on symmetric spaces.

Involutive bordered Floer homology computes 3-manifold invariants.

Involutions generate mapping class groups of infinite surfaces.

Minimal involutions generate a subgroup of nonorientable surfaces.

Knot concordance linked to involutive knot Floer homology equivalence.

Study exact surgery formula in involutive Heegaard Floer homology.

Three involutions generate mapping class groups of large surfaces.

We study decompositions of complex hyperbolic isometries as products of involutions. We show that PU(2,1) has involution length 4 and commutator length 1, and that for all $n \geqslant 3$ PU($n$,1) has involution length at most 8.

Real slices of parabolic opers on Riemann surfaces are studied.

Study isometries of Clifford algebras, focusing on Lie algebra structure.

Anti-symplectic involutions connect a sphere in a symplectic surface.

Classifies periodic diffeomorphisms on surfaces commuting with specific involutions.

New knot invariants from Floer theory help bound knot three-genus.