Proves existence of exact lagrangian cobordisms between legendrians.
problem Existence of exact lagrangian cobordisms between closed legendrians.
method Proves existence through mathematical proof.
result Existence of non-compact exact lagrangian cobordisms.
New invariant distinguishes Legendrian surfaces in 5-manifolds.
problem Distinguishing Legendrian surfaces in closed contact 5-manifolds.
method Introduced a new Legendrian isotopy invariant, MPX(L), and extended it to an absolute invariant. result New invariant distinguishes surfaces not distinguishable by Thurston-Bennequin invariant.
The study finds a continuous map achieving minmax area under Legendrian constraints.
problem Finding minmax areas under Legendrian constraints in 5D Sasakian manifolds.
method Continuous conformal Legendrian map with bounded multiplicity satisfying a weak Hamiltonian Minimal Equation.
result Continuous map achieving minmax area with bounded multiplicity.
We give a procedure to ``average'' canonically C1-close Legendrian submanifolds of contact manifolds. As a corollary we obtain that, whenever a compact group action leaves a Legendrian submanifold almost invariant, there is an invariant Legendrian submanifold nearby.
New characterization of Calabi torus in unit sphere found.
problem Rigidity of closed minimally immersed Legendrian submanifolds in unit sphere.
method Maximum principle and Simons' type integral inequality.
result New characterization of Calabi torus in unit sphere.
This paper describes a characterization of tightness of closed contact 3-manifolds in terms of supporting open book decompositions. The main result is that tightness of a closed contact 3-manifold is preserved under Legendrian surgery.
Constructs Lagrangian skeleta for curve singularities.
problem Understanding Lagrangian skeleta of curve singularities.
method Constructs closed arboreal Lagrangian skeleta associated to links of isolated plane curve singularities.
result Provides computations of Legendrian and Weinstein invariants.
Paper studies rigid properties of closed CSL submanifolds in unit spheres.
problem Understanding geometric properties of closed CSL submanifolds in unit spheres.
method Analyzes the rigidity of closed CSL submanifolds in the unit sphere using geometric methods.
result Closed CSL submanifolds in S5 with specific properties are either totally geodesic or flat minimal Legendrian tori. We simplify singularities of Lagrangian and Legendrian fronts without homotopy obstructions.
problem Simplifying singularities of Lagrangian and Legendrian fronts without homotopy obstructions.
method Establishing a full h−principle for simplification of singularities of Lagrangian and Legendrian fronts. result Simplification of singularities can be achieved by means of a Hamiltonian isotopy if there are no homotopy theoretic obstructions.
Classifies convex disks with Legendrian boundary in overtwisted contact 3-manifolds.
problem Classifying convex disks with Legendrian boundary in overtwisted contact 3-manifolds.
method Contact isotopy classification, h-principle, fundamental groups, contact mapping class group.
result Establishes an h-principle for convex disks with Legendrian boundary in overtwisted contact 3-manifolds.
Study shows how lengths of geodesic arcs determine linking number of Legendrian knots.
problem Linking number of Legendrian knots on negatively curved surfaces.
method Analyzes Poincaré series on negatively curved surfaces.
result Explicit rational value of Poincaré series at 0 interprets linking number of Legendrian knots.
New theory for area of Legendrian surfaces, proving smoothness and variational results.
problem Understanding the area of Legendrian surfaces under constraints.
method Introducing PHSLVs, proving sequential compactness, regularity, and variational results.
result Generalized regularity theory for Legendrian surfaces, achieving variational minima.
Study on cr-invariant variational problem for Legendrian curves in 3-sphere.
problem Lower-order cr-invariant variational problem for Legendrian curves in 3-sphere.
method Deduced Euler-Lagrange equations, investigated closed critical curves, characterized non-constant cr-curvature curves, proved cr-equivalence classes correspondence to rational points.
result Closed critical curves with non-constant cr-curvature are characterized and their cr-equivalence classes are in one-to-one correspondence with rational points of a connected planar domain.
The paper proves existence and partial regularity for Legendrian area-minimizing currents.
problem Existence and partial regularity of Legendrian area-minimizing currents.
method Local minimization and application to the Legendrian Plateau problem.
result Existence and partial regularity of solutions to the Legendrian Plateau problem.
The paper proves a theorem about special geometric structures.
problem Understanding properties of geometric structures under transformations.
method Proves a Chekanov-type theorem for spherized cotangent bundles.
result Properties of generating families persist under Legendrian isotopies.
We prove that the class of topological knot types that are both Legendrian simple and satisfy the uniform thickness property (UTP) is closed under cabling. An immediate application is that all iterated cabling knot types that begin with negative torus knots are Legendrian simple. We also examine, for arbitrary numbers …
Algorithm converts curves on ribbon surfaces to contact surgery diagrams.
problem Legendrian realization of curves on ribbon surfaces.
method Explicit algorithm to Legendrian realize homologically nontrivial curves.
result Any two Legendrian realizations of the same curve are Legendrian isotopic.
In this paper we study a subspace of the space of Legendrian loops and we show that the injection of this space into the full loop space is an S1-equivariant homotopy equivalence. This space can be also seen as the space of zero Maslov index Legendrian loops and it shows up as a suitable space of variations in contact …
The paper introduces triple grid diagrams to construct Lagrangian surfaces in complex projective space.
problem Constructing Lagrangian surfaces in complex projective space.
method Defining and analyzing triple grid diagrams to determine Lagrangian caps and surfaces.
result Triple grid diagrams can determine closed Lagrangian surfaces in CP2 under certain conditions. Study contact transformations for Legendrian circle bundles, extending previous work.
problem Determine the group of contact transformations for Legendrian circle bundles.
method Use connectedness of certain spaces of embeddings of surfaces into contact 3-manifolds.
result Extend and correct previous results on contact transformations.
The study translates Weinstein structures to Legendrian handlebodies for symplectic topology.
problem Detecting flexibility and rigidity in Weinstein manifolds.
method Systematic recipe for translating Weinstein Lefschetz fibrations to Legendrian handlebodies.
result Verification of Stein deformation equivalence and existence of closed exact Lagrangian submanifolds.
Study on Hamiltonian stationary cones with isotropic links in 5-dimensional complex space.
problem Characterizing properties of Hamiltonian stationary isotropic surfaces and submanifolds.
method Analyzing the geometry and topology of cones formed by isotropic submanifolds in complex spaces.
result Closed oriented immersed isotropic surfaces in S5 are either Legendrian and minimal or have specific Legendrian points. The study connects electromagnetic structures to Legendrian fields on the 3-sphere.
problem Understanding the topology of stable electromagnetic structures.
method Connecting null solutions to Maxwell's equations with Legendrian fields on the 3-sphere.
result Any (possibly knotted) toroidal surface can be realized as a magnetic surface of a null solution, implying stability.
The paper classifies Willmore Legendrian surfaces in S^5 and studies their properties.
problem Classifying and understanding Willmore Legendrian surfaces in S^5.
method Using an equality from Luo's work, the authors relate Willmore Legendrian surfaces to contact stationary Legendrian surfaces and prove classification results.
result Classification of Willmore Legendrian spheres in S^5 and integral inequality for Willmore Legendrian surfaces.
New examples of Legendrian links with infinitely many fillings.
problem Understanding the structure of Legendrian links and their fillings.
method New combinatorial formula for Legendrian contact DGAs and Floer-theoretic techniques.
result Construction of the first families of Legendrian links with infinitely many Lagrangian fillings.
The study estimates Reeb chords using sheaf theory and persistence.
problem Estimating the number of Reeb chords in geometric settings.
method Developed a duality exact triangle and used persistence structure of microlocal sheaves.
result Established lower bounds on the number of Reeb chords under specific conditions.
The Chekanov theorem generalizes the classic Lyusternik-Shnirel'man and Morse theorems concerning critical points of a smooth function on a closed manifold. A Legendrian submanifold Λof space of 1-jets of the functions on a manifold M defines a multi-valued function whose graph is the projection of Λin J^0 M = M x R. T…
A connection between holomorphic and generating family invariants of Legendrian knots is established; namely, that the existence of a ruling (or decomposition) of a Legendrian knot is equivalent to the existence of an augmentation of its contact homology. This result was obtained independently and using different metho…
We prove that every closed, connected contact 3-manifold can be obtained from the 3-sphere with its standard contact structure by contact surgery of coefficient plus or minus 1 along a Legendrian link. As a corollary, we derive a result of Etnyre and Honda about symplectic cobordisms (in slightly stronger form).
Proves Arnol'd's chord conjecture for conormal bundles.
problem Proving Arnol'd's chord conjecture for Legendrian submanifolds.
method Isomorphism between wrapped Floer cohomology and path space homology with coefficients in a local system, plus a twisted Hurewicz theorem.
result Proves chord conjecture for conormal bundles.
A contact stationary Legendrian submanifold of S2n+1 is a Legendrian submanifold whose volume is stationary under contact deformations. The simplest contact stationary Legendrian submanifold (actually minimal and Legendrian) is the real, equatorial n-sphere S0. This paper develops a method for constructing co…
Study of generalized Legendrian racks and their GL-structures.
problem Characterizing and classifying generalized Legendrian racks.
method Algebraic analysis, classification of racks and GL-racks, tensor products.
result Classification of several infinite families of GL-racks.
Study the topology of loops of contactomorphisms and Legendrians in non-orderable manifolds.
problem Global topology of loops of contactomorphisms and Legendrians in non-orderable manifolds.
method Filtering loops by positivity and analyzing subspaces of the filtration.
result Homotopy groups of the space of loops are subgroups of the positive loops subspace.
The abstract introduces a new method to encode contact topology using graphs.
problem Efficiently encoding contact topology in arbitrary closed contact 3-manifolds.
method Parameterized Morse theory on open book decompositions to create labelled graphs.
result A combinatorial formula to compute the Thurston-Bennequin number from front projections.
Flexible Lagrangians in Weinstein domains lead to new constructions and exotic structures.
problem Understanding regularity and flexibility of Lagrangian manifolds.
method Introducing and discussing regularity and flexibility for Lagrangian manifolds with Legendrian boundary in Weinstein domains.
result Many closed n-manifolds can be exact Lagrangian submanifolds of T∗Sn with exotic Weinstein structures. Homotopy cardinality counts augmentations of Legendrian knots.
problem Counting augmentations of Legendrian knots.
method Assigning ruling polynomials and proving homotopy cardinality results.
result Homotopy cardinality of representation categories is a multiple of ruling polynomials.
We prove a complete classification theorem for loose Legendrian knots in an oriented 3-manifold, generalizing results of Dymara and Ding-Geiges. Our approach is to classify knots in a 3-manifold M that are transverse to a nowhere-zero vector field V up to the corresponding isotopy relation. Such knots are called …
Article generalizes open book construction for 5D contact pairs.
problem Constructing compatible open books on relative contact pairs.
method Introduces generalized square bridge position for 5D Legendrian links.
result Algorithm constructs relative open book decompositions on relative contact pairs.
The paper introduces a new flow for Legendrian curves in Sasakian sub-Riemannian 3-manifolds.
problem Investigating the behavior of Legendrian curves in specific geometric settings.
method Introducing and analyzing a modified inverse mean curvature flow for Legendrian curves in Sasakian sub-Riemannian 3-manifolds.
result The flow preserves the Legendrian condition and increases the length of curves, with specific asymptotic behaviors.
Contact round surgeries on (S3,ξst) help in constructing and understanding contact 3-manifolds.
problem Constructing contact 3-manifolds using Legendrian surgeries.
method Introducing contact round surgeries of indices 1 and 2, and associating them with surgery diagrams.
result Every closed connected contact 3-manifold can be obtained by a sequence of contact round surgeries on Legendrian knots in (S3,ξst). New algebraic structures help distinguish Legendrian knots.
problem Distinguishing Legendrian knots from smooth knots.
method Defined Legendrian racks and used them to define invariants.
result Distinguished certain Legendrian knots.
We extend Turaev's definition of torsion invariants of 3-dimensional manifolds equipped with non-singular vector fields, by allowing (suitable) tangency circles to the boundary, and manifolds with non-zero Euler characteristic. We show that these invariants apply in particular to (the exterior of) Legendrian links in c…
We apply Heegaard-Floer homology theory to establish generalized slicing Bennequin inequalities closely related to a recent result of T. Mrowka and Y. Rollin proved using Seiberg-Witten monopoles.
Unified framework for rigidity results on (κ,μ)-manifolds.
problem Rigidity of metrics on (κ,μ)-manifolds. method Study of deviations preserving bi-Legendrian structure, orthogonalizing canonical structure.
result Unified rigidity results in both Riemannian and semi-Riemannian categories.
Legendrian products can be twist spuns under certain conditions.
problem Understanding when Legendrian products are twist spuns.
method Using Legendrian contact homology and augmentation variety analysis.
result Not all Legendrian products are twist spuns.
The study constructs a Legendrian cycle for FnW2,n-sets and proves Reilly-type variational formulae.
problem Understanding higher-order mean curvature integrals of non-smooth sets.
method Construction of a Legendrian cycle and analysis of proximal unit normal bundles.
result Reilly-type variational formulae for higher-order mean curvature integrals of FnW2,n-sets. Innovative rack theory applied to Legendrian links.
problem Classifying and distinguishing Legendrian links.
method Purely rack-theoretic approach, Legendrian Reidemeister moves, cusps, homogeneous representations, modules.
result Invariant distinguishes infinitely many Legendrian unknots and trefoils.
Algorithm finds real-analytic Legendrian representatives for every link type.
problem Finding explicit expressions for Legendrian representatives and Bateman fields.
method Algorithm based on trigonometric polynomials and solving linear equations.
result No compact subset of R^3 can contain an electromagnetic knot indefinitely.