Floer theory constructs filtrations on quantum cohomology for symplectic manifolds.
problem Quantum cohomology of symplectic manifolds with C∗-actions. method Floer theory applied to C∗-actions on symplectic manifolds. result Constructs a family of filtrations on quantum cohomology for Conical Symplectic Resolutions.
New method recovers hyperkähler metrics from twistor models.
problem Constructing and recovering hyperkähler metrics from twistor models.
method Construction of principal twistor models and universality theorem.
result Universality theorem for recovering hyperkähler metrics from twistor spaces.
Proves stable degeneration preserves symplectic forms and confirms Kaledin's conjecture.
problem Symplectic singularities and their degenerations.
method Combining volume minimization, deformation theory, and rigidity results.
result Kaledin's conjecture confirmed for symplectic singularities.
The paper generalizes convex and star-shaped concepts to symplectic spaces and studies variational problems.
problem Generalizing convex and star-shaped concepts to symplectic vector spaces.
method Study of variational problems for symplectically convex and star-shaped curves.
result Extremal points of the variational problem are rigid multiply traversed conics for a range of parameters.
In this note we discuss the problem of resolving conically singular cscK varieties to construct smooth cscK manifolds, showing a glueing result for (some) crepant resolutions of cscK varieties with discrete automorphism groups.
In this note we introduce the notion of a smooth structure on a conical pseudomanifold M in terms of C∞-rings of smooth functions on M. For a finitely generated smooth structure C∞(M) we introduce the notion of the Nash tangent bundle, the Zariski tangent bundle, the tangent bundle of M, and the …
Constructs scalar-flat Kähler metrics on toric symplectic manifolds.
problem Creating scalar-flat Kähler metrics on toric symplectic manifolds.
method Explicit construction and alternative construction with conical singularity.
result Explicit construction of scalar-flat Kähler metrics on toric symplectic manifolds.
New conical metrics found on toric varieties with convex cones.
problem Finding conical metrics on toric affine varieties.
method Existence result for inhomogeneous Monge-Ampere equation, transversal a priori estimates.
result Existence of conical Ricci flat Kahler metrics on Q-Gorenstein affine toric varieties.
The study connects conic connections and torsion-free principal connections on G-structures.
problem Relating torsion tensors of principal connections to characteristic conic connections.
method Formulating and verifying conditions for the existence of characteristic conic connections implying torsion-free principal connections.
result Conditions for the existence of characteristic conic connections imply the existence of torsion-free principal connections, verified for adjoint varieties of simple Lie algebras.
Study of symplectic Monge-Ampère equations using moment maps and contact structures.
problem Characterizing symplectic Monge-Ampère equations through geometric structures.
method Constructing contact cone structures and using moment maps to relate equations to projective spaces.
result The contact cone structure and the cocharacteristic variety coincide for non-degenerate equations.
Study on how incomplete smooth metrics degenerate from asymptotically conical Ricci-flat Kähler metrics.
problem Degeneration of asymptotically conical Ricci-flat Kähler metrics.
method Analysis of Kähler class degeneration and convergence of metrics.
result Construction of singular Calabi-Yau metrics and their metric geometry.
Study intersection cohomology and Lagrangian fibrations in symplectic varieties.
problem Understanding the intersection cohomology and perverse filtration of Lagrangian fibrations in symplectic varieties.
method Analyzes the deformation equivalence class, computes the border of the perverse diamond, and identifies perverse and Hodge numbers.
result Complete description of intersection cohomology and invariant cohomology classes of fibers.
This note gives a simple formula for the unique asymptotically conical Calabi-Yau metrics on the canonical bundle of a flag variety known to exist by the work of R. Goto and others. This is done by generalizing the well known Calabi Ansatz to general Kähler classes. We give some examples of explicit families, in partic…
We generalize Fujiki relation of Beauville-Bogomolov quadratic form on a projective symplectic variety. As an application, we study a fibre space structure of a projective symplectic variety.
Proves non-hyperbolicity of symplectic varieties with specific properties.
problem Non-hyperbolicity of primitive symplectic varieties with certain conditions.
method Uses ergodicity, birational contractions, and cycle spaces.
result Vanishing Kobayashi pseudometric for symplectic varieties with Lagrangian fibrations.
In this paper is to extend the Cheeger-Colding Theory to the class of conic Kahler-Einstein metrics. This extension provides a technical tool for [LTW] in which we prove a version of the Yau-Tian-Donaldson conjecture for Fano varieties with certain singularity.
Krein's formula for conic Laplacians on compact Riemann surfaces
problem Establishing Krein's formula for self-adjoint extensions of conic Laplacians on compact Riemann surfaces
method Using finite-dimensional symplectic space of critical asymptotic boundary data
result Deriving a trace identity for the resolvent difference and proving a comparison formula for the positive-spectrum zeta determinants
Non-exact Poisson structures found on toric varieties.
problem Existence of exact Poisson structures on toric varieties.
method Geometric criterion for non-exactness of Poisson structures with finite symplectic leaves.
result Non-exactness of Poisson structures on projective toric varieties.
The study shows boundedness of certain fibered varieties in algebraic geometry.
problem Bounding fibered varieties in algebraic geometry.
method Analyzing Calabi-Yau varieties and their fibrations by abelian or symplectic varieties.
result There are only finitely many deformation classes of certain fibered varieties.
Quiver varieties' geometry at infinity studied using Nakajima metric.
problem Understanding the geometry at infinity of quiver varieties.
method Using Melrose's approach to study the geometry at infinity of the Nakajima metric on reduced Hilbert schemes.
result Quiver varieties are quasi-asymptotically conical under generic conditions.
We show there is a class of symplectic Lie algebra representations over any field of characteristic not 2 or 3 that have many of the exceptional algebraic and geometric properties of both symmetric three forms in two dimensions and alternating three forms in six dimensions. All nonzero orbits are coisotropic and the co…
We establish connections between contact isometry groups of certain contact manifolds and compactly supported symplectomorphism groups of their symplectizations. We apply these results to investigate the space of symplectic embeddings of balls with a single conical singularity at the origin. Using similar ideas, we als…
In this paper two Poisson structures on the moduli space of hyperbolic surfaces with conical points are compared: the Weil-Petersson one and the ηcoming from the representation variety. We show that they are multiple of each other, if the angles do not exceed 2π. Moreover, we exhibit an explicit formula for ηin terms o…
Study of symplectic manifolds degenerating into singular spaces.
problem Understanding degenerations of symplectic manifolds into singular spaces.
method Topological framework focusing on Lagrangian manifolds and holomorphic membranes.
result Degenerations into singular toric varieties yield exotic Lagrangian tori.
The paper derives formulas for symplectic volume forms on surface representation varieties.
problem Calculating symplectic volume forms on surface representation varieties.
method Multiplicative gluing formulas and Heusener-Porti results.
result Symplectic volume form on Σg,0 is a product of forms on Σ2,1 and Σ2,2. By results of the author there exists a projective (holomorphic) symplectic desingularization of the moduli space of rank-two torsion-free sheaves on a genus-two Jacobian with c1=0 and c2=2. This desingularization has a natural map to the self-product of the Jacobian. We show that the fiber over (0,0) is a 6-di…
Estimates ends of Ricci shrinkers, focusing on smooth and singular cases.
problem Understanding the structure of ends in Ricci shrinkers, especially singular ones.
method Analyzes general and asymptotically conical ends, applies to weak convergence.
result No new conical end can form in the limit of sequences of Ricci shrinkers.
The paper studies symplectic structures on character varieties of Sasakian threefolds.
problem Character varieties of Sasakian threefolds and their symplectic structures.
method Constructing a natural algebraic 2-form and showing its properties.
result The restriction of the 2-form to the space of irreducible SU(r) homomorphisms is symplectic.
A mapping bends Teichmüller spaces into character varieties, preserving symplectic structure.
problem Mapping Fricke-Teichmüller space to character variety of surface representations.
method Bending Fuchsian representations along a fixed measured lamination, proving equivariant symplectic embedding and properness.
result Continuous extension of bending map to Thurston boundary and geometric complexification.
Minimal action of mapping class group on character variety.
problem Character variety of Deroin-Tholozan representations.
method Geometric perspective using symplectic structure.
result Infinite mapping class group orbits are dense.
These notes give an introduction to Geometric Invariant Theory and symplectic reduction, with lots of pictures and simple examples. We describe their applications to moduli of bundles and varieties, and their infinite dimensional analogues in gauge theory and the theory of special metrics on algebraic varieties. Donald…
We survey Lagrangian fibrations of holomorphic symplectic varieties, both compact and non-compact, whose fibres are Jacobians and Prym varieties.
Cluster varieties are geometric objects that have recently found applications in several areas of mathematics and mathematical physics. This thesis studies the geometry of a large class of cluster varieties associated to compact oriented surfaces with boundary. The main original contribution of this thesis is to develo…
There are some similarities between cohomology of SU(2)-representation varieties of the fundamental group of some link complements and the Khovanov homology of the links. We start here a program to explain a possible source of these similarities. We introduce a symplectic manifold M with an action of the b…
We describe a natural q-deformation of Fock and Goncharov's canonical basis for the algebra of regular functions on a cluster variety associated to a quiver of type A. We then describe an extension of this construction involving a cluster variety called the symplectic double.
Hypertoric varieties are hyperkähler analogues of toric varieties, and are constructed as abelian hyperkähler quotients of a quaternionic affine space. Just as symplectic toric orbifolds are determined by labelled polytopes, orbifold hypertoric varieties are intimately related to the combinatorics of hyperplane arrange…
For simple and simply-connected complex algebraic group G, we conjecture the existence of a functor eta_G from the category of 2-bordisms to the category of holomorphic symplectic varieties with Hamiltonian action, such that gluing of boundaries corresponds to the holomorphic symplectic quotient with respect to the dia…
In the first part of the paper, we build a foundation for further work on Hamiltonian actions on symplectic orbifolds. Most importantly we prove the orbifold versions of the abelian connectedness and convexity theorems. In the second half, we prove that compact symplectic orbifolds with completely integrable torus acti…
Study of measured laminations on surfaces using Newton polytopes and Poisson brackets.
problem Understanding the space of measured laminations on surfaces from a valuative perspective.
method Introducing Newton polytopes for character variety functions, defining tangent spaces, and identifying symplectic structures.
result Trace functions have unit coefficients at the extremal points of their Newton polytopes.
Uniqueness proven for a specific type of complex manifold's solitons.
problem Proving uniqueness of asymptotically conical shrinking gradient Kähler-Ricci solitons.
method Using a method to show uniqueness of the soliton vector field, which can be applied more widely.
result A noncompact complex manifold admits only one such soliton.
Study of Kähler-Ricci flow on toric Fano varieties with preserved symplectic condition.
problem Analyzing the generalized Kähler-Ricci flow on toric Fano varieties.
method Establishing global existence, deriving entropy and energy functionals.
result Convergence of nonsingular solutions at infinity and weak convergence of the flow.
Smooth resolutions found for quotient of R^2 by infinite discrete groups.
problem Symplectic resolutions of quotient spaces by infinite discrete subgroups.
method Constructing smooth symplectic resolutions for R^2 under infinite discrete subgroups of GL_2(R).
result Minimal resolutions of Du Val singular varieties are symplectic resolutions of R^2/G.
Anosov representations of surface groups are complex manifolds.
problem Characterizing the geometry of Anosov representations of surface groups.
method Analyzing the character varieties of Anosov representations into $\SL(n , \C)$.
result Character varieties of Anosov representations are complex manifolds of specific dimension.
There is a well-known correspondence between the symplectic variety of representations of the fundamental group of a punctured Riemann surface into a compact Lie group G, with fixed conjugacy classes at the punctures, and a complex variety of holomorphic bundles on the unpunctured surface with a parabolic structure at …
Introduces Morse quasiflats and proves their equivalence and quasi-isometry invariance.
problem Generalizing Morse quasigeodesics to arbitrary dimensions.
method Introduces alternative definitions and proves their equivalence under appropriate assumptions.
result Morse quasiflats are asymptotically conical and have canonically defined Tits boundaries.
Study of Hilbert schemes and Coulomb branches of hypertoric varieties.
problem Understanding the geometry and topology of Coulomb branches of hypertoric varieties.
method Investigation of transverse equivariant Hilbert schemes and Hamiltonian reductions, proposing new metrics.
result Coulomb branches of hypertoric varieties can be constructed as Hilbert schemes or Hamiltonian reductions.
The paper maps two types of hyperkähler manifolds and identifies their symplectic structures.
problem Mapping and identifying symplectic structures of two types of hyperkähler manifolds.
method Produced a map from star-shaped quiver varieties to Higgs bundle moduli spaces, verified stability, and showed it is a homeomorphism.
result Identified natural holomorphic symplectic structures on the two spaces.
The paper uses Seshadri constants to construct symplectic ellipsoid embeddings.
problem Constructing symplectic embeddings of ellipsoids.
method Exploring weighted blow-ups and Seshadri constants to demonstrate symplectic embeddings.
result Illustrates constructions of ellipsoid fillings and embeddings.