Homotopy types of curve and arc complexes are studied.
problem Understanding the homotopy types of curve and arc complexes.
method Proving homotopy equivalence and contractibility of complexes.
result Fine curve complex is homotopy equivalent to curve complex, fine arc complex is contractible.
Primitive curves in handlebodies form a connected complex.
problem Understanding the structure of curves in handlebodies.
method Defining and analyzing primitive curves and constructing sequences between them.
result The primitive curve complex for a handlebody is connected.
New condition prevents hyperbolic spaces from matching curve complexes.
problem Identifying when hyperbolic spaces cannot match curve complexes.
method Analyzing specific hyperbolic complexes and identifying a condition.
result Identified a condition preventing quasi-isometry between hyperbolic spaces and curve complexes.
Acyclicity proven for curve complex on surfaces.
problem Acyclicity of curve complex on surfaces.
method Analyzing homologous curves on surfaces of genus g.
result Complex is (g-3)--acyclic.
Study calculates global sections on complex curves.
problem Global sections of chiral de Rham complexes on complex curves.
method Calculation on closed complex curves with genus g ≥ 2.
result Space of global sections determined.
Constructs a universal Cannon-Thurston map for a new curve complex.
problem Mapping class groups and their boundaries.
method Using Birman exact sequence, proves hyperbolicity, constructs map.
result Universal Cannon-Thurston map to surviving curve complex boundary.
Finite rigid sets found in surface curve complexes.
problem Finding rigid sets in surface curve complexes.
method Incidence-preserving maps to find rigid subcomplexes.
result Finite rigid subcomplexes identified in surface curve complexes.
Study isotropic curves on complex quadric with geometric relations.
problem Characterize isotropic curves on the complex quadric.
method Analyze geometric properties and relations of isotropic curves.
result Discovers relations between isotropic curves and surfaces in spaceforms.
Finite rigid sets found in complex of curves for surfaces.
problem Finding finite rigid sets in curve complexes of surfaces.
method Exhaustion by finite rigid sets proved for surfaces of finite type and genus ≥3.
result Finite rigid sets exist in the non-separating curve complex of surfaces.
Lecture notes on curves in complex projective plane from a topological viewpoint.
problem Understanding curves in complex projective plane from a topological perspective.
method Topological analysis of curves in complex projective plane.
result Curves in complex projective plane have unique topological properties.
We prove an effective version of a theorem relating curve complex distance to electric distance in hyperbolic 3-manifolds, up to errors that are polynomial in the complexity of the underlying surface. We use this to give an effective proof of a result regarding maps between curve complexes of surfaces induced by finite…
This note is devoted to a trick which yields almost trivial proofs that certain complexes associated to topological surfaces are connected or simply connected. Applications include new proofs that the complexes of curves, separating curves, nonseparating curves, pants, and cut systems are all connected for genus $g \gg…
Survey on rational curves on complex surfaces, highlighting different approaches.
problem Existence of rational curves on complex surfaces.
method Classification of complex surfaces and systematic study of rational curves in each class.
result Highlighting the different approaches to study rational curves on complex surfaces.
Any quasi-isometry of the complex of curves is bounded distance from a simplicial automorphism. As a consequence, the quasi-isometry type of the curve complex determines the homeomorphism type of the surface.
We define a suitably tame class of singular symplectic curves in 4-manifolds, namely those whose singularities are modeled on complex curve singularities. We study the corresponding symplectic isotopy problem, with a focus on rational curves with irreducible singularities (rational cuspidal curves) in the complex proje…
We prove that any convex domain of C^2 carries properly embedded complete complex curves. In particular, we exhibit the first examples of complete bounded embedded complex curves in C^2
Curved 10-manifolds with torus symmetry are spheres or complex projective spaces.
problem Characterizing positively curved manifolds with torus symmetry.
method Analyzing actions of 3-dimensional tori on closed, simply connected 10-manifolds. result Closed, simply connected, positively curved 10-manifolds with T3-symmetry are homotopy spheres or complex projective spaces. Proves divisibility relations for symplectic curve polynomials.
problem Divisibility relations for symplectic curve polynomials.
method New proofs of divisibility relations for Oka and Alexander polynomials of symplectic curves.
result Proves Libgober's divisibility relations for symplectic curves.
Study quotients of curve complex actions by mapping class group.
problem Understanding actions of mapping class group on curve complex quotients.
method Cone off uniformly quasi-convex subspaces to form symmetric curve sets, non-maximal train track sets, and compression body disc sets. Analyze actions of mapping class group on these quotients.
result Actions of mapping class group on quotients are strongly WPD, non-elementary, and have infinite diameter.
A rigid set in a curve complex of a surface is a subcomplex such that every locally injective simplicial map from the set into the curve complex is induced by a homeomorphism of the surface. In this paper, we find finite rigid sets in the curve complexes of connected non-orientable surfaces of genus g with n holes …
Corks transform complex curves without changing topology.
problem Transforming complex curves without changing their topological properties.
method Using branched covers of holomorphic disks in the 4-ball and exotic factorizations of quasipositive braids.
result Properly embedded, smooth complex curves that are isotopic through homeomorphisms but not diffeomorphisms.
Study local and global aspects of complex plane curve embeddings.
problem Local and global problems of complex plane curve embeddings.
method Braid monodromy, local and global analysis.
result Historical progress in understanding complex plane curve embeddings.
Study automorphisms on procongruence curve and pants complexes.
problem Understanding automorphism groups of procongruence curve and pants complexes.
method Action on procongruence mapping class group and rigidity theorem for pants complex.
result Prove rigidity theorem for procongruence completion of pants complex.
The coamoeba of any complex algebraic plane curve V is its image in the real torus under the argument map. The area counted with multiplicity of the coamoeba of any algebraic curve in (C∗)2 is bounded in terms of the degree of the curve. We show in this Note that up to multiplication by a constant in $(\…
Lower bound for complexity of finding flex points on cubic curves.
problem Finding flex points on cubic plane curves.
method Bounding the Schwarz genus of a cover associated to the problem.
result Lower bound for topological complexity close to optimal.
The abstract aims to generalize classical curve concepts to uniquely define complex curves.
problem Lack of sufficient information to distinguish between different curves.
method Generalizing classical concepts of curvature and torsion to higher algebraic curvatures.
result Each analytic branch of a complex curve is uniquely defined by higher algebraic curvatures.
By the work of Harer, the reduced homology of the complex of curves is a fundamental cohomological object associated to all torsion free finite index subgroups of the mapping class group. We call this homology group the Steinberg module of the mapping class group. It was previously known that the curve complex has the …
Spheres in curve complexes are almost simply connected.
problem Understanding connectivity of spheres in curve complexes.
method Defining spheres as induced subgraphs and showing almost simple connectivity.
result Spheres in high-complexity surfaces are almost simply connected.
Positivity of intersections in 4-manifolds leads to taming symplectic structures.
problem Taming symplectic structures in almost complex 4-manifolds.
method Proof of positivity of intersections of pseudoholomorphic curves.
result Positivity of intersections is stable and leads to taming symplectic structures.
Defines Vassiliev complexity measures for open and closed curves in 3D space.
problem Measuring complexity of curves in 3D space.
method Using enhanced Jones polynomial coefficients and Gauss code diagrams.
result Second Vassiliev measure converges to knot invariants as curve ends coincide.
A simplicial complex is called negatively curved if all its simplices are isometric to simplices in hyperbolic space, and it satisfies Gromov's Link Condition. We prove that, subject to certain conditions, a compact graph of spaces whose vertex spaces are negatively curved 2-complexes, and whose edge spaces are points …
Mapping class group subgroups yield quasi-isometric curve complex.
problem Understanding the curve complex through coset intersections.
method Proving quasi-isometry and combinatorial equivalence of curve complex and coset intersection complex.
result Automorphism group of coset intersection complex is the extended mapping class group.
We prove that the separated curve complex of a closed orientable surface of genus g is (g-3)-connected. We also obtain a connectivity property for a separated curve complex of the open surface that is obtained by removing a finite set from a closed one, but it is then assumed that the removed set is endowed with a part…
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.
To each non-isotropic almost-complex immersion of a 2-torus into S6 we associate an algebraic curve, called the spectral curve, and a linear flow in the intersection of two Prym varieties on this spectral curve. We show that generically the spectral curve is smooth and compute the dimension of the moduli space o…
Probabilistic model for exhaustion in infinite-genus curve complexes.
problem Action rigidity in infinite-genus curve complexes.
method Costa and Farber's model for random simplicial complexes.
result Probabilistic evidence for exhaustion via rigid expansions.
The study confirms Gromov's speculation and provides bounds for taming symplectic structures.
problem Understanding the relationship between taming symplectic structures and the area of pseudoholomorphic curves.
method Analyzes the numerical cone of taming symplectic structures and characterizes coarsely holomorphic curves.
result An almost complex manifold with an area bound admits a taming symplectic structure, confirming Gromov's speculation.
Study on complex submanifolds in Endo-Pajitnov manifolds.
problem Existence and characterization of complex submanifolds in Endo-Pajitnov manifolds.
method Identification of a class of Endo-Pajitnov manifolds containing compact complex submanifolds and establishment of an algebraic condition for the absence of compact complex curves.
result Established an algebraic condition for the absence of compact complex curves in Endo-Pajitnov manifolds.
New homomorphism proven using immersed curves on disks.
problem Existence of homomorphisms and summands in homology groups.
method Approximating involutive Heegaard Floer complexes with immersed curves on the twice punctured disk.
result Existence of a new homomorphism and a Z∞ summand proven. Normal forms of almost complex structures in a neighborhood of pseudoholomorphic curve are considered. We define normal bundles of such curves and study the properties of linear bundle almost complex structures. We describe 1-jet of the almost complex structure along a curve in terms of its Nijenhuis tensor. For pseudo…
Unique Teichmüller curve found in complex geometry.
problem Classifying Teichmüller curves in complex geometry.
method Complete classification of algebraically primitive Teichmüller curves.
result Veech 14-gon generates unique algebraically primitive Teichmüller curve.
We give a proof of the Gromov compactness theorem using the language of stable curves (i.e. cusp-curve of Gromov, or stable maps of Kontsevich and Manin) in general setting: An almost complex structure on a target manifold is only continuous and can vary; the curves are only assumed to have fixed ``topological type'', …
Let S be the boundary of a handlebody M. We prove that the set of curves in S that are boundaries of disks in M, considered as a subset of the complex of curves of S, is quasi-convex.
In this survey paper we give a proof of hyperbolicity of the complex of curves for a non-exceptional surface S of finite type combining ideas of Masur/Minsky and Bowditch. We also shortly discuss the relation between the geometry of the complex of curves and the geometry of Teichmueller space.
In genus two and higher, the fundamental group of a closed surface acts naturally on the curve complex of the surface with one puncture. Combining ideas from previous work of Kent--Leininger--Schleimer and Mitra, we construct a universal Cannon--Thurston map from a subset of the circle at infinity for the closed surfac…
Study complex surfaces fibered over Teichmüller curves with Veech fibers.
problem Understanding the geometric and topological properties of complex surfaces.
method Compute invariants via monodromy action on fiber's mod-m homology. result Exact values of invariants for all known algebraically primitive Teichmüller curves.
Characterizes covers using simple closed curves on surfaces.
problem Tackles the equivalence of covers via simple closed curves.
method Uses Teichmüller theory and the complex of curves.
result Two covers are equivalent if and only if the same curves lift to simple curves.
We determine the asymptotic behavior of the optimal Lipschitz constant for the systole map from Teichmuller space to the curve complex.