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48 results for curves pinned at endpoints

The paper finds curves minimizing elastic energy pinned at endpoints.

problem Finding curves that minimize elastic energy with fixed endpoints.
method Applying the shooting method to identify and classify critical points.
result Critical points consist of wavelike elasticae, and minimizers have no loops or interior inflection points.

The paper classifies and analyzes the stability of elastic curves with fixed endpoints.

problem Classification and stability of pinned elasticae.
method Critical points of the length-penalized elastic bending energy among planar curves with fixed endpoints.
result Explicit parametrization and classification of all critical points with a threshold parameter \(\hatλ \simeq 0.70107\).

Given a rank-two sub-Riemannian structure (M,Δ)(M,Δ) and a point x0Mx_0\in M, a singular curve is a critical point of the endpoint map F:γγ(1)F:γ\mapstoγ(1) defined on the space of horizontal curves starting at x0x_0. The typical least degenerate singular curves of these structures are called \emph{regular singular curves}; the…

2018-10-30abs ↗pdf ↗

Study on elastic curves pinned at the boundary, focusing on minimizers and their interaction with obstacles.

problem Minimizing elastic bending energy for open planar curves with obstacles.
method Investigation of global minimizers and explicit solutions for different values of the penalization parameter.
result Explicit threshold for λλ above which minimizers touch the obstacle, regardless of obstacle shape.

The study of smoothing arcs and curves on surfaces, proving tautness and arc length spectrum properties.

problem Analyzing the geometric and combinatorial effects of smoothing intersections in arcs or curves.
method Geometric and combinatorial analysis, proving tautness and arc length spectrum properties.
result Shortest arcs with self-intersections have exactly or at most one more self-intersection than the self-intersection number.

The present, partly expository, monograph consists of three parts. The first part treats Spin- and Pin-structures from three different perspectives and shows them to be suitably equivalent. It also introduces an intrinsic perspective on the relative Spin- and Pin-structures of Fukaya-Oh-Ohta-Ono and Solomon, establishe…

2019-05-27abs ↗pdf ↗

It is well known that plane curves with the same endpoints are homotopic. An analogous claim for plane curves with the same endpoints and bounded curvature still remains open. In this work we find necessary and sufficient conditions for two plane curves with bounded curvature to be deformed, one to another, by a contin…

2014-04-16abs ↗pdf ↗

We investigate the evolution of open curves with fixed endpoints under the curve shortening flow, which evolves curves in proportion to their curvature. Using a distance comparison of Huisken, we determine the long-term behavior of open curves with fixed endpoints evolving in certain convex domains on surfaces of const…

2012-08-16abs ↗pdf ↗

A method is proposed to construct spiral curves by inversion of a spiral arc of parabola. The resulting curve is rational of 4-th order. Proper selection of the parabolic arc and parameters of inversion allows to match a wide range of boundary conditions, namely, tangents and curvatures at the endpoints, including thos…

2009-02-27abs ↗pdf ↗

We prove that the curvature flow of an embedded planar network of three curves connected through a triple junction, with fixed endpoints on the boundary of a given strictly convex domain, exists smooth until the lengths of the three curves stay far from zero. If this is the case for all times, then the evolution exists…

2013-01-15abs ↗pdf ↗

New models for short rates show longer periods at higher rates.

problem Modeling longer periods of higher interest rates.
method Developed a class of time-homogeneous one-factor Markov diffusion models with specific boundary conditions.
result Explicit expressions for bond prices and transition densities in new probability measure.

Improved Strichartz estimates for Schrödinger equation on negatively curved manifolds.

problem Improving Strichartz estimates for Schrödinger equation on negatively curved compact manifolds.
method Analyzing the Schrödinger equation on negatively curved compact manifolds, obtaining improved Strichartz estimates.
result Improved Strichartz estimates, including no-loss estimates for hyperbolic surfaces.

Proves Morse index theorem for geodesics in conic Finsler manifolds.

problem Geodesic index theorem in conic Finsler manifolds with variable endpoints.
method Proves Morse index theorem for geodesics connecting submanifolds in a C7C^7 manifold with a C6C^6 conic pseudo-Finsler metric.
result Establishes the Morse index theorem for geodesics in conic Finsler manifolds.

Given a principal GG-bundle PMP \to M and two C1C^1 curves in MM with coinciding endpoints, we say that the two curves are holonomically equivalent if the parallel transport along them is identical for any smooth connection on PP. The main result in this paper is that if GG is semi-simple, then the two curves are h…

2013-11-26abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper studies extPin± ext{Pin}^{\pm}-structures on non-oriented 4-manifolds via Lefschetz fibrations.

problem Understanding extPin± ext{Pin}^{\pm}-structures on non-oriented 4-manifolds and Lefschetz fibrations.
method Extending work on orientable settings, the paper uses Lefschetz fibrations to analyze extPin± ext{Pin}^{\pm}-structures on non-orientable 4-manifolds and vector bundles.
result The paper provides existence results of extPin+ ext{Pin}^{+} and extPin ext{Pin}^--structures on closed non-orientable 4-manifolds and Lefschetz fibrations over the 2-sphere.

Let SS be an nn-punctured sphere, with n3n \geq 3. We prove that (n3)\binom{n}{3} is the maximum size of a family of pairwise non-homotopic simple arcs on SS joining a fixed pair of distinct punctures of SS and pairwise intersecting at most twice. On the way, we show that a square annular diagram AA has a corner on …

2019-06-14abs ↗pdf ↗

We consider two systems of curves (α1,...,αm)(α_1,...,α_m) and (β1,...,βn)(β_1,...,β_n) drawn on a compact two-dimensional surface MM with boundary. Each αiα_i and each βjβ_j is either an arc meeting the boundary of MM at its two endpoints, or a closed curve. The αiα_i are pairwise disjoint except for possibly sharing endpoints, and s…

2013-02-26abs ↗pdf ↗

RG-VFM extends VFM to curved manifolds for better material and protein design.

problem Designing materials and proteins on curved manifolds.
method Riemannian Gaussian Variational Flow Matching (RG-VFM) for generative modeling on manifolds.
result RG-VFM more effectively captures manifold structure and improves performance.

The paper explores properties of Pin structures on surfaces and their cobordism.

problem Understanding Pin structures on compact surfaces and their cobordism.
method Analyzes Pin structures on surfaces and their cobordism, providing a construction for dimensions up to two.
result Pin structures on surfaces differ by a diffeomorphism if and only if they are cobordant, but this does not extend to higher dimensions.

Study on a pinning model with random walk increments, showing convergence to a critical disordered pinning measure.

problem Understanding the critical behavior of a disordered pinning model.
method Analyzing a disordered pinning model induced by a random walk with specific moment conditions, showing convergence to a limiting measure.
result Convergence of point-to-point partition functions to the critical disordered pinning measure in the critical window.

In this remark, we show how the monopole Frøyshov invariant, as well as the analogues of the Involutive Heegaard Floer correction terms d,d\underline{d},\overline{d}, are related to the Pin(2)\mathrm{Pin}(2)-equivariant Floer homology SWFHG\mathit{SWFH}^G_*. We show that the only interesting correction terms of a $\mathrm{Pin}…

2016-05-02abs ↗pdf ↗

We study the local geometry of the space of horizontal curves with endpoints freely varying in two given submanifolds P\mathcal P and Q\mathcal Q of a manifold M\mathcal M endowed with a distribution $\mathcal D\subset T\M$. We give a different proof, that holds in a more general context, of a result by Bismut (Larg…

1999-11-26abs ↗pdf ↗

We give necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of pin+, pin- and spin structures on Riemannian manifolds with holonomy group Z2kZ_2^k. For any n>3 (resp. n>5) we give examples of pairs of compact manifolds (resp. compact orientable manifolds) M_1, M_2, non homeomorphic to each other, that are Laplace isos…

2003-11-20abs ↗pdf ↗

This work is a short, self-contained introduction to subriemannian geometry with special emphasis on Chow's Theorem. As an application, a regularity result for the Poincaré Lemma is presented. At the beginning, the definitions of a subriemannian geometry, horizontal vector fields and horizontal curves are given. Then t…

2012-11-15abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper extends Reshetnyak's theorem to Lorentzian length spaces with upper curvature bounds.

problem Characterizing upper curvature bounds in Lorentzian geometry.
method Analogous to Reshetnyak's theorem, using convex regions and 1-anti-Lipschitz maps.
result Characterization of upper curvature bounds via four-point configurations.

Given a smooth manifold MM and a totally nonholonomic distribution ΔTMΔ\subset TM of rank dd, we study the effect of singular curves on the topology of the space of horizontal paths joining two points on MM. Singular curves are critical points of the endpoint map F:γγ(1)F:γ\mapstoγ(1) defined on the space ΩΩ of horizonta…

2016-03-29abs ↗pdf ↗

The abstract proves the existence and regularity of Brakke flows starting from a given set.

problem Existence and regularity of Brakke flows starting from a given set.
method Proves the existence and regularity of Brakke flows using a closed countably 1-rectifiable set in R^2.
result For almost all time, the flow locally consists of a finite number of embedded curves of class W^{2,2} whose endpoints meet at junctions with angles of 0, 60, or 120 degrees.