New findings on cusp shapes of hyperbolic manifolds with one or more tunnels.
problem Understanding the distribution of cusp shapes in hyperbolic manifolds with a fixed tunnel number.
method Analyzing the Teichmüller space and using properties of hyperbolic geometry.
result The set of cusp shapes of hyperbolic tunnel number one manifolds is dense in the Teichmüller space of the torus.
A horospherical torus about a cusp of a hyperbolic manifold inherits a Euclidean similarity structure, called a cusp shape. We bound the change in cusp shape when the hyperbolic structure of the manifold is deformed via cone deformation preserving the cusp. The bounds are in terms of the change in structure in a neighb…
Study fully augmented links using algebraic equations from link diagrams.
problem Understanding the geometry and commensurability of fully augmented links.
method Extend Thistlethwaite and Tsvietkova's method to fully augmented links, define algebraic equations, and relate solutions to cusp shapes.
result Solutions to algebraic equations are linked to cusp shapes of fully augmented link complements.
New fundamental domain for Hilbert-Blumenthal cusp shapes.
problem Understanding the geometry of Hilbert-Blumenthal surfaces at cusps.
method Constructing a fundamental domain using Dirichlet domains and deformations of lattices.
result Explicitly describes the cusp cross section's Sol 3-manifold structure and Anosov diffeomorphism.
Surveying tools for estimating geometric properties of hyperbolic knots.
problem Determining geometric properties of hyperbolic knots.
method Analyzing link diagrams to estimate geometric invariants.
result Estimating volume, cusp shape, and cusp area of hyperbolic knots.
New 3D shapes found without certain flows.
problem Finding 3D shapes without specific flows.
method Using foliations and pseudo-Anosov flows, analyzing cusped hyperbolic 3-manifolds.
result First examples of 3D shapes without veering triangulations.
A 3D shape has a limited number of ways to fill it with hyperbolic geometry.
problem Counting hyperbolic Dehn fillings of a 3D shape with a fixed volume.
method Proved a bound on the number of such fillings for a specific class of 3-manifolds.
result There is a uniform limit on the number of hyperbolic Dehn fillings for a given volume.
New math shows many 3D hyperbolic shapes can fit together.
problem Counting specific 3D shapes that fit together.
method Examined both arithmetic and non-arithmetic shapes, focusing on their volume.
result The number of such shapes grows super-exponentially with volume.
Napoleon's theorem in elementary geometry describes how certain linear operations on plane polygons of arbitrary shape always produce regular polygons. More generally, certain triangulations of a polygon that tiles R^2 admit deformations which keep fixed the symmetry group of the tiling. This gives rise to isolation ph…
For a single cusped hyperbolic 3-manifold, Hodgson proved that there are only finitely many Dehn fillings of it whose trace fields have bounded degree. In this paper, we conjecture the same for manifolds with more cusps, and give the first positive results in this direction. For example, in the 2-cusped case, if a mani…
The study analyzes spectral asymmetry and index theory on manifolds with generalized hyperbolic cusps.
problem Analyzing spectral asymmetry and index theory on manifolds with generalized hyperbolic cusps.
method Equivariant index theorem for Dirac operators on manifolds with φ-cusps under conditions on φ. result The cusp contribution is zero if the spectrum of the relevant Dirac operator on a hypersurface is symmetric around zero.
Paper finds infinite family of minimal triangulations for complex 3D shapes.
problem Finding minimal ideal triangulations for complex 3D shapes.
method Examined Dehn fillings on specific links to find minimal triangulations.
result Found an infinite family of minimal ideal triangulations for a specific type of 3D shape.
Generalizes fully augmented links to doubled 3-manifolds with geometric bounds.
problem Understanding the geometry of fully augmented links in doubled 3-manifolds.
method Constructing fully augmented links on the reflection surface of doubled 3-manifolds and finding bounds on cusp shapes and volumes.
result Bounds on cusp shapes and volumes of hyperbolic links in doubled 3-manifolds.
We construct the first example of a ``one-cusped'' hyperbolic 3-orbifold for which we see the true shape of the space of hyperbolic Dehn fillings.
In this article we verify an orbifold version of a conjecture of Nimershiem from 1998. Namely, for every flat n-manifold M, we show that the set of similarity classes of flat metrics on M which occur as a cusp cross-section of a hyperbolic (n+1)-orbifold is dense in the space of similarity classes of flat metri…
The paper explores anomalous subvarieties in hyperbolic 3-manifolds and their geometric implications.
problem Understanding anomalous subvarieties in holonomy varieties of hyperbolic 3-manifolds.
method Analyzing the structure of anomalous subvarieties and their relation to geometric properties of hyperbolic 3-manifolds.
result Maximal anomalous subvarieties of holonomy varieties correspond to specific geometric configurations of cusps in hyperbolic 3-manifolds.
The paper proves unique determination of Dehn fillings in hyperbolic 3-manifolds.
problem Unique determination of Dehn fillings in hyperbolic 3-manifolds with non-symmetric cusps.
method Analyzes core geodesics and their holonomies in Dehn fillings of hyperbolic 3-manifolds.
result Dehn fillings with sufficiently large coefficients are uniquely determined by the product of core geodesics' holonomies.
Paper finds new 3D shapes that can be inside a 4D space.
problem Finding new 3D shapes with specific properties.
method Examined arithmetic hyperbolic 3-manifolds and their homology.
result Discovered infinitely many 3D shapes that are rational homology spheres and can bound geometrically.
Essential surfaces found in curved 3D shapes.
problem Existence of essential closed surfaces in curved 3D shapes.
method Triangulated 3-manifolds with ideal tetrahedra and negatively curved structure.
result Essential closed surfaces proven for finite coverings.
Study of hyperbolic 3-manifolds via fractional Dehn twists and cusp geometry.
problem Understanding the geometry of fibred hyperbolic 3-manifolds via combinatorial data.
method Relating Euclidean cusp geometry to fractional Dehn twist coefficients of monodromies.
result Uniform bounds on fractional Dehn twist coefficients for certain open book decompositions.
It is known that a knot complement can be decomposed into ideal octahedra along a knot diagram. A solution to the gluing equations applied to this decomposition gives a pseudo-developing map of the knot complement, which will be called a pseudo-hyperbolic structure. In this paper, we study these in terms of segment and…
This paper gives an explicit formula for the SL_2(C)-non-abelian Reidemeister torsion as defined in [Dub06] in the case of twist knots. For hyperbolic twist knots, we also prove that the non-abelian Reidemeister torsion at the holonomy representation can be expressed as a rational function evaluated at the cusp shape o…
In this paper we deepen the analysis of certain classes M_{g,k} of hyperbolic 3-manifolds that were introduced in a previous work by B. Martelli, C. Petronio and the author. Each element of M_{g,k} is an oriented complete finite-volume hyperbolic 3-manifold with compact connected geodesic boundary of genus g and k cusp…
New 5D hyperbolic shapes that wrap around a circle found.
problem Finding new 5D hyperbolic structures.
method Examined finite-volume cusped hyperbolic 5-manifolds.
result Discovered the smallest known hyperbolic 5-manifold.
We give a variation of McShane's identity, which describes the cusp shape of a hyperbolic 2-bridge link in terms of the complex translation lengths of simple loops on the bridge sphere. We also explicitly determine the set of end invariants of SL(2,C)-characters of the once-punctured torus corresponding to t…
This study examines abnormal geodesics in 2D-Zermelo navigation problems, revealing their role in separating time minimal and maximal curves.
problem The role of abnormal geodesics in planar Zermelo navigation problems with strong current.
method Geometric time optimal control approach, focusing on the heading angle of the ship.
result Abnormal geodesics separate time minimal and maximal curves, and are both small-time minimizing and maximizing.
Extends classification of hyperbolic Dehn fillings in quadratic fields.
problem Classifying hyperbolic Dehn fillings with specific cusp shapes.
method Analyzing manifolds with cusp shapes in the same quadratic field.
result Complete classification of hyperbolic Dehn fillings under mild assumptions.
4-manifolds show every flat 3-manifold as cusp sections.
problem Realizing flat 3-manifolds as cusp sections of hyperbolic 4-manifolds.
method Transitive action on cusps, dense flat metrics realization.
result Existence of many cusp-transitive 4-manifolds.
Characterizes holonomies of convex projective cusps.
problem Understanding holonomies in strictly convex projective geometry.
method Complete characterization of holonomies for strictly convex and round cusps, building families of generalized cusps.
result Produces the first example of generalized cusps with non-virtually nilpotent fundamental group.
Study geodesics entering a fixed cusp neighborhood multiple times.
problem Understanding geodesics entering a specific cusp neighborhood multiple times.
method Investigate reciprocal geodesics entering a fixed cusp neighborhood a fixed number of times.
result Characterized the class of reciprocal geodesics entering a fixed cusp neighborhood a fixed number of times.
Proves methods for creating convex projective 3-manifolds with cusps.
problem Creating convex projective 3-manifolds with generalized cusps.
method Properly convex deformations of hyperbolic structures, controlling cusp types.
result First known example of a 1-cusped hyperbolic 3-manifold with a type 2 cusp.
We find that cusp densities of hyperbolic knots in the 3-sphere are dense in [0,0.6826...] and those of links are dense in [0,0.853...]. We define a new invariant associated with cusp volume, the cusp crossing density, as the ratio between the cusp volume and the crossing number of a link, and show that cusp crossing d…
The paper classifies different types of cusps on plane curves.
problem Investigating various types of cusps on plane curves.
method Examining criteria for (n,n+1) cusps with differential conditions and relations to evolutes of fronts. result Complete classifications for (4,5)-cusps. The paper characterizes links in 3D from divides with cusps.
problem Characterizing links in 3D from divides with cusps.
method Defines and characterizes divides with cusps and their associated links.
result Every strongly invertible link and 2-periodic link can be described as the link of a divide with cusps.
Extends techniques to show existence of all cusp types in convex projective manifolds.
problem Existence of all cusp types in convex projective manifolds.
method Extension of techniques by Ballas-Marquis.
result Existence of all cusp types in all dimensions except diagonalizable.
The paper explores cusp types in hyperbolic 4-manifolds and their commensurability classes.
problem Understanding cusp types in hyperbolic 4-manifolds and their commensurability.
method Criteria for commensurability classes containing specific cusp types.
result Infinitely many examples of commensurability classes without certain cusp types.
The paper classifies cusp types in hyperbolic knot complements.
problem Classifying cusp types in hyperbolic knot complements.
method Analyzing quotients of hyperbolic knot complements.
result All cusp types arise in the quotients of link complements.
New findings on cusped Borel Anosov representations and their properties.
problem Characterizing and understanding cusped Borel Anosov representations.
method Analyzing representations of lattices in PGL2(R) to PGLd(R). result Cusped Borel Anosov representations with specific properties are Hitchin representations.
Cusped hyperbolic 3-manifolds can have up to 4 cusps under certain group actions.
problem Understanding the maximum number of cusps in hyperbolic 3-manifolds under group actions.
method Analyzing the isometry group actions on cusps of hyperbolic 3-manifolds.
result Constructing a family of manifolds with no upper bound on the number of cusps for k=2. In this paper, we explicitly construct large classes of incommensurable hyperbolic knot complements with the same volume and the same initial (complex) length spectrum. Furthermore, we show that these knot complements are the only knot complements in their respective commensurabiltiy classes by analyzing their cusp sha…
Classifies low-volume hyperbolic 3-manifolds with a maximal cusp.
problem Identifying hyperbolic 3-manifolds with minimal volume and maximal cusps.
method Maximal cusp volume classification and analysis of low-volume manifolds.
result Figure-8 knot complement is unique in certain volume and filling categories.
Study of isometries on hyperbolic 3-manifold cusps.
problem Understanding transitivity in hyperbolic 3-manifold actions.
method Analyzing multiply transitive actions of isometries on cusps.
result Proved a conjecture about the maximum transitivity and upper bounds on cusps.
Four hyperbolic 24-cell 4-manifolds with one cusp are identified.
problem Identifying hyperbolic 24-cell 4-manifolds with one cusp.
method Analyzing hyperbolic geometry and isometry.
result Found four one-cusped hyperbolic 4-manifolds of minimum volume.
Computes cusp cobordism groups for Morse functions on manifolds.
problem Understanding the cusp cobordism groups of Morse functions.
method Employed Levine's cusp elimination technique and created pairs of cusps along fold lines.
result Both unoriented and oriented cusp cobordism groups are cyclic of order two in even dimensions and infinite order in odd dimensions.
Study of Eisenstein series linked to hyperbolic cusps.
problem Understanding Eisenstein series associated with hyperbolic cusps.
method Analyzing cohomology classes and intertwining operators.
result Different cusps correspond to linearly independent cohomology classes.
Study Dirac operator on cusped hyperbolic manifolds, finding spectrum properties.
problem Investigate the Dirac operator's spectrum on hyperbolic manifolds with cusps.
method Analyze spin structures on finite-volume hyperbolic n-manifolds, focusing on cusps.
result Discovered examples where Dirac operator's spectrum is R in some dimensions and discrete in others.
We construct here two new examples of non-orientable, non-compact, hyperbolic 4-manifolds. The first has minimal volume vm=4π2/3 and two cusps. This example has the lowest number of cusps among known minimal volume hyperbolic 4-manifolds. The second has volume 2⋅vm and one cusp. It has lowest volume among…
Classifies Nil 3-manifolds as cross-sections of complex hyperbolic surfaces.
problem Identifying Nil 3-manifolds as cross-sections of complex hyperbolic surfaces.
method Comprehensive classification of commensurability classes of cusped, arithmetic, and non-arithmetic complex hyperbolic 2-manifolds.
result Some Nil 3-manifolds are cross-sections in every commensurability class, while others are cross-sections in only one.