This paper explores twisted Lagrangian tori in C^2 and their Hamiltonian stationarity.
problem Understanding the Hamiltonian stationarity of twisted Lagrangian tori in C^2.
method Investigation of differential geometry of twisted tori, including product and Chekanov's exotic tori.
result Only product tori are minimal under Hamiltonian deformations, indicating Chekanov's exotic tori are not area minimal.
Study exotic tori and their SL_d(Z) actions, proving many do not admit nontrivial actions.
problem Characterize exotic tori admitting SL_d(Z) actions.
method Compute mapping class groups, analyze homology actions, and prove non-existence of nontrivial actions.
result Many exotic tori do not admit nontrivial SL_d(Z) actions.
We construct smooth fiber bundles such that the fibers are exotic tori and the total space has finite abelian fundamental group. This gives examples of a Riemannian foliation on a closed manifold whose leaves are exotic tori and whose total space has finite abelian fundamental group.
We give a short proof of the (known) result that there are no Kaehler structures on exotic tori. This yields a negative solution to a problem posed by Benson and Gordon. W discuss the symplectic version of the problem and analyze results which yield an evidence for the conjecture that there are no symplectic structures…
We construct expanding endomorphisms on smooth manifolds that are homeomorphic to tori yet have exotic underlying PL-structures.
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.
We prove that there exist diffeomorphisms of tori, supported in a disc, which are not isotopic to symplectomorphisms with respect to any symplectic structure. This yields a partial negative answer to a question of Benson and Gordon about the existence of symplectic structures on tori with exotic differential structure.
Smooth tori in S^4 are topologically unknotted.
problem Tackling the topological unknottedness of smooth tori in S^4.
method Analyzing the intersection forms and critical points of tori to prove topological unknottedness.
result Certain smooth tori in S^4 are topologically unknotted.
New surgery operation preserves monotonicity of Lagrangians.
problem Preserving monotonicity of Lagrangians in surgery operations.
method BSP surgery, wall-crossing formula for disk-potentials.
result BSP surgery can preserve monotonicity of Lagrangians.
Exotic hypercomplex structures on a torus are proven to not exist.
problem Existence of exotic hypercomplex structures on a torus.
method Classification of complete flat affine structures on real tori using the Obata connection.
result Exotic hypercomplex structures on a torus do not exist.
In this paper we exhibit infinite families of embedded tori in 4-manifolds that are topologically isotopic but smoothly distinct. The interesting thing about these tori is that they are topologically trivial in the sense that each bounds a topologically embedded solid handlebody. This implies that there are stably ribb…
We use surgery along 2-tori embedded in a union of two copies of a product of punctured 2-tori to produce a new collection of homotopy 4-spheres (4-manifolds homotopy equivalent to S4 and hence homeomorphic to S4 but possibly not diffeomorphic to S4). It is still unknown if these new examples are in fact exoti…
We describe an iterative construction of Lagrangian tori in the complex Grassmannian Gr(k,n), based on the cluster algebra structure of the coordinate ring of a mirror Landau-Ginzburg model proposed by Marsh-Rietsch. Each torus comes with a Laurent polynomial, and local systems controlled by the k-va…
For 5 <= k <= 8 we show that the infinite family of exotic smooth structures on CP^2# k(-CP^2) can be achieved by 1/n - surgeries on a single embedded nullhomologous torus in a manifold R_k which is homeomorphic to CP^2# k(-CP^2).
Given a 4-manifold X and an imbedding of T^{2} x B^2 into X, we describe an algorithm X --> X_{p,q} for drawing the handlebody of the 4-manifold obtained from X by (p,q)-logarithmic transforms along the parallel tori. By using this algorithm, we obtain a simple handle picture of the Dolgachev surface E(1)_{p,q}, from t…
We show that a singular Riemannian foliation of codimension two on a compact simply-connected Riemannian (n+2)-manifold, with regular leaves homeomorphic to the n-torus, is given by a smooth effective n-torus action. This solves in the negative for the codimension 2 case a question about the existence of foliat…
Normal forms prove dynamical results for magnetic fields on surfaces.
problem Existence and rigidity of Zoll flows on surfaces.
method Proved normal forms for strong magnetic fields and used them to derive dynamical results.
result Flow cannot be Zoll unless specific conditions hold.
Classifies actions of SL(n,R) and SL(n,Z) on closed n-manifolds.
problem Classifying actions of SL(n,R) and SL(n,Z) on closed n-manifolds.
method Classification and construction of actions, using geometric structures.
result New exotic actions of SL(n,Z) on n-tori and their connected sums.
In this article we construct a minimal symplectic 4-manifold R that has small Euler characteristic (e(R)=8) and two essential Lagrangian tori with nice properties. These properties make R particularly suitable for constructing interesting examples of symplectic manifolds with small Euler characteristic. In particular, …
New 4-manifolds with exotic diffeomorphisms found.
problem Existence of exotic diffeomorphisms in 4-manifolds.
method Proves existence of infinitely many contractible 4-manifolds with exotic diffeomorphisms.
result Infinitely many contractible 4-manifolds with absolutely exotic diffeomorphisms.
Exotic submanifolds in 4-manifolds remain exotic after stabilizations.
problem Constructing exotic codimension-1 submanifolds in 4-manifolds.
method Constructing pairs of exotic codimension-1 submanifolds with diffeomorphic complements and showing they remain exotic after stabilizations.
result Exotic submanifolds remain exotic after any number of stabilizations.
The paper constructs manifolds without smooth psc metrics but with L∞-metrics that are psc outside singular points.
problem Constructing manifolds without smooth positive scalar curvature metrics.
method Constructing manifolds with point singularities and L∞-metrics that are psc outside the singular set. result Examples of manifolds with point singularities that do not admit smooth psc metrics but do admit L∞-metrics that are psc outside the singular set. Study exotic Dehn twists in 4-manifolds, producing first known exotic diffeomorphisms.
problem Detecting exotic diffeomorphisms in 4-manifolds.
method 2-parameter families Seiberg-Witten theory over RP2. result Constructed the smallest closed 4-manifold with exotic diffeomorphisms.
New methods distinguish exotic 4-manifolds using Heegaard Floer homology.
problem Distinguishing exotic 4-manifolds from standard ones.
method Using Heegaard Floer homology to define new invariants.
result New invariants remain distinct in covers and can distinguish exotic manifolds.
In 2006 Masuda and Suh asked if two compact non-singular toric varieties having isomorphic cohomology rings are homeomorphic. In the first part of this paper we discuss this question for topological generalizations of toric varieties, so-called torus manifolds. For example we show that there are homotopy equivalent tor…
Constructs exotic proper 2-knots from open 2-handles.
problem Proving topological equivalence of exotic proper knotted surfaces.
method Flexible construction of exotic open 2-handles, distinguishing through genus functions and end Floer homology.
result Constructs infinite families of irreducible exotic proper knotted surfaces.
The paper presents a new method to create exotic 4-manifolds and surfaces that remain exotic after stabilization.
problem Stabilization of exotic 4-dimensional phenomena and knotted surfaces.
method Elementary approach to constructing exotic 4-manifolds and surfaces, including examples in closed, simply connected 4-manifolds.
result The construction yields exotic surfaces in the 4-ball that remain exotic after stabilization, detected by Khovanov homology.
New actions found on exotic spheres using group theory.
problem Understanding smooth transformations on exotic spheres.
method Recent progress in stable homotopy groups of spheres and group theory.
result Smooth circle and cyclic group actions on exotic spheres produced.
The paper constructs exotic knotted surfaces and curves in 4-manifolds.
problem Understanding exotic knotted surfaces and curves in 4-manifolds.
method Local knotting and construction of surfaces and curves.
result First examples of exotically knotted complex curves and symplectic 2-spheres.
Paper finds exotic diffeomorphisms on specific 4-manifolds.
problem Understanding exotic diffeomorphisms on 4-manifolds with b2+=2. method Comparing winding numbers of parameter families.
result 2\mathbb{C}\mathbb{P}^2 \# 10 (-\mathbb{C}\mathbb{P}^2) admits exotic diffeomorphisms.
Detects exotic embeddings in 4-manifolds with boundary.
problem Detecting exotic diffeomorphisms in 4-manifolds with boundary.
method Defined family versions of Kronheimer-Mrowka invariants and used them to find exotic embeddings.
result First example of exotic 3-spheres in a smooth closed 4-manifold with diffeomorphic complements.
Study exotic phenomena in small 4-manifolds using diffeomorphisms.
problem Understanding exotic smooth structures and embeddings in 4-manifolds.
method Using constraints from Seiberg-Witten theory on diffeomorphisms.
result New methods to detect and bound exotic phenomena.
We show how to construct absolutely exotic smooth structures on compact 4-manifolds with boundary, including contractible manifolds. In particular, we prove that any compact smooth 4-manifold W with boundary that admits a relatively exotic structure contains a pair of codimension-zero submanifolds homotopy equivalent t…
Since the first work on exotic smoothness in physics, it was folklore to assume a direct influence of exotic smoothness to quantum gravity. In the second paper, we calculate the "smoothness structure" part of the path integral in quantum gravity for the exotic R^4 as non-compact manifold. We discuss the influence of th…
New exotic structures found on 4-manifolds with specific groups.
problem Finding exotic smooth structures on 4-manifolds with certain fundamental groups.
method Constructing new smooth structures using definite intersection forms and fundamental groups.
result Infinitely many exotic smooth structures on 4-manifolds with fundamental group Z/2Z.
4-manifolds can be exotic after connected sum with S^2 x S^2.
problem Existence of exotic contractible 4-manifolds.
method Constructed a cork that remains exotic after connected sum with S^2 x S^2.
result Existence of exotic pair of contractible 4-manifolds.
New exotic 4-manifolds found with small trisection genus.
problem Finding exotic 4-manifolds with small trisection genus.
method Constructing genus-3 relative trisections for contractible 4-manifolds.
result Exotic 4-manifolds with boundary have trisection genus of 4.
This paper constructs exotic diffeomorphisms on reducible 4-manifolds with odd b+.
problem Detecting exotic diffeomorphisms on reducible 4-manifolds with odd b+.
method Using a families Bauer-Furuta invariant and pin-cobordism.
result Constructs exotic diffeomorphisms on reducible 4-manifolds with odd b+.
In this paper we introduce exotic twisted T-equivariant K-theory of loop space LZ depending on the (typically non-flat) holonomy line bundle LB on LZ induced from a gerbe with connection B on Z. We also define exotic twisted T-equivariant Chern character that maps the exotic tw…
Classifies geodesic planes outside convex core of geometrically finite 3-manifolds.
problem Classifying geodesic planes in geometrically finite 3-manifolds.
method Constructive proof involving exotic rays and roofs.
result Existence of exotic roofs depends on the existence of exotic rays and bending lamination properties.
Exotic diffeomorphisms found on complex surfaces and 4-manifolds.
problem Finding exotic diffeomorphisms on 4-manifolds.
method Minimal complex surfaces and spin 4-manifolds with S3 boundary. result First known instances of exotic diffeomorphisms of irreducible 4-manifolds.
New exotic 4D spaces found using knot slicing techniques.
problem Finding non-diffeomorphic exotic 4D spaces.
method Using RBG links to create slice knots with non-diffeomorphic complements.
result Distinguished new exotic 4D spaces using end Floer homology.
Study of torus surgeries on knot traces, finding exotic surfaces and traces.
problem Understanding exotic surfaces and traces through torus surgeries.
method Realizing annulus twisting as torus surgery, using key technical insight.
result Exotic elliptic surfaces and traces discovered, improving known geography.
Paper defines end Khovanov homology to detect exotic planes.
problem Detecting exotic Lagrangian and symplectic planes in 4-space.
method Define and apply end Khovanov homology to surfaces in 4-space.
result First known examples of exotic Lagrangian and symplectic planes found.
Paper explores using 0-surgery to find exotic 4-manifolds.
problem Distinguishing smooth structures on 4-manifolds.
method Uses 0-surgery homeomorphisms to generate exotic pairs.
result Found 5 topologically slice knots potentially leading to exotic spheres.
New results on localization of exotic diffeomorphisms in 4-manifolds.
problem Understanding when groups of exotic diffeomorphisms can be localized to smaller embedded submanifolds.
method Analyzing families Seiberg-Witten theory, Dehn twists, and properties of Seifert fibered homology spheres.
result Exotic diffeomorphisms cannot be localized to topologically embedded rational homology balls or homology spheres.
New exotic 4D spaces with nontrivial mappings.
problem Creating exotic copies of R4 with nontrivial mapping class groups. method Modification of diffeomorphism corks to make exteriors simply-connected.
result Construct exotic copies of R4 with mapping class groups of arbitrarily large rank. Construct non-split 2-component links in S4 to produce exotic pairs of 4-manifolds
problem Construct non-split 2-component links in S4 method Construct non-split 2-component links in S4 result Obtain exotic pairs of simply connected, definite 4-manifolds with boundary