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.
Researchers exhaust curve graph using rigid expansions on surfaces.
problem Exhausting the curve graph of surfaces with genus ≥ 3.
method Constructing a finite set of curves and using iterated rigid expansions.
result The constructed set exhausts the curve graph via rigid expansions.
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.
Finite rigid sets found in sphere complexes for some but not all cases.
problem Characterizing finite rigid sets in sphere complexes.
method Analyzing locally injective maps and automorphisms.
result Finite rigid sets exist for n≥3 but not for n=2. Finite rigid sets in arc complexes help classify surfaces.
problem Classifying surfaces based on their arc complexes.
method Constructing finite rigid sets in arc complexes of surfaces.
result Isomorphic arc complexes imply homeomorphic surfaces.
Finite rigid sets found in non-orientable surfaces.
problem Identifying rigid sets in non-orientable surfaces.
method Analyzing curve complexes for finite rigid sets.
result Finite rigid sets found for non-orientable surfaces.
Study exhausts curve complex on nonorientable surfaces using finite rigid sets.
problem Exhausting curve complexes on nonorientable surfaces.
method Using finite rigid sets to exhaust curve complex.
result Improves exhaustion result for (g,n)=(3,0) or g+n≥5. Entropy rigidity proven for 3D and higher convex projective manifolds.
problem Entropy rigidity for strictly convex projective manifolds.
method Uses techniques from Besson, Courtois, and Gallot's entropy rigidity theorem.
result Uniform lower bounds on volume for finite volume strictly convex projective manifolds in dimensions ≥ 3.
Researchers exhaustively cover pants graphs of spheres with punctures using finite rigid sets.
problem Covering all pants graphs of punctured spheres efficiently.
method Constructing a sequence of finite rigid sets in the pants graph.
result The union of these sets covers the entire pants graph of the punctured sphere.
Let S be a connected orientable surface of finite topological type. We prove that there is an exhaustion of the curve complex C(S) by a sequence of finite rigid sets.
The flip graph and arc complex of a surface are shown to have finite rigidity.
problem Finite rigidity of flip graph and arc complex for surfaces.
method Embedding the flip graph in the arc complex and leveraging finite rigidity of the flip graph.
result Finite rigidity of the flip graph implies finite rigidity of the arc complex.
Triangle groups uniquely identified by their finite quotients.
problem Identifying triangle groups among finitely generated residually finite groups.
method Character varieties method to distinguish profinite completions.
result Certain Fuchsian triangle groups are profinitely rigid.
Arithmetic Kleinian groups are distinguished by their finite quotients.
problem Distinguishing arithmetic Kleinian groups among all finitely generated residually finite groups.
method Constructing specific examples of arithmetic Kleinian groups and proving their profinite rigidity.
result Arithmetic Kleinian groups are uniquely identified by their finite quotients.
This paper exhausts curve complexes on non-orientable surfaces.
problem Proving exhaustion of curve complexes on non-orientable surfaces.
method Proving exhaustion via rigid expansions and graph endomorphisms.
result Any graph endomorphism of curve complexes whose restriction to a finite rigid set is injective is induced by a homeomorphism.
Study rigidity of geodesic planes in geometrically finite manifolds with cusps.
problem Rigidity of geodesic planes in geometrically finite manifolds with rank 1 cusps.
method Analysis of horocycles recurrence and density criteria for immersions.
result Closed immersions give rise to surfaces with finitely generated fundamental groups.
Study shows topological rigidity fails for certain Coxeter group quotients.
problem Topological rigidity in quotient spaces of Coxeter groups.
method Examined finite covers of Davis orbicomplexes for one-ended Coxeter groups.
result Found two Coxeter group quotients with homotopy equivalent but non-homeomorphic finite covers.
In this paper we study the rigidity of infinite volume 3-manifolds with sectional curvature −b2≤K≤−1 and finitely generated fundamental group. In-particular, we generalize the Sullivan's quasi-conformal rigidity for finitely generated fundamental group with empty dissipative set to negative variable curvature …
Aramayona and Leininger have provided a "finite rigid subset" X(Σ) of the curve complex C(Σ) of a surface Σ=Σgn, characterized by the fact that any simplicial injection X(Σ)→C(Σ) is induced by a unique element of the mapping class group Mod(Σ). In this…
Totally geodesic submanifolds in convex cores are properly immersed and have finite volume.
problem Characterizing totally geodesic submanifolds in geometrically finite manifolds.
method Analysis of totally geodesic submanifolds in the convex core of geometrically finite rank-one locally symmetric manifolds.
result Every maximal totally geodesic submanifold of dimension at least two in the convex core is properly immersed and has finite volume, and only finitely many such submanifolds can occur.
Study proves rigidity of critical points in hydrophobic capillary systems.
problem Rigidity of critical points in hydrophobic capillary systems.
method Proves rigidity among sets of finite perimeter in the half space, extending to full hydrophobic regime.
result Rigidity of critical points proven in hydrophobic capillary systems.
This study exhausts curve graphs of low-genus surfaces.
problem Exhausting curve graphs of low-genus surfaces.
method Constructing finite subgraphs and using rigid expansions.
result Graph morphisms and endomorphisms are automorphisms and induced by homeomorphisms.
Abstract: Non-residually finite hyperbolic groups imply non-residually finite rigid hyperbolic groups.
problem Existence of non-residually finite hyperbolic groups
method Direct implication
result Existence of non-residually finite rigid hyperbolic groups
Groups acting on product trees are boundary rigid.
problem Understanding boundary rigidity of groups acting on product trees.
method Analyzing geometric actions and visual boundaries of groups.
result Visual boundaries of CAT(0) spaces are homeomorphic to a join of two Cantor sets.
Study shows only grim reaper cylinder for certain self-translating surfaces.
problem Characterizing self-translating surfaces in 3D space.
method Used parabolicity in a weighted setting and universally L-superharmonic functions.
result Characterized the grim reaper cylinder as the only finite entropy self-translating 2-surface in R^3 of width π and bounded from below.
We prove that curve complexes of surfaces are finitely rigid: for every orientable surface S of finite topological type, we identify a finite subcomplex X of the curve complex C(S) such that every locally injective simplicial map from X into C(S) is the restriction of an element of Aut(C(S)), unique up to the (finite) …
Constructs surfaces that can be tiled by a finite set of rigid motion congruence classes of tiles.
problem Creating surfaces that can be tiled by a finite set of rigid motion congruence classes of tiles.
method Constructs examples with various topologies and describes all monotilings by finite edge prototiles.
result Describes all monotilings by finite edge prototiles with three or less edges.
The problem of equivariant rigidity is the Γ-homeomorphism classification of Γ-actions on manifolds with compact quotient and with contractible fixed sets for all finite subgroups of Γ. In other words, this is the classification of cocompact EfinΓ-manifolds. We use surgery theory, algebraic K-theory, and t…
Profinite rigidity proven for many hyperbolic manifolds.
problem Profinite rigidity of hyperbolic manifolds.
method Geometric topology and bubble-drilling construction.
result Profinite rigidity of many cusped hyperbolic manifolds.
We prove global rigidity for compact hyperbolic and spherical cone-3-manifolds with cone-angles ≤π (which are not Seifert fibered in the spherical case), furthermore for a class of hyperbolic cone-3-manifolds of finite volume with cone-angles ≤π, possibly with boundary consisting of totally geodesic hyperbo…
We construct uncountably many simply connected open 3-manifolds with genus one ends homeomorphic to the Cantor set. Each constructed manifold has the property that any self homeomorphism of the manifold (which necessarily extends to a homeomorphism of the ends) fixes the ends pointwise. These manifolds are complements …
Surveying recent progress on hyperbolic 3-manifold rigidity.
problem Profinite rigidity of hyperbolic 3-manifolds.
method Review of profinite completion and rigidity of groups, evidence from other types of 3-manifolds, and existing ideas.
result Positive evidence for profinite rigidity in hyperbolic 3-manifolds.
In a recent paper Hodgson and Kerckhoff prove a local rigidity theorem for finite volume, three dimensional hyperbolic cone-manifolds. In this paper we extend this result to geometrically finite cone-manifolds. Our methods also give a new proof of a local version of the classical rigidity theorem for geometrically fini…
Study shows limits of volume-constrained sets are finite unions of Wulff shapes.
problem Analyzing the behavior of sets with degenerating ellipticity.
method Proving rigidity of L1-accumulation points of volume-constrained almost-critical sets. result Limits of volume-constrained sets are finite unions of φ-Wulff shapes. Combining several previously known arguments, we prove marked length spectrum rigidity for surfaces with nonpositively curved Riemannian metrics away from a finite set of cone-type singularities with cone angles >2π. With an additional condition, we can weaken the requirement on one metric to `no conjugate points.'
New examples of hyperbolic 3-manifolds with unique profinite structure.
problem Finding hyperbolic 3-manifolds with unique profinite structure.
method Examining fundamental groups of closed fibered hyperbolic 3-manifolds.
result First examples of closed fibered hyperbolic 3-manifolds with unique profinite structure.
Sharp isoperimetric inequality for Finsler manifolds with non-negative Ricci curvature.
problem Proving an isoperimetric inequality for Finsler manifolds with specific curvature properties.
method Analyzing measured Finsler manifolds with non-negative Ricci curvature and Euclidean volume growth.
result Sharp isoperimetric inequality and rigidity results for the inequality.
Artin groups of hyperbolic type are boundary amenable and have rigid properties.
problem Characterizing rigidity and measure equivalence properties of Artin groups.
method Analyzing boundary amenability, measure equivalence, and fixed set graphs.
result Measure equivalent Artin groups of hyperbolic type have isomorphic fixed set graphs.
New insights into profinite rigidity of Kleinian groups and their subgroups.
problem Characterizing profinite completions of Kleinian groups and their subgroups.
method Analyzing profinite completions and using finite index subgroups to distinguish completions.
result Profinite completions of certain subgroups of finite index in Kleinian groups are not isomorphic.
Study on finiteness properties of handlebody mapping class groups.
problem Understanding finiteness properties of asymptotically rigid handlebody groups.
method Introduced asymptotically rigid mapping class groups and determined their finiteness properties based on the space of ends of handlebodies.
result Homology of these groups coincides with stable homology of handlebody groups in some cases.
3-manifold groups are uniquely identifiable via their profinite completions.
problem Identifying uniquely 3-manifold groups among finitely generated groups.
method Proving that the inclusion of profinite completions is not an isomorphism for proper subgroups.
result All finitely generated 3-manifold groups are Grothendieck rigid.
Entropy rigidity theorem for negatively curved finite volume manifolds.
problem Proving entropy rigidity for negatively curved manifolds of finite volume.
method Entropy rigidity result in finite volume, comparing with compact case.
result Isometry of manifolds with same length spectrum.
In this article we use the "escape from subvarieties lemma" introduced by Eskin--Mozes--Oh to prove finite step rigidity results for the Jordan-Lyapunov projection spectra of Hitchin representations and the Margulis-Smilga invariant spectra of some special Margulis-Smilga spacetimes. In the process, we also prove a sim…
Non-compact convex sets in hyperbolic 3-space are rigid under isometries.
problem Rigidity of non-compact convex sets in hyperbolic 3-space
method Proving rigidity using Pogorelov's theorem and properties of locally convex surfaces
result Any intrinsic isometry between the boundaries of two non-compact closed convex subsets extends to a global isometry of the ambient space
Entropy rigidity theorem for cusped Hitchin representations.
problem Entropy rigidity for Hitchin representations of cusped groups.
method Introduction of (1,1,2)-hypertransverse groups and transverse representations.
result Hausdorff dimension of conical limit set agrees with simple root entropy.
Researchers find a finite rigid subgraph in pants graphs of surfaces.
problem Identifying a finite rigid subgraph in pants graphs of surfaces.
method Identifying a finite rigid subgraph Xg,n of pants graph P(Sg,n). result Any simplicial embedding of Xg,n into any pants graph P(Sg′,n′) is induced by an embedding Sg,noSg′,n′. We establish orbit equivalence rigidity for any ergodic, essentially free and measure-preserving action on a standard Borel space with a finite positive measure of the mapping class group for a compact orientable surface with higher complexity. We prove similar rigidity results for a finite direct product of mapping cl…
Proof that specific groups are quasi-isometrically rigid.
problem Quasi-isometric rigidity of specific groups.
method Proof of quasi-isometric rigidity for Kleinian and three-manifold groups.
result Finitely generated Kleinian and three-manifold groups are quasi-isometrically rigid.
Hypercube graphs are optimal in spectral rigidity due to Bakry--Émery curvature.
problem Spectral rigidity of hypercube graphs
method Interplay between global spectral embedding and local curvature analysis
result Hypercube graphs are optimal in spectral rigidity due to Bakry--Émery curvature.