Study simplicial volume for fixed fundamental groups, finding gaps.
problem Understanding simplicial volume for manifolds with fixed fundamental group.
method Relate gap problem to rationality questions in bounded (co)homology.
result Show existence of gaps in simplicial volume spectrum at zero.
Proves boundedness of log Fano cone singularities with bounded local volumes.
problem Understanding the boundedness of log Fano cone singularities.
method Analyzes K-semistable log Fano cone singularities with bounded volumes.
result The set of local volumes of klt singularities has zero as the only accumulation point.
Rough and Hodge Laplacians eigenvalues approach zero with fixed volume.
problem Eigenvalues of rough and Hodge Laplacians under fixed volume.
method Construct families of Riemannian metrics with fixed volume.
result Positive eigenvalues of rough and Hodge Laplacians converge to zero.
Study finds critical points in perimeter functional for fixed volume sets.
problem Finding critical points in perimeter functional for sets of fixed volume.
method Utilizes Mazurwoski--Zhou techniques and new Cacciopoli set connectedness results.
result Constructs smooth almost embedded hypersurfaces with non-zero constant mean curvature.
Integral foliated simplicial volume is zero for certain amenable covers.
problem Calculating the integral foliated simplicial volume of specific manifolds.
method Using open amenable covers and fixed price property of fundamental groups.
result Integral foliated simplicial volume is zero for manifolds with multiplicity at most n.
Study shows volume and genus unrelated for hyperbolic fibred knots.
problem Volume and genus of hyperbolic fibred knots are unrelated.
method Analyzes hyperbolic fibred knots in three-sphere.
result Volume and genus are unrelated for hyperbolic fibred knots.
Infinite hyperbolic manifolds share same perimeter-to-volume ratio.
problem Finding hyperbolic manifolds with a fixed perimeter-to-volume ratio.
method Constructing infinitely many hyperbolic manifolds with nonempty boundaries.
result Existence of incommensurable hyperbolic manifolds with a fixed perimeter-to-volume ratio.
In this paper, we study the symplectic volume of the moduli space of polygons by using Witten's formula. We propose to use this volume as a measure for the flexibility of a polygon with fixed side-lengths. The main result of our is that among all the Spherical and Euclidean polygons with fixed perimeter the regular one…
A new Poisson bracket defined on Poisson structures with applications to fixed points and cohomology.
problem Defining a Poisson bracket on the space of Poisson structures.
method Constructing a Poisson bracket on P(M) depending on a volume form, and defining invariant of Poisson structures. result Invariant of Poisson structures detects unimodularity and related Poisson bracket for symplectic structures.
New metrics on 3D manifolds with large Steklov eigenvalues.
problem Finding metrics with large Steklov eigenvalues on compact manifolds.
method Expressed Steklov spectrum of warped products and applied to metrics with fixed volume.
result Examples of metrics on 3D manifolds with arbitrarily large first non-zero Steklov eigenvalue.
S. Donaldson introduced a metric on the space of volume forms, with fixed total volume on any compact Riemmanian manifold. With this metric, the space of volume forms formally has non-positive curvature. The geodesic equation is a fully nonlinear degenerate elliptic equation. We solve the geodesic equation and its pert…
Weaving knots are alternating knots with the same projection as torus knots, and were conjectured by X.-S. Lin to be among the maximum volume knots for fixed crossing number. We provide the first asymptotically correct volume bounds for weaving knots, and we prove that the infinite weave is their geometric limit.
Paper derives inequalities for eigenvalues of Witten-Laplacian under fixed volume constraint.
problem Eigenvalue inequalities of Witten-Laplacian on bounded domains.
method Rearrangement technique and trial functions under fixed weighted volume constraint.
result Several isoperimetric inequalities for eigenvalues of Witten-Laplacian.
In this paper we construct compact manifolds with fixed boundary geometry which admit Riemannian metrics of unit volume with arbitrarily large Steklov spectral gap. We also study the effect of localized conformal deformations that fix the boundary geometry. For instance, we prove that it is possible to make the spectra…
Gradient flow converges to a minimal convex structure.
problem Finding the minimal convex structure in hyperbolic manifolds.
method Weil-Petersson gradient vector field of renormalized volume.
result The flow converges to the structure with minimum convex core volume.
Two Morse-Bott volume forms are diffeomorphic if their cohomology classes are equal.
problem Establishing equivalence of Morse-Bott volume forms.
method Adapting Moser's trick to Morse-Bott volume forms.
result Two Morse-Bott volume forms with the same zero set are diffeomorphic if and only if they have equal total volumes.
New pseudo-Anosovs on surfaces with punctures have infinite volume.
problem Volume of pseudo-Anosovs on surfaces with punctures is not bounded.
method Constructing pseudo-Anosovs with minimal entropy and showing volume tends to infinity.
result Volume of pseudo-Anosovs on surfaces with punctures can be arbitrarily large.
The paper explores volume product and slicing conjectures using convex body deformations.
problem Volume product and slicing conjectures in convex geometry.
method Study of variational aspects of volume product functional under projective deformations.
result Provides a proof of a theorem by Klartag and identifies critical convex bodies.
The maximum hyperbolic polyhedron volume is found to be the rectification of its skeleton.
problem Finding the maximum volume of hyperbolic polyhedra with given combinatorics.
method Applying a volume-increasing flow to any hyperbolic polyhedron, handling degeneracies carefully.
result The supremum volume is always the volume of the rectification of the 1-skeleton.
The paper connects different convergence concepts in geometric analysis.
problem Comparing convergence concepts in geometric analysis.
method Relating Lp convergence and volume convergence to Intrinsic Flat and Gromov-Hausdorff convergence. result Conditions for convergence of Riemannian manifolds under specific conditions.
Computes volumes of metric maps on surfaces, linking to Weil-Petersson volumes.
problem Computing volumes of specific metric maps on surfaces.
method Using recent results on discrete maps with irreducibility constraints, computes volumes as homogeneous polynomials.
result Identifies volumes as homogeneous polynomials and satisfies string and dilaton equations.
New metrics on C^3 defy uniqueness, differing even at infinity.
problem Non-uniqueness of Calabi-Yau metrics with maximal volume growth.
method Constructed a family of inequivalent metrics on C^3.
result First example of non-uniqueness in Calabi-Yau metrics asymptotic to a fixed cone.
The oloid is the convex hull of two circles with equal radius in perpendicular planes so that the center of each circle lies on the other circle. We calculate the mean width of the oloid in two ways, first via the integral of mean curvature, and then directly. Using this result, the surface area and the volume of the p…
We calculate the volumes of the hyperbolic twist knot cone-manifolds using the Schläfli formula. Even though general ideas for calculating the volumes of cone-manifolds are around, since there is no concrete calculation written, we present here the concrete calculations. We express the length of the singular locus in t…
The study proves properties of optimizers for sets maximizing perimeter under fixed volume constraints.
problem Existence and properties of bounded convex sets in Riemannian manifolds maximizing perimeter under fixed volume constraints.
method Analyzes the properties of optimizers for sets maximizing perimeter under fixed volume constraints in Euclidean, spherical, and hyperbolic spaces.
result Proves that there are no C2-maximisers of perimeter with prescribed volume and that the smallest principal curvature is constant in regions where the set is of class C2. Formula estimates pseudo-Anosov maps' fixed points, linking to surface properties.
problem Estimating fixed points of pseudo-Anosov maps.
method Formula using Teichmüller translation length for fixed points of strong irreducible maps.
result Log of fixed points coarsely equals Teichmüller translation length for strong irreducible maps.
An equiangular hyperbolic Coxeter polyhedron is a hyperbolic polyhedron where all dihedral angles are equal to π/n for some fixed integer n at least 2. It is a consequence of Andreev's theorem that either n=3 and the polyhedron has all ideal vertices or that n=2. Volume estimates are given for all equiangular hyperboli…
We introduce a simple algorithm which transforms every four-dimensional cubulation into a cusped finite-volume hyperbolic four-manifold. Combinatorially distinct cubulations give rise to topologically distinct manifolds. Using this algorithm we construct the first examples of finite-volume hyperbolic four-manifolds wit…
Some observations about the local and global generality of gradient Kahler Ricci solitons are made, including the existence of a canonically associated holomorphic volume form and vector field, the local generality of solutions with a prescribed holomorphic volume form and vector field, and the existence of Poincare co…
We are generalizing to higher dimensions the Bavard-Ghys construction of the hyperbolic metric on the space of polygons with fixed directions of edges. The space of convex d-dimensional polyhedra with fixed directions of facet normals has a decomposition into type cones that correspond to different combinatorial types …
The Allen-Cahn system on manifolds yields multiple phase distributions.
problem Finding the number of solutions to the Allen-Cahn system on manifolds.
method Volume-fixing variations approach to classify isoperimetric clusters.
result The number of solutions is bounded by topological invariants for parallelizable manifolds.
We introduce Gaussian-type measures on the manifold of all metrics with a fixed volume form on a compact Riemannian manifold of dimension ≥3. For this random model we compute the characteristic function for the L2 (Ebin) distance to the reference metric. In the Appendix, we study Lipschitz-type distance betwee…
Study on Berwald-Weyl curvature with projective invariance and vanishing results.
problem Characterizing Berwald-Weyl curvature for spray/Finsler metrics.
method Analyzing expressions and proving vanishing conditions for curvature.
result Berwald-Weyl curvature vanishes for certain spray/Finsler metrics.
New constraints rule out some optimal domains for helicity maximisation.
problem Finding a smooth domain of fixed volume that maximizes helicity.
method Established additional geometric constraints on optimal domains.
result Ruled out the optimality of a broad class of solid tori.
Generic smooth boundaries for isoperimetric regions in 8D manifolds.
problem Understanding boundaries of isoperimetric regions in high-dimensional spaces.
method Generic regularity results for isoperimetric regions in closed Riemannian manifolds of dimension eight.
result Smooth nondegenerate boundaries for isoperimetric regions for generic metrics and volumes.
Since the pioneering work of Canham and Helfrich, variational formulations involving curvature-dependent functionals, like the classical Willmore functional, have proven useful for shape analysis of biomembranes. We address minimizers of the Canham-Helfrich functional defined over closed surfaces enclosing a fixed volu…
Flow solves G2 system, proving existence of torsion-free metrics.
problem Existence of large volume heterotic G2 solutions. method Geometric flow of conformally coclosed G2-structures. result Fundamental short-time existence and smoothing properties established.
Three-candidate plurality voting is stable for small correlations.
problem Stability of plurality voting in small correlation scenarios.
method Calculus of variations and noise stability analysis.
result Proof of Plurality is Stablest Conjecture for 3 candidates.
In 3D space forms, a lens minimizes volume for a fixed surface area.
problem Finding the shape with minimal volume for a given surface area in 3D space forms.
method Proving a sharp reverse isoperimetric inequality for λ-convex bodies. result The λ-convex lens minimizes volume for a fixed surface area in 3D space forms. The study of systoles in arithmetic hyperbolic manifolds.
problem Understanding the systoles of arithmetic hyperbolic manifolds.
method Construction and analysis of arithmetic hyperbolic manifolds.
result Explicit bounds on volumes and systoles of arithmetic hyperbolic manifolds.
Polynomial bound on surfaces in hyperbolic 3-manifolds.
problem Bounding the number of surfaces in hyperbolic 3-manifolds.
method Using polynomial functions of the volume of the manifold and the Euler characteristic.
result An upper bound for the number of compact essential surfaces is a polynomial function of the volume of the manifold.
In the seminal paper on optimal execution of portfolio transactions, Almgren and Chriss (2001) define the optimal trading strategy to liquidate a fixed volume of a single security under price uncertainty. Yet there exist situations, such as in the power market, in which the volume to be traded can only be estimated and…
Study bounds the volume of moduli space for convex RP² structures.
problem Bounding the volume of moduli space for convex RP² structures.
method Investigates subsets defined by bounded projective invariants and fixed boundary lengths, showing finite volume and analog of Mumford's compactness theorem.
result Goldman symplectic volume is bounded by a polynomial of (t,L). Since the set of volumes of hyperbolic 3-manifolds is well ordered, for each fixed g there is a genus-g surface bundle over the circle of minimal volume. Here, we introduce an explicit family of genus-g bundles which we conjecture are the unique such manifolds of minimal volume. Conditional on a very plausible assumpti…
Study on hyperbolic surfaces' volumes, proving asymptotic expansion for high genus.
problem Analyzing the volume of moduli spaces of hyperbolic surfaces with varying genus.
method Topological recursion formula by Mirzakhani, asymptotic expansion for high genus.
result Explicit computation of the second term in the asymptotic expansion.
We show that if L is a codimension-one lamination in a finite volume hyperbolic 3-manifold such that the principal curvatures of each leaf of L are all in the interval (−δ,δ) for a fixed δ∈[0,1) and no complimentary region of L is an interval bundle over a surface, then each bo…
Study shows bounds on volumes of weakly generalised alternating knots.
problem Volume bounds for weakly generalised alternating knots.
method Analysis of weakly generalised alternating knots in 3-manifolds.
result Upper volume bound does not hold for weakly generalised alternating knots.
We prove that a strictly stable constant-mean-curvature hypersurface in a smooth manifold of dimension less than or equal to 7 is uniquely homologically area minimizing for fixed volume in a small L^1 neighborhood.