Calculates characteristic classes of flat vector bundles on complex fibers.
problem Calculating characteristic classes of flat vector bundles on complex fibers.
method Constructs odd characteristic classes for proper flat fibrations and calculates the odd real characteristic classes of flat vector bundles on the base.
result Gives a Riemann-Roch-Grothendieck theorem for calculating odd real characteristic classes of flat vector bundles.
Counterexample disproves conjecture on flat metrics and fiber bundles.
problem Conjecture about flat metrics and fiber bundles on manifolds.
method Study of transversely flat Riemannian foliations.
result Found a counterexample to the conjecture.
New examples show not all homology fiber bundles are topological.
problem Disprove conjecture about homology fiber bundles.
method Construct flat, projective morphisms that are Z-homology fiber bundles. result Disprove conjecture about homology fiber bundles.
We investigate the Kahler-Ricci flow on holomorphic fiber spaces whose generic fiber is a Calabi-Yau manifold. We establish uniform metric convergence to a metric on the base, away from the singular fibers, and show that the rescaled metrics on the fibers converge to Ricci-flat Kahler metrics. This strengthens previous…
Study on noncompact steady quasi-Einstein manifolds with positive Ricci curvature.
problem Characterize noncompact steady quasi-Einstein manifolds with positive Ricci curvature.
method Analyze Bach-flat noncompact steady quasi-Einstein manifolds with positive Ricci curvature, proving they must be warped products with Einstein fibers.
result Warped product structure with constant curvature for 4-dimensional manifolds.
Researchers create metrics collapsing to a line, detailing near-fiber behavior.
problem Constructing metrics on elliptic K3 surfaces that collapse to a line.
method Family of collapsing Ricci-flat Kähler metrics with bounded curvatures.
result Precise description of metric degeneration near singular fibers.
Paper finds unique maximal hypersurfaces in open spacetimes.
problem Finding unique maximal hypersurfaces in open spacetimes.
method Natural geometric and physical assumptions applied to spatially open Robertson-Walker spacetimes with flat fiber.
result New uniqueness and non-existence results for complete maximal hypersurfaces.
The study proves conditions for quasi-Einstein manifolds with specific structures to be Einstein.
problem Conditions for quasi-Einstein manifolds to have Einstein structures.
method Proved conditions for quasi-Einstein semi-Riemannian warped products to have Einstein fibers.
result Found conditions for quasi-Einstein manifolds with specific structures to be Einstein.
We study adiabatic limits of Ricci-flat Kahler metrics on a Calabi-Yau manifold which is the total space of a holomorphic fibration when the volume of the fibers goes to zero. By establishing some new a priori estimates for the relevant complex Monge-Ampere equation, we show that the Ricci-flat metrics collapse (away f…
Generalized complex structures on certain torus bundles are explored.
problem Exploring generalized complex structures on specific torus bundles.
method Analyzing principal torus bundles over complex manifolds with even dimensional fibers and characteristic class of type (1,1).
result Generalized complex structures on these bundles are equivalent to products of complex and symplectic structures in tubular neighborhoods of fibers.
Study on Hermitian-Yang-Mills connections on collapsing K3 surfaces.
problem Analyzing Hermitian-Yang-Mills connections on elliptically fibered K3 surfaces.
method Examined a sequence of Ricci-flat metrics collapsing fibers, and stable holomorphic bundles.
result Proved convergence of restricted Hermitian-Yang-Mills connections to a flat connection.
Introduces symplectic flatness for connections over symplectic manifolds.
problem Flatness conditions for connections over symplectic manifolds.
method Introduces symplectic flatness condition and twisting of differential complexes.
result Symplectic flat connections represent a subclass of Yang-Mills connections.
We study the long-time behavior of the Kahler-Ricci flow on compact Kahler manifolds. We give an almost complete classification of the singularity type of the flow at infinity, depending only on the underlying complex structure. If the manifold is of intermediate Kodaira dimension and has semiample canonical bundle, so…
Maps are shown to be Riemannian products with Ricci-flat fibers.
problem Understanding maps between manifolds and their geometric properties.
method Spin geometry and representation theory of curvature operators.
result Scalar-rigid maps are essentially Riemannian products of base and Ricci-flat fibers.
New invariants for families of flat connections constructed using fiber integration.
problem Constructing invariants for families of flat connections.
method Fiber integration of differential characters for families of flat connections.
result Invariants constructed for p<r case are trivial. Let X be a Kähler manifold which is fibered over a complex manifold Y such that every fiber is a Calabi-Yau manifold. Let ω be a fixed Kähler form on X. By Yau's theorem, there exists a unique Ricci-flat Kähler form ρ∣Xy for each fiber, which is cohomologous to ω∣Xy. This family of Ricci-fla…
Study Higgs sections and flat sections for nonlinear harmonic bundles.
problem Equivalence of Higgs and flat sections for nonlinear harmonic bundles.
method Analyze harmonic vector bundles, generalize to sub-fibrations and morphisms.
result Vanishing of a degree obstruction for general nonlinear harmonic bundles.
A Seifert manifold is a 3-dimensional manifold with a circle action. It is a circle bundle (with singularities) over a 2-dimensional orbifold. In this note, we discuss a generalized Seifert manifolds. By definition, they have bundle-like structures whose fibers are infra- homogeneous spaces; that is, the fibers are fla…
Study shows convergence of Yang-Mills connections on K3 surfaces under fiber collapse.
problem Analyzing Yang-Mills connections on K3 surfaces as fibers collapse.
method Proves convergence of a sequence of anti-self-dual connections under specific conditions.
result Connections converge to a limiting flat connection with holomorphic structure.
Proves a complex flat vector bundle theorem using index theory.
problem Proving a specific theorem for complex flat vector bundles.
method Local family index theorem, variational formula, Cheeger-Chern-Simons class.
result Proof of the real part of the Riemann-Roch-Grothendieck theorem.
Constructs a new type of metric for elliptic surfaces.
problem Finding a canonical metric on elliptic surfaces.
method Explicit construction of semi-flat constant scalar curvature Kähler current.
result Uniqueness of the semi-flat cscK current under certain conditions.
In this paper we prove that any complete locally conformally flat quasi-Einstein manifold of dimension n≥3 is locally a warped product with (n−1)-dimensional fibers of constant curvature. This result includes also the case of locally conformally flat gradient Ricci solitons.
Study heat flow on collapsing K3 surfaces, handling conic singularities.
problem Analyzing heat flow on K3 surfaces as they collapse.
method Using semi-flat product approximations and conic-renormalized bilinear functionals.
result Heat operators converge to base Laplacian on regular locus.
Extends Higgs fields theory to complex fiber bundles.
problem Characterize nonlinear flat connections on complex fiber bundles.
method Representation of extension class by curvature, nonlinear Higgs bundles, and nonabelian Hodge structure.
result Established a faithful functor from nonlinear flat bundles to nonlinear Higgs bundles.
We describe pairs (p,n) such that n-dimensional affine space is fibered by pairwise skew p-dimensional affine subspaces. The problem is closely related with the theorem of Adams on vector fields on spheres and the Hurwitz-Radon theory of composition of quadratic forms.
In this paper we show that a compact warped product Einstein manifold with vanishing Bach tensor of dimension n≥4 is a finite quotient of a warped product with (n−1)-dimensional Einstein fiber. The fiber has constant curvature if n=4.
We characterize compact locally conformal parallel G2 (respectively, Spin(7)) manifolds as fiber bundles over S1 with compact nearly Kähler (respectively, compact nearly parallel G2) fiber. A more specific characterization is provided when the local parallel structures are flat.
This paper extends curvature results to higher fiber dimensions.
problem Investigating curvature constraints on base for (2+m)-Einstein warped product manifolds. method Extending previous work to higher fiber dimensions, considering (2,m)-PNDP manifolds. result The dimension of the fiber does not affect curvature results.
The study characterizes and classifies specific types of manifolds using conformal and quasi-Einstein properties.
problem Characterizing and classifying manifolds with specific geometric properties.
method Analyzing warped products, contact manifolds, and semi-Riemannian manifolds.
result Characterizations and classifications of weakly conformally flat and quasi-Einstein manifolds.
We give an integral representaion of the zeta-reguralized determinant of Laplacians on three dimensional Heisenberg manifolds, and study a behaivior of the values when we deform the uniform discrete subgroups. Heiseberg manifolds are the total space of a fiber bundle with a torus as the base space and a circle as a typ…
Study connects G2-structures to flat connections on compact 3-manifolds.
problem Understanding moduli spaces of G2-structures and flat connections. method Equivalence between moduli spaces of G2-structures and flat connections on compact 3-manifolds. result Equivalence between moduli spaces of G2-structures and flat connections on compact 3-manifolds. Study maximal hypersurfaces in open spacetimes using a maximum principle.
problem Characterize maximal hypersurfaces in open spacetimes.
method Use a generalized maximum principle to analyze hypersurfaces in spatially open Generalized Robertson-Walker spacetimes.
result Provide new uniqueness and non-existence results for complete maximal hypersurfaces in open Robertson-Walker spacetimes.
The paper studies critical points and flows of a G2-Hilbert functional on manifolds with circle actions.
problem Critical points and flows of the G2-Hilbert functional on manifolds with S1-actions. method Analysis of S1-invariant G2-structures, reduction to a 6-dimensional quotient, and derivation of a negative L2-gradient flow. result The unnormalized flow admits only trivial stationary configurations: flat connection, scalar-flat base metric, and constant fiber length.
Let G be an n-dimensional crystallographic group (n-space group). If G is a Z-reducible, then the flat n-orbifold E^n/G has a nontrivial fibered orbifold structure. We prove that this structure can be described by a generalized Calabi construction, that is, E^n/G is represented as the quotient of the Cartesian product …
Manifolds with fibered cusps are a class of complete noncompact Riemannian manifolds including all locally symmetric spaces of rank one. We study the spectrum of the Hodge Laplacian with coefficients in a flat bundle on a closed manifold undergoing degeneration to a manifold with fibered cusps. We obtain precise asympt…
We study the collapsing behaviour of Ricci-flat Kahler metrics on a projective Calabi-Yau manifold which admits an abelian fibration, when the volume of the fibers approaches zero. We show that away from the critical locus of the fibration the metrics collapse with locally bounded curvature, and along the fibers the re…
Develops method to create non-Abelian Ricci-flat graphs via bundles.
problem Creating non-Abelian Ricci-flat graphs.
method Develops systematic way via graph bundles with constraints.
result Non-trivial graph bundles are not isomorphic to product of base and fiber.
Study asymptotics of hyperkähler geometry on singular fibers of Hitchin moduli space.
problem Asymptotic hyperkähler geometry of SL2(C)-Hitchin moduli space over singular fibers. method Extension of exponential convergence results to locally fiducial Higgs bundles and subintegrable systems.
result Hyperkähler metric converges exponentially to semi-flat metric on subintegrable systems.
The paper shows Euler classes for homeomorphisms of Seifert fibered 3-manifolds are unbounded.
problem Understanding the unboundedness of Euler classes in Seifert fibered 3-manifolds.
method Analyzing Euler classes in groups of homeomorphisms of Seifert fibered 3-manifolds.
result Euler classes for homeomorphisms of Seifert fibered 3-manifolds are unbounded.
This paper is a sequel to arXiv:1108.0967. We further study Gromov-Hausdorff collapsing limits of Ricci-flat Kähler metrics on abelian fibered Calabi-Yau manifolds. Firstly, we show that in the same setup as arXiv:1108.0967, if the dimension of the base manifold is one, the limit metric space is homeomorphic to the bas…
Study of twisted Kähler-Einstein metrics on Calabi-Yau spaces with singularities.
problem Understanding the collapsed Gromov-Hausdorff limits of Calabi-Yau spaces.
method Analyzing the geometry of twisted Kähler-Einstein metrics on holomorphic fiber spaces.
result Proving the existence of conical-type singularities in the base of fiber spaces.
Paper defines conditions for warped product gradient Yamabe solitons.
problem Conditions for warped product gradient Yamabe solitons.
method Investigated necessary and sufficient conditions for warped product M=BimesfF to be a gradient Yamabe soliton. result Obtained solutions in steady case with fiber scalar-flat.
We classify homotopes of classical symmetric spaces (studied in Part I of this work). Our classification uses the fibered structure of homotopes: they are fibered as symmetric spaces, with flat fibers, over a non-degenerate base; the base spaces correspond to inner ideals in Jordan pairs. Using that inner ideals in cla…
Study on K3 surfaces with collapsing metrics and nilpotent structures.
problem Exploring Ricci-flat metrics on K3 surfaces that collapse.
method Continuous map from K3 surface to an interval, with specific fiber types.
result Bubbles of Tian-Yau and Taub-NUT metrics appear as fibers.
The horizontal Laplacian of a Riemannian submersion with totally geodesic fibers and an integrable horizontal distribution.
problem Studying spectral properties of the horizontal Laplacian
method Interpreting the horizontal Laplacian as a twisted Laplacian acting on a flat vector bundle
result The horizontal Laplacian is unitarily equivalent to a twisted Laplacian acting on the space of sections of a certain infinite-rank flat vector bundle over the base manifold
Given a polarized family of varieties over the unit disc, smooth except over the origin and with smooth fibers Calabi-Yau, we show that the origin lies at finite Weil-Petersson distance if and only if after a finite base change the family is birational to one with central fiber a Calabi-Yau variety with at worst canoni…
Electrostatic systems with specific tensors are locally conformally flat.
problem Understanding the geometry of electrostatic systems with special tensors.
method Proving local conformal flatness for electrostatic manifolds with divergence-free Bach tensor.
result Three-dimensional electrostatic manifolds with divergence-free Bach tensor are locally conformally flat.
Local Sasaki-Ricci solitons are η-Einstein in certain fiber products of homogeneous Sasakian manifolds.
problem Characterizing local immersions of Sasaki-Ricci solitons into homogeneous Sasakian manifolds.
method Analyzing local Sasakian immersions of Sasaki-Ricci solitons into fiber products of homogeneous Sasakian manifolds.
result Sasaki-Ricci solitons are η-Einstein in certain fiber products of homogeneous Sasakian manifolds.