Study of flat metrics on orbifolds and their moduli spaces.
problem Understanding flat metrics on orbifolds and their moduli spaces.
method Analysis of Teichmüller spaces and mapping class groups.
result Moduli space of flat metrics on orbifolds is a very good orbifold under certain conditions.
Study describes flat metric moduli spaces on 4D manifolds.
problem Understanding flat metrics on 4D closed manifolds.
method Algebraic and topological description of moduli spaces.
result Algebraic and topological description of moduli spaces of flat metrics.
Short introduction to discrete flat fronts in hyperbolic space with a Weierstrass representation proof.
problem Understanding discrete flat fronts in hyperbolic space.
method Proving a Weierstrass representation for discrete flat fronts.
result Any discrete flat front in the mixed area sense admits a Weierstrass representation.
New infinite families of flat spaces found from symmetric spaces.
problem Finding new flat homogeneous spaces.
method Starting from compact symmetric spaces, constructing infinite families of compact homogeneous spaces with invariant Bismut connections.
result Infinite families of compact homogeneous spaces with vanishing Ricci tensor.
In this paper we study maps (curved flats) into symmetric spaces which are tangent at each point to a flat of the symmetric space. Important examples of such maps arise from isometric immersions of space forms into space forms via their Gauss maps. Further examples are found in conformal geometry, e.g. the curved flats…
Quandles can be regarded as generalizations of symmetric spaces. In the study of symmetric spaces, the notion of flatness plays an important role. In this paper, we define the notion of flat quandles, by referring to the theory of Riemannian symmetric spaces, and classify flat connected finite quandles.
New homogeneous manifolds with invariant Bismut Ricci flat connections are constructed.
problem Constructing homogeneous manifolds with invariant Bismut Ricci flat connections.
method Classification and construction of homogeneous spaces with specific properties.
result Examples of compact homogeneous Riemannian manifolds with invariant Bismut Ricci flat connections are provided.
Extends flat submanifold properties from hyperbolic plane to symmetric spaces.
problem Spectral asymptotics for orbital integrals in symmetric spaces.
method Generalizes geodesic properties to maximal flat submanifolds.
result Establishes geometric properties of maximal flat submanifolds in symmetric spaces.
Origami creates flat torus models of any size.
problem Creating flat torus models of any size.
method Explicit origami folding instructions.
result Flat torus models of any size created.
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 on flat metrics on 3D and 4D manifolds, focusing on topology and algebra.
problem Topology and algebraic structure of flat metrics on manifolds.
method Algebraic and topological descriptions of moduli spaces.
result Algebraic description and topology of moduli spaces for 4D manifolds with a single holonomy generator.
Flat minimal hypersurfaces in 4D space are always flat.
problem Understanding stable minimal hypersurfaces in 4D space.
method Proving stability and completeness lead to flatness.
result Complete, stable minimal hypersurfaces in 4D are flat.
By Hartman--Nirenberg's theorem, any complete flat hypersurface in Euclidean space must be a cylinder over a plane curve. However, if we admit some singularities, there are many non-trivial examples. Flat fronts are flat hypersurfaces with admissible singularities. Murata--Umehara gave a representation formula for comp…
New flat surfaces found in 3D sphere space.
problem Constructing flat surfaces in 3D sphere.
method Using Ribaucour transformations and flat torus theory.
result Families of complete flat surfaces in S3 determined by parameters. The paper shows how to create scalar flat metrics with very large ADM mass.
problem Understanding the ADM mass of scalar flat Kähler ALE spaces.
method Blowing up points in ALE spaces to increase ADM mass.
result It is possible to produce scalar flat metrics with arbitrarily large ADM mass.
The abstract discusses instantons on flat spaces and provides explicit constructions.
problem Understanding instantons on flat spaces.
method Explains and provides explicit constructions of instantons on R4, R7, R8, and Hn. result Natural generalizations of instantons on flat R4 to R7 and R8. Study on totally real flat minimal surfaces in quaternionic projective space.
problem Characterizing the moduli space of totally real flat minimal immersions in HP^3.
method Analyzing the moduli space of linearly full totally real flat minimal immersions from C into HP^3.
result The moduli space has three components, each a 6-dimensional manifold.
First we present a short overview of the long history of projectively flat Finsler spaces. We give a simple and quite elementary proof of the already known condition for the projective flatness, and we give a criterion for the projective flatness of a special Lagrange space (Theorem 1). After this we obtain a second-or…
We provide an algebraic description of the Teichmüller space and moduli space of flat metrics on a closed manifold or orbifold and study its boundary, which consists of (isometry classes of) flat orbifolds to which the original object may collapse. It is also shown that every closed flat orbifold can be obtained by col…
Study on immersions with flat normal bundle in curved spaces.
problem Behavior of isometric immersions with negative curvature.
method Investigation of second fundamental form growth in space forms.
result Second fundamental form grows exponentially if normal bundle is flat.
Paper solves flat bi-Lagrangian structure problems in ray space.
problem Existence of flat bi-Lagrangian structures in ray space.
method Established geometric conditions for flat canonical connections.
result Complete solutions to two problems regarding flat bi-Lagrangian structures.
Classification of specific pseudo-Riemannian manifolds.
problem Classifying conformally flat generalized Ricci recurrent pseudo-Riemannian manifolds.
method Complete classification through mathematical analysis.
result Conformally flat generalized Ricci recurrent pseudo-Riemannian manifolds are either de Sitter or anti-de Sitter spacetimes.
A spacetime can be embedded in an enveloping space with all its extensions.
problem Existence and uniqueness of C0-maximal extensions in globally hyperbolic conformally flat spacetimes.
method Proving conformal embedding into an enveloping space containing all extensions.
result Existence and uniqueness of C0-maximal extensions proven.
Flat torus triangulations' space is homotopy equivalent to a torus.
problem Proving homotopy equivalence of triangulations of flat tori.
method Generalization of Tutte's embedding theorem for flat tori.
result Deformation space of geodesic triangulations is homotopy equivalent to a torus.
Classifies toric dually flat manifolds into complex space forms.
problem Classifying 1D toric dually flat manifolds.
method Using complex space forms and exponential families.
result Toric dually flat manifolds are complex space forms.
The paper classifies PMCV hypersurfaces in non-flat pseudo-Riemannian space forms.
problem Characterizing PMCV hypersurfaces in non-flat pseudo-Riemannian space forms.
method Analyzing the properties of hypersurfaces with at most two distinct principal curvatures.
result PMCV hypersurfaces are either minimal or locally isoparametric.
The study calculates harmonic functions and 1-forms on specific 4D spaces.
problem Computing harmonic functions and 1-forms on ALE Ricci-flat 4-manifolds.
method Computed the expansion of harmonic functions and 1-forms.
result Computed the expansion of harmonic functions and 1-forms on ALE Ricci-flat 4-manifolds.
Study describes moduli spaces of flat bundles on Sasakian manifolds.
problem Understanding moduli spaces of flat bundles on Sasakian manifolds.
method Shows moduli space of simple flat bundles is a union of spaces with fixed basic structures.
result Detailed description of non-abelian Hodge correspondence on compact Sasakian manifolds.
Study shortest geodesics on flat cone spheres with conical singularities.
problem Understanding the distribution of shortest geodesics on flat cone spheres.
method Proved a recurrent relation on the distribution of the length of shortest geodesics with respect to Thurston's volume form.
result Proved a recurrent relation on the distribution of the length of shortest geodesics.
The paper establishes inequalities for p-capacitary functions in flat half-spaces.
problem Understanding p-capacitary functions in asymptotically flat half-spaces. method Establishes monotone quantities and mass-capacity inequalities.
result Sharp inequalities attain equality on a Schwarzschild half-space.
The paper characterizes surfaces in 4D space forms with flat normal connection.
problem Characterizing surfaces in 4D space forms with specific geometric properties.
method Analyzing linearly dependent conditions and using properties of sectional curvature.
result Characterizations of space-like and time-like surfaces with flat normal connection.
The rigidity of the Positive Mass Theorem states that the only complete asymptotically flat manifold of nonnegative scalar curvature and zero mass is Euclidean space. We study the stability of this statement for spaces that can be realized as graphical hypersurfaces in Euclidean space. We prove (under certain technical…
The problem of conformal transformation and conformal flatness of Finsler spaces has been studied by so many researchers [6,16,17,20,21]. Recently, Prasad et. al [19] have studied three dimensional conformally flat Landsberg and Berwald spaces and have given some important results. The pur…
We propose a Lie geometric point of view on flat fronts in hyperbolic space as special omega-surfaces and discuss the Lie geometric deformation of flat fronts.
Study finds lower bounds on flat cycles in congruence covers of symmetric spaces.
problem Counting flat cycles in congruence covers of symmetric spaces.
method Lower bound calculation for immersed compact flat manifolds.
result Lower bounds on the contribution of flat cycles to homology.
We show a correspondence between the set of all G-invariant projectively flat connections on a homogeneous apace M=G/K, and the one of all {G}^~-invariant flat connections on a homogeneous space {M}^~={G}^~/K, where {G}^~ is a central extension of G.
We shall investigate flat surfaces in hyperbolic 3-space with admissible singularities, called `flat fronts'. An Osserman-type inequality for complete flat fronts is shown. When equality holds in this inequality, we show that all the ends are embedded. Moreover, we shall give new examples for which equality holds.
We explore the geometry of nonpositively curved spaces with isolated flats, and its consequences for groups that act properly discontinuously, cocompactly, and isometrically on such spaces. We prove that the geometric boundary of the space is an invariant of the group up to equivariant homeomorphism. We also prove that…
Simply connected moduli space of Ricci flat metrics on K3 surfaces.
problem Understanding the topology of Ricci flat metrics on K3 surfaces.
method Analyzing the moduli space of metrics with unit volume.
result The moduli space is simply connected and has cohomology matching the automorphism group.
Study on harmonic forms on K3 surfaces converging to a flat 4D orbifold.
problem Behavior of harmonic 2-forms on K3 surfaces with Ricci-flat metrics.
method Analysis of convergence of harmonic forms to flat 4D orbifold.
result Decomposition of harmonic 2-forms into converging subspaces.
SU(2) flat connection on 2D Riemann surface is shown to relate to the generalized twisted geometry in 3D space with cosmological constant. Various flat connection quantities on Riemann surface are mapped to the geometrical quantities in discrete 3D space. We propose that the moduli space of SU(2) flat connections on Ri…
Vortex solutions on flat surfaces map to harmonic spinors on Nappi-Witten space.
problem Constructing Abelian magnetic zero-modes on flat spacetime.
method Establishing a correspondence between vortex equations and harmonic spinors on the Nappi-Witten space.
result Explicit solutions of a twisted Dirac equation induce harmonic spinors on Minkowski space.
Flat space for manifolds with tiny curvature.
problem Understanding manifolds with curvature concentration.
method Analyzing non-compact manifolds with non-negative Ricci curvature and small curvature concentration.
result Manifolds with curvature concentration are flat.
We calculate finite volumes of moduli spaces of flat surfaces with conical singularities.
problem Calculating volumes of moduli spaces of flat surfaces with prescribed conical singularities.
method Induction on the Euler characteristics of the punctured surface for almost all orders of the singularities.
result Explicit computation of volumes is possible.
Groups acting on CAT(0) spaces without 3-flats have rigid properties.
problem Understanding group actions on CAT(0) spaces without 3-flats.
method Analyzing the structure of CAT(0) spaces and group actions.
result Groups acting geometrically on such spaces have rigid properties.
Study shows how tangle moduli spaces relate to boundary surfaces.
problem Relating tangle moduli spaces to boundary surfaces.
method Use of composition in the Weinstein category and SU(2) holonomy perturbations.
result Holonomy perturbed SU(2) traceless flat moduli space is a Lagrangian immersion.
Kahler toric manifolds linked to dually flat spaces via affine isometry.
problem Mapping Kähler toric manifolds to dually flat spaces.
method Affine isometric maps and equivariant Kähler immersions.
result Existence of lifting procedure between Kähler toric manifolds and dually flat spaces.
Generalizes Thurston's asymmetric metric to flat metrics.
problem Defining an asymmetric metric on flat metrics.
method Defined an asymmetric metric on the space of unit-area flat metrics.
result Discussed two different topologies from the asymmetry.