We give a combinatorial proof, using the hyperbolicity of the curve graphs, of the bounded geodesic image theorem of Masur and Minsky. Recently it has been shown that curve graphs are uniformly hyperbolic, thus a universal bound can be given for the diameter of the geodesic image. We also generalize the theorem for pro…
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Researchers describe the Gromov boundary of a graph related to surfaces.
problem Understanding the Gromov boundary of a graph associated with surfaces.
method Described a dense subset of the Gromov boundary as geodesic laminations, proving the graph satisfies a bounded geodesic image theorem.
result The boundary is not compact.
Uniform bound on geodesic images for surfaces using bicorn curves.
problem Bounding geodesic images on closed surfaces.
method Utilizing bicorn curves and properties of 1-slim triangles.
result Uniform bound of 44 for non-annular subsurfaces, 3 for specific cases.
The paper studies hyperbolic phenomena on closed surfaces using bicorn curves.
problem Understanding hyperbolic phenomena on curve graphs of closed surfaces.
method Using the theory of bicorn curves to analyze the curve graphs of closed surfaces.
result Proves that the curve graph of any closed surface is 15-hyperbolic with one exception.
Study geodesics in Kähler metrics for all time.
problem Understanding geodesics in Kähler metrics for all time.
method Analyzing geodesics as induced by holomorphic vector fields.
result Derivative of geodesics implies a variant of convexity theorem.
New data-driven Cartan connection tracks complex vascular structures.
problem Tracking complex vascular structures in multi-orientation images.
method Formulated a data-driven Cartan connection on for geodesic tracking.
result Improved geodesic tracking of vascular trees with globally optimal curves.
New constructions show stable geodesics and figure-eights in convex hypersurfaces.
problem Constructing stable geodesics and figure-eights in convex hypersurfaces.
method Explicit billiard trajectories with controlled parallel transport in convex polytopes.
result Construction of stable figure-eights and index-zero geodesics in convex hypersurfaces.
Skinning mapsmath.GT
Let M be a hyperbolic 3-manifold with nonempty totally geodesic boundary. We prove that there are upper and lower bounds on the diameter of the skinning map of M that depend only on the volume of the hyperbolic structure with totally geodesic boundary, answering a question of Y. Minsky. This is proven via a filling the…
Localized curvature bounds ensure harmonic maps are constant.
problem Ensuring harmonic maps are constant under localized curvature constraints.
method Localized Bochner-type rigidity theorem for harmonic maps with image-dependent curvature bounds.
result Harmonic maps are constant if minimal Ricci curvature dominates image-dependent curvature bounds.
New proof shows nonholonomic motions are geodesics, minimizing distance.
problem Nonholonomic motion equations are not variational.
method Proved geodesic property of nonholonomic trajectories using Riemannian metrics.
result Nonholonomic motions minimize distance in their manifold.
We prove that a 3--dimensional hyperbolic cusp with convex polyhedral boundary is uniquely determined by its Gauss image. Furthermore, any spherical metric on the torus with cone singularities of negative curvature and all closed contractible geodesics of length greater than is the metric of the Gauss image of som…
Support Theorems and an Injectivity Result for Integral Moments of a Symmetric m-Tensor Fieldmath.DG
In this work, we show an injectivity result and support theorems for integral moments of a m-tensor field on a simple, real analytic, Riemannian manifold. Integral moments of m-tensor field were first introduced by Sharafutdinov. At first we generalize a Helgason type support theorem proven by Krishnan and Stefanov in …
Study compact Willmore surfaces without complex structure convergence, computing energy loss and geodesic lengths.
problem Compactness of Willmore surfaces without complex structure convergence.
method Compute energy loss in neck and geodesic lengths in Grassmannian .
result Limit of Gauss map image is a geodesic in with computable length.
On some specified convex supporting sets of spheres, we find a generalized longitude function whose level sets are totally geodesic. Given an arbitrary (weakly) harmonic map into spheres, the composition of the generalized longitude function and harmonic map satisfies an elliptic equation of divergence type. With the a…
Study counts geodesics on hyperbolic 3-manifolds, proving prime theorems.
problem Counting primitive closed geodesics on compact hyperbolic 3-manifolds.
method Proves prime geodesic theorems with symmetric error terms in length and holonomy.
result Effective equidistribution of holonomy and symmetric error terms.
Tight geodesics were introduced by Masur-Minsky in [17]. They and their hierarchies have been a powerful tool in the study of the curve complex, mapping class groups, Teichmüller spaces, and hyperbolic 3-manifolds. In the same paper, they showed that there are at least one and at most finitely many tight geodesics betw…
New proofs of Donaldson-Uhlenbeck-Yau theorem using geodesic rays.
problem Donaldson-Uhlenbeck-Yau theorem implications
method Geodesic rays of Hermitian metrics
result New proofs of the theorem
A prime geodesic theorem for singular geodesics in a locally symmetric space is proved. As an application, an asymptotic formula for units in number fields is given.
Geodesic connectedness proved for statistical manifolds with divisible cubic forms.
problem Geodesic connectedness of affine connections on statistical manifolds with divisible cubic forms.
method Analogy with Hopf-Rinow theorem in Riemannian geometry, establishing geodesic completeness.
result Geodesic connectedness established for statistical manifolds with divisible cubic forms.
Extends Polydisk Theorem to Cartan-Hartogs domains.
problem Characterizing geodesics in Cartan-Hartogs domains.
method Applying the Polydisk Theorem to Cartan-Hartogs domains.
result Cartan-Hartogs domains inherit geodesic submanifolds from bounded symmetric domains.
We extend two celebrated theorems on closed geodesics of Riemannian 2-spheres to the larger class of reversible Finsler 2-spheres: Lusternik-Schnirelmann's theorem asserting the existence of three simple closed geodesics, and Bangert-Franks-Hingston's theorem asserting the existence of infinitely many closed geodesics.…
Proves Morse index theorem for geodesics in conic Finsler manifolds.
problem Geodesic index theorem in conic Finsler manifolds with variable endpoints.
method Proves Morse index theorem for geodesics connecting submanifolds in a manifold with a conic pseudo-Finsler metric.
result Establishes the Morse index theorem for geodesics in conic Finsler manifolds.
A new method tracks retinal vessels more accurately than existing methods.
problem Tracking retinal vessels accurately in spherical images.
method Computing cusp-free, crossing-preserving geodesics on spherical positions and orientations.
result Crossing-preserving tracking shows clear advantages over non-crossing-preserving tracking.
Comparison and Rigidity Theorems for geodesic curvatures in two dimensional Alexandrov spacesmath.DG
Study geodesic curvature in 2D Alexandrov spaces, generalizing results from spaces with curvature above.
problem Geodesic curvature in Alexandrov spaces with curvature below.
method Comparison and rigidity theorems for geodesic curvatures.
result Generalized known results for geodesic curvature in spaces with curvature above.
The paper studies the connectedness of a graph's boundary for surfaces.
problem Understanding the topology of the Gromov boundary of fine curve graphs for surfaces.
method Proved a bounded geodesic image theorem, used to show linear connectivity of the Gromov boundary.
result The Gromov boundary of fine curve graphs for surfaces is linearly connected.
Geodesic nets on flat spheres are studied using Gauss-Bonnet theorem.
problem Existence and non-existence of specific geodesic nets on flat spheres.
method The theorem of Gauss-Bonnet is applied to demonstrate results.
result Existence and non-existence of geodesic nets on regular doubled polygons.
Theorem shows generic metrics yield non-degenerate geodesic nets.
problem Characterizing geodesic nets on generic metrics.
method Proving all connected embedded nets are non-degenerate for Baire-generic metrics.
result All stationary geodesic nets are non-degenerate for generic metrics.
A proof of the Ending Laminations Theorem is given, using Teichmuller geodesics directly.
We develop a variational theory of geodesics for the canonical variation of the metric of a totally geodesic foliation. As a consequence, we obtain comparison theorems for the horizontal and vertical Laplacians. In the case of Sasakian foliations, we show that sharp horizontal and vertical comparison theorems for the s…
Subfactor projectionsmath.GR
When two free factors A and B of a free group F_n are in "general position" we define the projection of B to the splitting complex (alternatively, the complex of free factors) of A. We show that the projections satisfy properties analogous to subsurface projections introduced by Masur and Minsky. We use the subfactor p…
The paper proves a transformation theorem under a monotone property of almost Euclidean factors of geodesic balls.
problem The non-increasing property of numbers of almost Euclidean factors of geodesic balls.
method Proves a transformation theorem under a non-decreasing property compared to the non-increasing property.
result Shows that for a manifold with nonnegative Ricci curvature, if its universal cover is polar at infinity and the number of almost Euclidean factors is monotone, then its fundamental group is finitely generated and virtually abelian.
The prime geodesic theorem for regular geodesics in a higher rank locally symmetric space is proved. An application to class numbers is given. The proof relies on a Lefschetz formula that is based on work of Andreas Juhl.
The main goal of the paper is to prove the sandwich theorem for geodesic convex functions in a complete Riemannian manifold. Then by using this theorem we have proved an inequality in a manifold with bounded sectional curvature. Finally, we have shown that the gradient of a convex function is orthogonal to the tangent …
Paper proves rigidity theorems for geodesically reversible Finsler metrics.
problem Understanding geodesically reversible Finsler metrics in closed manifolds.
method Applied theory of volumes and areas on Finsler spaces to establish rigidity theorems.
result Partial explanation of the scarcity of geodesically reversible Finsler metrics in closed manifolds.
Busemann and MCPmath.DG
Study Busemann spaces with measures under MCP, proving rigidity and structure theorems.
problem Understanding the structure of Busemann spaces with measures.
method Analyzing geodesic completeness and non-collapse assumptions.
result Rigidity and structure theorems for Busemann spaces with MCP.
Generic metrics make geodesic nets dense.
problem Density of geodesic nets under generic metrics.
method Proving density for Baire-generic metrics.
result Union of geodesic nets images is dense.
The paper improves bounds on geodesic lengths and their simplicity on hyperbolic surfaces.
problem Estimating the distribution of geodesic lengths on hyperbolic surfaces.
method Analyzing the moduli space of hyperbolic surfaces with the Weil-Petersson metric.
result Most geodesics of certain lengths are simple and non-separating, confirming a conjecture.
The paper extends the collar theorem to non-compact surfaces using new comparison theorems.
problem Proving the collar theorem for non-compact surfaces.
method Developed new Toponogov-type triangle comparison theorems.
result Eliminated the compactness hypothesis for the collar theorem.
Paper proves Sion's theorem in geodesic spaces and develops a Riemannian extragradient method.
problem Understanding saddle points in nonconvex-nonconcave minimax problems.
method Geodesic metric space version of Sion's theorem and Riemannian extragradient method.
result Developed a Riemannian extragradient algorithm for smooth minimax problems.
Dedicated to Professor Gromoll: The aim of our article is to generalize the Toponogov comparison theorem to a complete Riemannian manifold with smooth convex boundary. A geodesic triangle will be replaced by an open (geodesic) triangle standing on the boundary of the manifold, and a model surface will be replaced by th…
The main result of the paper is Egorov's theorem for transversally elliptic operators on compact foliated manifolds. This theorem is applied to describe the noncommutative geodesic flow in noncommutative geometry of Riemannian foliations.
Recently we generalized Toponogov's comparison theorem to a complete Riemannian manifold with smooth convex boundary, where a geodesic triangle was replaced by an open (geodesic) triangle standing on the boundary of the manifold, and a model surface was replaced by the universal covering surface of a cylinder of revolu…
Study distance maps on spaces with curvature bound, proving regularity and sphere theorem.
problem Regularity of distance maps on geodesically complete spaces with curvature bound above.
method Define and prove regularity of distance maps as Hurewicz fibrations.
result Sphere theorem for geodesically complete CAT(1) spaces.
Sub-Riemannian Snakes on the Projective Line Bundle with Applications to Segmentation of SEM Imagesmath.DG
A new snake model improves segmentation of SEM images.
problem Efficiently segmenting overlapping electronic structures in SEM images.
method Geodesic tracking on projective line bundle with a geometric criterion for switching between fast spatial snakes and minimizing geodesics.
result Improved robust and automatic segmentation of overlapping electronic structures in SEM images.
Study random walks on groups with superlinear divergent geodesics.
problem Existence of superlinear divergent geodesics in groups.
method Developed theory of superlinear divergence and applied Gouëzel's pivoting technique.
result Established a central limit theorem for random walks on groups with superlinear divergent geodesics.
A prime geodesic theorem is proven for singular geodesics in quotients of SL(4). This is a case where regularity assumptions of previous papers fail. As a consequence, the analysis becomes much more involved. For applications in number theory (class number asymptotics) it is, however, necessary to consider this case, t…
The study of random walks on hyperbolic spaces and Teichmüller spaces, proving central limit theorems and geodesic tracking.
problem Analyzing random walks on hyperbolic and Teichmüller spaces.
method Proving central limit theorems and geodesic tracking using finite moments and logarithmic moments.
result Translation lengths of random isometries satisfy a central limit theorem if and only if the random walk has finite second moment.
We extend some results of [BF12] on subfactor projections to show that the projection of a free factor B to the free factor complex of the free factor A is well-defined with uniformly bound diameter, unless either A is contained in B or A and B are vertex stabilizers of a single splitting of F_n, i.e. they are disjoint…