Maps between non-compact surfaces can have geometric kernels under certain conditions.
problem Understanding when maps between non-compact surfaces have geometric kernels.
method Using Brown's proper fundamental group to establish sufficient conditions for geometric kernels.
result Characterization of conjugacy classes in the proper fundamental group and sufficient conditions for geometric kernels.
We construct the geometric Baum-Connes assembly map for twisted Lie groupoids, that means for Lie groupoids together with a given groupoid equivariant PU(H)−principle bundle. The construction is based on the use of geometric deformation groupoids, these objects allow in particular to give a geometric construction of …
We prove that the introduction of the class of geometrically atomic bundle maps by Harvey and Lawson in their theory of singular connections is not necessary because an arbitrary map satisfies the conditions of geometric atomicity.
Geometric cohomology model uses co-oriented maps to define a product structure.
problem Constructing a geometric model for cohomology of smooth manifolds.
method Develops a cochain complex model based on co-oriented smooth maps, focusing on their pull-back product structure.
result Geometric cochains with a partially defined product structure induce the cup product in cohomology.
Study relates Gaussian curvature signs to cuspidal edge types and geometric invariants.
problem Understanding the relationship between Gaussian curvature and singularities of Gauss maps of cuspidal edges.
method Analyzes geometric invariants and types of singularities of Gauss maps to define and characterize positivity/negativity of cusps.
result Defines and characterizes positivity/negativity of cusps of Gauss maps by geometric invariants of cuspidal edges, and shows relation between sign of cusps and Gaussian curvature.
Survey on conservation laws for geometric PDEs.
problem Modeling polyharmonic maps.
method Conservation law approach.
result Overview of conservation laws in geometric PDEs.
This paper is a study of the subgroups of the mapping class groups of Riemann surfaces, called "geometric" subgroups, corresponding to the inclusion of subsurfaces. Our analysis includes surfaces with boundary and with punctures. The centres of all the mapping class groups are calculated. We determine the kernel of inc…
Explains mapping properties of elliptic operators in conical spaces.
problem Understanding mapping properties of geometric elliptic operators in conical spaces.
method Develops an approach based on B.-W. Schulze's work.
result Illustrates versatility of results in Geometric Analysis.
The paper studies degenerations of rational maps and their limits as geometrically finite rational maps.
problem Understanding the limits of quasi post-critically finite degenerations of rational maps.
method Constructing limits as geometrically finite rational maps on a tree of Riemann spheres, proving boundedness, and giving convergence criteria.
result Progress towards Thurston's compactness theorem and double limit theorem in complex dynamics.
Geometric approach to moment maps in complex geometry.
problem Constructing moment maps in complex geometry.
method Introducing universal families and equivariant differential forms.
result New geometric proofs and equations for moment maps.
Let M be a surface (possibly nonorientable) with punctures and/or boundary components. The paper is a study of ``geometric subgroups'' of the mapping class group of M, that is subgroups corresponding to inclusions of subsurfaces (possibly disconnected). We characterise the subsurfaces which lead to virtually abelian ge…
New constraints found for algebro-geometric subgroups of mapping class groups.
problem Constraints for algebro-geometric subgroups of mapping class groups.
method Using deep work of Gibney, Keel, and Morrison, constraints on the Shafarevich morphism are derived to prove the infinite restriction of certain representations.
result Most Reshetikhin-Turaev representations of the mapping class group restrict to infinite representations on algebro-geometric subgroups when the genus is at least 3.
Extends Satoh's map to virtual m-links and constructs geometric pictures.
problem Virtual m-links and their geometric representations.
method Generalization of Satoh's map to virtual m-links and construction of geometric pictures.
result New geometric pictures of virtual m-links.
The paper explores geometric finiteness in mapping class groups and constructs new examples of these subgroups.
problem Understanding geometric finiteness in mapping class groups and constructing new examples.
method Examined several constructions of subgroups and determined conditions for geometric finiteness.
result Provides new examples of parabolically geometrically finite and reducibly geometrically finite subgroups.
New invariants found for mappings between non-symmetric affine spaces.
problem Finding new invariants for mappings between non-symmetric affine spaces.
method Obtained invariants using factored deformation tensor and novel Weyl type invariants.
result Novel Weyl type invariants for mappings between non-symmetric affine spaces.
We show that for a strongly convergent sequence of geometrically finite Kleinian groups with geometrically finite limit, the Cannon-Thurston maps of limit sets converge uniformly. If however the algebraic and geometric limits differ, as in the well known examples due to Kerckhoff and Thurston, then provided the geometr…
Geometrically represents L-homology classes using normal maps.
problem Representing L-homology classes geometrically.
method Establishing a relationship between normal cobordism classes and L-homology.
result Existence of a map Γ representing L-homology classes by normal degree one maps.
In this paper we prove geometric residue theorems for bundle maps over a compact manifold. The theory developed associates residues to the singularity submanifolds of the map for any invariant polynomial. The theory is then applied to a variety of settings: smooth maps between equidimensional manifolds, CR-singularitie…
Study of normal and tangent maps to frontals.
problem Understanding geometric and dynamical properties of frontals.
method Geometrical and dynamical analysis of normal and tangent maps.
result Parallels of the tangent map to a frontal curve are right equivalent to the tangent map of a frontal curve under certain conditions.
Study on harmonic maps from surfaces to homogeneous spaces, focusing on bubble formation and geometric constraints.
problem Understanding the behavior of harmonic maps from surfaces to homogeneous spaces, especially in the presence of bubbles.
method Refined asymptotic expansions and obstruction relations for sequences developing a single bubble, geometric constraints for weakly conformal maps.
result New geometric constraints on the tangent planes of the limit map and bubble, depending on the dimensionality.
Study on mappings in Carnot groups, proving rigidity results.
problem Understanding mappings in Carnot groups and proving rigidity.
method Structural results for Sobolev mappings, proving rigidity or regularity.
result Establishes partial rigidity and partial regularity theorems.
New examples of subgroups in mapping class groups are found.
problem Understanding subgroups in mapping class groups.
method Constructing new families of parabolically geometrically finite subgroups.
result These subgroups are undistorted in Mod(S). Proves Singer conjecture for specific geometric varieties.
problem Singer conjecture for certain geometric varieties.
method Semismall Albanese map and residually finite fundamental group.
result Proves Singer conjecture for specified varieties.
Surfaces of finite geometric type are complete, immersed into the tree-dimensional Euclidean space with finite total curvature and Gauss map extending to an oriented compact surface as a smooth branched covering map over the unit sphere of the Euclidean three dimensional space. In a recent preprint J. Jorge and F. Merc…
Study shows mapping class group dimension for surfaces with punctures.
problem Determining the geometric dimension of mapping class groups of surfaces with punctures.
method Proved cocompact classifying space for proper actions with dimension equal to virtual cohomological dimension.
result Proper geometric dimension of mapping class groups of orientable surfaces with punctures.
The geometric Hopf invariant of a stable map F is a stable Z_2-equivariant map h(F) such that the stable Z_2-equivariant homotopy class of h(F) is the primary obstruction to F being homotopic to an unstable map. In this paper we express the geometric Hopf invariant of the Umkehr map F of an immersion f:M^m \to N^n in t…
Study geometric manifolds in arbitrary dimensions, focusing on maps and diffeomorphisms.
problem Existence and properties of maps and diffeomorphisms in geometric manifolds.
method Analysis of geometric structures and homotopy invariants in arbitrary dimensions.
result Existence of Anosov diffeomorphisms and monotonicity of homotopy invariants.
Maps geometric deformations to algebraic classes in Lie groupoids and algebroids.
problem Deformation theory of Lie groupoids and algebroids.
method Defining a morphism between deformation complexes and Hochschild complexes, applying to adiabatic groupoids.
result Induced van Est map from geometric to algebraic deformation cohomology.
In this paper we introduce a natural definition for the affine maps between two Finsler manifolds (M,F) and (N,F~) and we give some geometrical properties of these affine maps. Starting from the equations of the affine maps, we construct a natural Berwald-Riemann-Lagrange geometry on the 1-jet space $J^1(TM;…
Study topological quantum mechanics on orbifolds with geometric interpretation.
problem Quantum mechanical models on symplectic orbifolds.
method Explicit orbifold version of quantum HKR map and exact semi-classical approximation.
result Geometric and quantum field theoretic interpretation of orbifold algebraic index.
We establish a geometric quantization formula for a Hamiltonian action of a compact Lie group acting on a noncompact symplectic manifold with proper moment map.
Proves conjecture for hyperbolic-by-cyclic groups using geometric methods.
problem Proving Farrell-Jones Conjecture for specific group structures.
method Geometric methods and structure theory of mapping tori.
result Proved Farrell-Jones Conjecture for mapping tori of automorphisms of hyperbolic-by-cyclic groups.
We construct a higher Whitehead torsion map, using algebraic K-theory of spaces, and show that it satisfies the usual properties of the classical Whitehead torsion. This is used to describe a "geometric assembly map" defined on stabilized structure spaces in purely homotopy theoretic terms.
A normal subgroup of the (extended) mapping class group of a surface is said to be geometric if its automorphism group is the mapping class group. We prove that in the case of the Cantor tree surface, every normal subgroup is geometric. We note that there is no non-trivial finite-type mapping class group for which this…
Invites geometers to Garside theory for mapping class groups.
problem None explicitly stated, but related to geometric group theory.
method Garside theory applied to mapping class groups.
result No specific key result mentioned in the abstract.
We show that the detection of geometric intersection in an arbitrary representation of the mapping class group of surface implies the injectivity of that representation up to center, and vice versa. As an application, we discuss the geometric intersection in the Johnson filtration. Also, we further consider the problem…
Proves the bending map is proper for hyperbolic 3-manifolds.
problem Properness of the bending map in hyperbolic 3-manifolds.
method Analyzes geometric properties and isotopy classes of homeomorphisms.
result Proving the bending map is proper for hyperbolic 3-manifolds.
Integrable dynamics explained via geometric maps and cluster algebras.
problem Integrable dynamics in projective geometry.
method Twisted triple crossing diagram maps and cluster integrable systems.
result Cross-ratio dynamics described by geometric R-matrices. Affine maps reveal higher rank structures in certain spaces.
problem Characterizing spaces with higher rank structures.
method Using Hadamard spaces with geometric group actions and affine maps.
result Affine maps not dilations indicate higher rank structures.
This paper determines the flexible exponent for non-geometric 3-manifolds.
problem Bounding the mapping degree in terms of the Lipschitz constant for non-geometric 3-manifolds.
method Analyzing the infimum of α such that the inequality holds for any Lipschitz map.
result The flexible exponent for non-geometric 3-manifolds is determined.
This study is motivated by the researches in the field of invariants of geodesic and conformal mappings presented in (T. Y. Thomas, [22]) and (H. Weyl, [25]). The Thomas projective parameter and the Weyl projective tensor are generalized in this article. Generators for vector spaces of invariants of geometric mappings …
Constructs harmonic maps between special geometric shapes.
problem Creating harmonic maps between specific types of geometric shapes.
method Equivariant harmonic maps constructed between cohomogeneity one manifolds.
result Developed a method to construct harmonic maps.
New method learns disentangled representations using Gromov-Monge maps.
problem Learning disentangled representations from unlabelled data.
method Introduces a novel approach based on Gromov-Monge maps to preserve geometric features while aligning data distributions.
result Demonstrates effectiveness on four benchmarks, outperforming other methods.
New stretch maps minimize distortion in geometric group theory.
problem Finding optimal maps in geometric group theory.
method Proving minimizers using modulus of curve families and MSP.
result Stretch maps are minimizers of mean quasiconformal distortion.
Information mapping is a popular application of Multivoxel Pattern Analysis (MVPA) to fMRI. Information maps are constructed using the so called searchlight method, where the spherical multivoxel neighborhood of every voxel (i.e., a searchlight) in the brain is evaluated for the presence of task-relevant response patte…
New method improves matrix completion with functional maps.
problem Matrix completion with geometric structure.
method Functional map regularization for geometric matrix completion.
result Significant performance improvement over state-of-the-art methods.
The aim of this paper is fourfold. Firstly, we introduce and study the f-ultra-harmonic maps. Secondly, we recall the geometric dynamics generated by a first order normal PDE system and we give original results regarding the geometric dynamics generated by other first order PDE systems. Thirdly, we determine the Gauss …
New bounds on mapping degrees for geometric 3-manifolds.
problem Bounding the mapping degree in terms of Lipschitz constant for geometric 3-manifolds.
method Constructing Legendrian maps to prove bounds on flexible exponent.
result Complete result for flexible exponent of geometric 3-manifolds.