New dHYM connections found on complex vector bundles.
problem Existence of dHYM connections on higher rank vector bundles.
method Constructing explicit non-trivial examples and providing algebraic conditions.
result First explicit non-trivial dHYM connections on higher rank holomorphic vector bundles.
This paper confirms predictions about 3-manifold instanton Floer homologies using higher rank bundles.
problem Computing 3-manifold instanton Floer homologies using higher rank bundles.
method Using moduli spaces of anti-self-dual connections on hermitian vector bundles of rank N.
result Generalized Donaldson invariants are confirmed for specific 3-manifolds.
Study higher rank deformed Hermitian-Yang-Mills equations for stable vector bundles.
problem Stability conditions for higher rank vector bundles over complex manifolds.
method Establish equivalence between dHYM equations and Z-stability. result Equivalence between dHYM solutions and Z-stability for vortex type bundles. Study higher rank deformed Hermitian-Yang-Mills equations for stable vector bundles.
problem Stability conditions for higher rank vector bundles over complex manifolds.
method Establish equivalence between dHYM equations and Z-stability. result Equivalence between dHYM solutions and Z-stability for vortex type bundles. Develops complex harmonic maps for Teichmüller theory, proving new theorems.
problem Analyzing complex harmonic maps in Teichmüller theory.
method Complex harmonic maps and Higgs bundles.
result Proves a Bers-type theorem for rank 2 Hitchin components.
The paper examines various generalizations and deformations of surface group representations into higher rank groups.
problem Examining surface group representations into higher rank groups and their associated Higgs bundles.
method Analyzing various generalizations and deformations of Fuchsian representations into higher rank groups.
result Parameterizing new connected components as vector bundles over symmetric powers of the surface.
We prove that given a Hitchin representation in a real split rank 2 group G0, there exists a unique equivariant minimal surface in the corresponding symmetric space. As a corollary, we obtain a parametrization of the Hitchin components by a Hermitian bundle over Teichmüller space. The proof goes through intr…
In 1980, I. Morrison proved that slope stability of a vector bundle of rank 2 over a compact Riemann surface implies Chow stability of the projectivization of the bundle with respect to certain polarizations. Using the notion of balanced metrics and recent work of Donaldson, Wang, and Phong-Sturm, we show that the stat…
Holomorphic Higgs bundles on Teichmüller space for surface groups.
problem Characterizing representations of surface groups admitting holomorphic Higgs data.
method Non-abelian Hodge correspondence, unitarity conditions, and existence proofs for higher ranks.
result Holomorphic dependency of Higgs data is equivalent to unitarity for SL(2,C) representations but fails for higher ranks. Study on positivity properties of vector bundle Monge-Ampère equation.
problem Analyzing positivity in vector bundle Monge-Ampère equation.
method Investigates MA-positivity and MA-semi-positive solutions for different ranks of holomorphic bundles over complex surfaces and manifolds.
result Positivity preservation in rank-two holomorphic bundles but not in higher ranks.
Study spectral flow on a warped cylinder with special boundary conditions.
problem Analyzing spectral flow on a warped cylinder with specific boundary conditions.
method Complexifying the twisting bundle, diagonalizing the orthogonal twist, and regrouping conjugate and reflection-paired blocks.
result Explicit formula for RO(O(2))-valued spectral flow, refining ordinary spectral flow. Introduces and studies generalized B-opers with bilinear forms.
problem Understanding higher rank opers with bilinear forms.
method Studies the structure of generalized B-opers using jet bundles and geometric structures on Riemann surfaces.
result Structure of generalized B-opers is studied and related to jet bundles and geometric structures.
This expository paper details the theory of rank one Higgs bundles over a closed Riemann surface X and their relationship to representations of the fundamental group of X. We construct an equivalence between the deformation theories of flat connections and Higgs pairs. This provides an identification of moduli spaces a…
Geometric methods for surface group representations in higher rank SL(2m+1,R).
problem Representations of surface groups in higher rank SL(2m+1,R).
method Para-complex and pseudo-Riemannian geometric techniques.
result One-to-one correspondence between Higgs bundles and isotropic P-alternating surfaces.
It is known that, for Dirac operators on Riemann surfaces twisted by line bundles with Hermitian-Einstein connections, it is possible to obtain estimates for the first eigenvalue in terms of the topology of the twisting bundle \cite{JL2}. Attempts to generalize topological estimates for higher rank bundles or higher di…
In 1980, I. Morrison proved that slope stability of a vector bundle of rank 2 over a compact Riemann surface implies Chow stability of the projectivization of the bundle with respect to certain polarizations. We generalized Morrison's result to higher rank vector bundles over compact algebraic manifolds of arbitrary di…
We say that a Riemannian manifold M has rank at least k if every geodesic in M admits at least k parallel Jacobi fields. The Rank Rigidity Theorem of Ballmann and Burns-Spatzier, later generalized by Eberlein-Heber, states that a complete, irreducible, simply connected Riemannian manifold M of rank at least 2 (the high…
New examples of deformed Hermitian-Yang-Mills connections found.
problem Constructing deformed Hermitian-Yang-Mills connections on manifolds.
method Constructed first higher rank, irreducible deformed Hermitian-Yang-Mills connections in both small and large radius regimes.
result Existence of solutions with any possible angle and ruling out some stability conditions.
Generalizes Higgs bundles theory using a vector bundle twist.
problem Extending Higgs bundles theory to incorporate vector bundle twists.
method Defined a Hitchin map and spectral correspondence, stated Hitchin-Kobayashi correspondence.
result Established a theory halfway between curve and higher-dimensional variety Higgs bundles.
Study positive entropy actions by higher-rank lattices, proving rigidity and conjugacy results.
problem Positive entropy actions by higher-rank lattices in Lie groups.
method Analysis of sub-actions, fiber entropy upper semicontinuity, and conjugacy arguments.
result Actions by higher-rank lattices in SL(n,R) are conjugate to affine actions on (infra-)tori. Quantizes symplectic fibrations to analyze vector bundles and metrics.
problem Quantizing higher rank vector bundles and understanding their metrics.
method Relates Berezin-Toeplitz quantization to hybrid systems and symplectic fibrations.
result Established refined estimates for computing balanced metrics on Kähler manifolds.
Geodesic flow mixing on convex projective manifolds proven.
problem Understanding mixing properties of geodesic flow on convex projective manifolds.
method Introduced biproximal unit tangent bundle and proved mixing properties.
result Geodesic flow is topologically mixing on biproximal unit tangent bundle.
The paper proves vanishing theorems for vector bundles with singular metrics.
problem Analyzing vector bundles with singular Hermitian metrics.
method Using a sheaf of locally square integrable holomorphic sections and a new Nadel-Nakano type vanishing theorem.
result Generalizations of vanishing theorems for vector bundles with singular metrics.
New examples of complex automorphisms with unique graph structures.
problem Understanding ideal Whitehead graphs in higher ranks and their properties.
method Construction of ageometric fully irreducible outer automorphisms and analysis of their ideal Whitehead graphs.
result Existence of examples with cut vertices and non-generic behavior.
Defines complex structure for families of Hilbert spaces with reasonable curvature.
problem Curvature of families of Hilbert spaces not forming a holomorphic bundle.
method Defines a new complex analytic structure and curvature for families of Hilbert spaces.
result New proof of Berndtsson's theorem on curvature of direct images of semi-positively twisted relative canonical bundles.
The paper studies the convergence of harmonic metrics on Higgs bundles.
problem Analyzing the asymptotic behavior of harmonic metrics on Higgs bundles.
method Investigates the convergence of harmonic metrics on stable Higgs bundles of degree 0.
result The sequence of harmonic metrics converges to a decoupled harmonic metric at an exponential rate.
Generalized Donaldson invariants of 4-manifolds are defined, using moduli spaces of anti-self-dual connections with structure group SU(N) or PSU(N). Some values of the invariants are calculated for the case that the 4-manifold arises by the knot-complement construction of Fintushel and Stern. The results are consistent…
This note describes sharp Milnor--Wood inequalities for the Euler number of flat oriented vector bundles over closed Riemannian manifolds locally isometric to products of hyperbolic planes. One consequence is that such manifolds do not admit an affine structure, confirming Chern--Sullivan's conjecture in this case. The…
Proves rigidity for higher rank three-manifolds without curvature constraints.
problem Rigidity of higher rank three-manifolds without curvature assumptions.
method Analyzes complete Riemannian three-manifolds of higher rank.
result Proves conditions for manifolds to be spherical or hyperbolic space forms.
Study real line subbundles on curves, extending classical work.
problem Understanding real line subbundles in real bundles on curves.
method Application of Atiyah's techniques and work of Lange-Narasimhan.
result Describes the Galois action on the set of lines through a real point in the moduli space of such bundles.
We introduce Z-critical connections for holomorphic vector bundles and prove their existence under stability conditions.
problem Existence of Z-critical connections for holomorphic vector bundles. method Associated geometric PDEs to Bridgeland stability conditions and used infinite dimensional moment maps.
result In the large volume limit, a sufficiently smooth holomorphic vector bundle admits a Z-critical connection if and only if it is asymptotically Z-stable. Introduces higher algebroids via vector bundle comorphisms.
problem Generalizing Lie algebroids and higher tangent bundles.
method Defines higher algebroids as vector bundle comorphisms of graded-linear bundles with specific axioms.
result Provides natural examples and applications in geometric mechanics.
This article reviews ∞-bundles and their applications in geometry and physics.
problem Understanding higher bundles in geometry and physics.
method An ∞-categorical formulation of higher bundles. result Identification of higher bundles in various contexts.
Introduces a new equation for complex surfaces, proving stability and inequalities.
problem Stability conditions involving higher Chern forms on complex surfaces.
method Vector bundle version of the complex Monge-Ampere equation, positivity condition (MA positivity), stability and inequalities.
result Proves stability and a Kobayashi-Lubke-Bogomolov-Miyaoka-Yau type inequality for positively curved solutions.
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.
The paper encourages Kleinian group thinking for higher rank Lie groups.
problem No specific problem stated; encouraging new thinking.
method Discussion of Kleinian group ideas applied to higher rank Lie groups.
result Encouragement to think about higher rank Lie groups using Kleinian group theory.
Proves a higher rank rigidity theorem for convex real projective manifolds.
problem No specific problem stated; focuses on proving a theorem.
method Analogue of Ballmann and Burns-Spatzier's higher rank rigidity theorem.
result Proves a higher rank rigidity theorem for convex real projective manifolds.
Holonomies match for higher local systems and principal 2-bundles.
problem Matching holonomies for higher local systems and principal 2-bundles.
method Higher Riemann-Hilbert correspondence and principal 2-bundles.
result Holonomies coincide for both formalisms.
Proves actions of higher rank lattices on hyperbolic spaces are elementary.
problem Understanding actions of higher rank lattices on hyperbolic spaces.
method Proves actions are either elliptic or parabolic, generalizing tree actions.
result Any morphism from a higher rank lattice to a hierarchically hyperbolic group has finite image.
Higher-order tangent bundles have geometric structures compatible with their iterated bundle structure.
problem Connection towers and Sasaki metrics on higher-order tangent bundles
method Introduce the notion of a connection tower and study the geometric structures induced by such towers.
result Connection towers determine multiconnections, adapted splittings, and canonical vector bundle structures.
Confirming a conjecture, new CAT(0) spaces of higher rank are rigid.
problem CAT(0) spaces of higher rank with geometric group actions.
method Proving rigidity for spaces containing periodic flats and geodesics in flats.
result CAT(0) spaces of higher rank n≥2 are rigid if they contain a periodic n-flat. In this note we show that every (real or complex) vector bundle over a compact rank one symmetric space carries, after taking the Whitney sum with a trivial bundle of sufficiently large rank, a metric with nonnegative sectional curvature. We also examine the case of complex vector bundles over other manifolds, and give…
Study finite rank bundle over J-Holomorphic map moduli spaces with exponential decay.
problem Understanding the structure of J-Holomorphic map moduli spaces.
method Prove exponential decay of derivative of gluing maps for a finite rank bundle.
result Exponential decay of the derivative of the gluing maps for the finite rank bundle.
Study on harmonic metrics for rank 3 Higgs bundles in Hitchin section.
problem Finding compatible harmonic metrics for rank 3 Higgs bundles in the Hitchin section.
method Defined a symmetric pairing and studied spectral curves as 2-sheeted branched coverings.
result Gave a condition for Higgs bundles on C or C∗ to have compatible harmonic metrics. New stability criteria for vector bundles linked to Hermite-Einstein geometry.
problem Stability of higher-rank vector bundles and their moduli spaces.
method Introducing m-positivity and a smooth function for coherent subbundles, linking to Hermite-Einstein geometry. result Hermite-Einstein bundles are uniformly semi-stable, and new stability conditions are established.
The thesis uses simplicial methods to study actions, bundles, and bibundles of higher groupoids.
problem Understanding actions, bundles, and bibundles of higher groupoids.
method Employing simplicial methods to model actions, principal bundles, and bibundles of higher groupoids.
result The simplicial definitions agree with categorification approaches and prove a theorem on differentiation of higher Lie groupoids.
Develops higher-order Euler-Poincaré field equations for principal G-bundles.
problem Formulating field equations for higher-order jet bundles of principal G-bundles.
method Reduction theory applied to G-invariant Lagrangian field theories on jet bundles, transferring Hamilton's principle to reduced configuration bundles. result Higher-order Euler-Poincaré field equations are equivalent to conservation of Noether current.
Combines higher complex structures with flat connections to link to W-algebras.
problem Linking higher complex structures to W-algebras via flat connections. method Introduces L-parabolic connections and studies their curvature. result Establishes a direct link between flat connections and higher complex structures.