The study explores holomorphic Legendrian curves and superminimal surfaces in complex projective and sphere spaces.
problem Characterizing and embedding holomorphic Legendrian curves and superminimal surfaces.
method Runge approximation theorem, bijective correspondence via twistor projection, finite genus analysis.
result Every open Riemann surface embeds into CP3 as a complete holomorphic Legendrian curve. In this paper, we find a holomorphic Darboux chart around any immersed noncompact holomorphic Legendrian curve in a complex contact manifold (X,ξ). By using such a chart, we show that every holomorphic Legendrian immersion R→X from an open Riemann surface can be approximated on relatively compact subsets by holo…
In this paper we study holomorphic Legendrian curves in the standard holomorphic contact structure on C2n+1 for any n∈N. We provide several approximation and desingularization results which enable us to prove general existence theorems, settling some of the open problems in the subject. In pa…
New insights into (2,3,5)-distributions via Legendrian curves.
problem Understanding symmetries of (2,3,5)-distributions. method Exploiting a correspondence between distributions and lines on contact manifolds.
result One-to-one correspondence between equivalence classes of (2,3,5)-distributions and Legendrian curves. Geometrically, Legendrian surfaces related by surgery have related skein-valued cluster spaces.
problem Understanding the skein-valued cluster transformation in Legendrian surfaces.
method Geometric considerations of moduli of holomorphic curves.
result Skein-valued cluster transformation of Legendrian surfaces related by surgery.
In this paper we prove that every open Riemann surface properly embeds in the Special Linear group SL2(C) as a holomorphic Legendrian curve, where SL2(C) is endowed with its standard contact structure. As a consequence, we derive the existence of proper, weakly complete, flat fronts in the real …
Superminimal surfaces in certain Einstein manifolds have a Calabi-Yau property.
problem Characterizing superminimal surfaces in specific Einstein manifolds.
method Utilizing twistor spaces and properties of holomorphic Legendrian curves.
result Superminimal surfaces in self-dual or anti-self-dual Einstein four-manifolds can be uniformly approximated by complete superminimal surfaces.
Proper superminimal surfaces in hyperbolic 4-space can be approximated by conformal immersions.
problem Finding conformal superminimal surfaces in hyperbolic 4-space.
method Analysis of holomorphic Legendrian curves in the twistor space of H4. result Proper conformal superminimal immersions can be approximated by smooth ones.
Worldsheet skein D-module for Hopf link conormal uniquely determines partition functions.
problem Understanding HOMFLYPT polynomials and their geometric origins.
method Defining worldsheet skein module and D-module, considering skein valued open curve counts.
result Worldsheet skein D-module for Hopf link conormal is generated by three operator polynomials.
The paper reformulates Legendrian contact homology using string topology.
problem Defining and invariance of Legendrian contact homology for unit conormal bundles.
method Using pseudo-holomorphic curves and string topology to define a graded algebra.
result The new algebra is conjectured to be isomorphic to Legendrian contact homology.
Let M be a connected open Riemann surface. We prove that the space L(M,C2n+1) of all holomorphic Legendrian immersions of M into C2n+1, n≥1, endowed with the standard holomorphic contact structure, is weakly homotopy equivalent to the space C(M,S4n−1) o…
We study the singularities of Legendrian subvarieties of contact manifolds in the complex-analytic category and prove two rigidity results. The first one is that Legendrian singularities with reduced tangent cones are contactomorphically biholomorphic to their tangent cones. This result is partly motivated by a problem…
Develops gluing theory for contact instantons and pseudoholomorphic curves.
problem Constructing contact instanton Floer cohomology and Fukaya-type category.
method Gluing theory of contact instantons and pseudoholomorphic curves in symplectization context.
result Construction of Legendrian contact instanton homology and moduli spaces of holomorphic buildings.
Legendrian Lavrentiev links are shown to be equivalent to smooth links.
problem Understanding equivalence of Legendrian and smooth links.
method Definition and analysis of Legendrian isotopies.
result Equivalence classes of Legendrian Lavrentiev links coincide with smooth links.
Study cone structures on contact manifolds to understand their geometric properties.
problem Characterize cone structures on holomorphic contact manifolds.
method Characterize subadjoint varieties among Legendrian submanifolds in terms of contact prolongations.
result Holomorphic horizontal splitting of the canonical distribution on contact G-structures.
It is shown that, in the 1-jet space of the circle, the swapping and the flyping procedures, which produce topologically equivalent links, can produce nonequivalent legendrian links. Each component of the links considered is legendrian isotopic to the 1-jet of the 0-function, and thus cannot be distinguished by the cla…
We construct an enhanced version of knot contact homology, and show that we can deduce from it the group ring of the knot group together with the peripheral subgroup. In particular, it completely determines a knot up to smooth isotopy. The enhancement consists of the (fully noncommutative) Legendrian contact homology a…
The paper calculates a formula for knot complements using holomorphic curves.
problem Calculating the partition function of knot complements.
method Skein valued holomorphic curve counting techniques.
result The partition function localizes on specific holomorphic annuli for torus knots.
Algorithm converts curves on ribbon surfaces to contact surgery diagrams.
problem Legendrian realization of curves on ribbon surfaces.
method Explicit algorithm to Legendrian realize homologically nontrivial curves.
result Any two Legendrian realizations of the same curve are Legendrian isotopic.
Simplified computation of SFT invariants for Legendrian links.
problem Computing SFT invariants for Legendrian links is combinatorially intractable.
method Left-right-simplification of Legendrian links and analysis of holomorphic maps.
result SFT invariants of Legendrian links are combinatorially computable using disks with ≤ 2 positive punctures.
Study on cr-invariant variational problem for Legendrian curves in 3-sphere.
problem Lower-order cr-invariant variational problem for Legendrian curves in 3-sphere.
method Deduced Euler-Lagrange equations, investigated closed critical curves, characterized non-constant cr-curvature curves, proved cr-equivalence classes correspondence to rational points.
result Closed critical curves with non-constant cr-curvature are characterized and their cr-equivalence classes are in one-to-one correspondence with rational points of a connected planar domain.
Study geometric mKdV flows for Legendrian curves in a 3-sphere.
problem Investigate geometric evolution equations for Legendrian curves.
method Define a symplectic structure and show mKdV and associated flows.
result Show mKdV equation as curvature evolution induced by Hamiltonian flows.
Using convex integration we give a constructive proof of the well-known fact that every continuous curve in a contact 3-manifold can be approximated by a Legendrian curve.
Constructs Lagrangian skeleta for curve singularities.
problem Understanding Lagrangian skeleta of curve singularities.
method Constructs closed arboreal Lagrangian skeleta associated to links of isolated plane curve singularities.
result Provides computations of Legendrian and Weinstein invariants.
Using convex surfaces and Kanda's classification theorem, we classify Legendrian isotopy classes of Legendrian linear curves in all tight contact structures on T3. Some of the knot types considered in this article provide new examples of non transversally simple knot types.
In this paper we prove that, given an open Riemann surface M and an integer n≥3, the set of complete conformal minimal immersions M→Rn with X(M)=Rn forms a dense subset in the space of all conformal minimal immersions M→Rn endowed with the compact-open topology.…
Motivated by Legendrian curve shortening flows in R3, we study the curve shortening flow of figure-eight curves in the plane. We show that, under some symmetry and curvature conditions, a figure-eight curve will shrink to a point at the first singular time.
The study finds non-simple isotopy classes of links in 3-manifolds, including Legendrian and pseudo-Legendrian examples.
problem Characterizing isotopy classes of links in 3-manifolds, especially in contact structures.
method Developed theory of links transverse to a nowhere-zero vector field, constructing examples in both Legendrian and pseudo-Legendrian settings.
result Non-simple isotopy classes of links exist, including Legendrian and pseudo-Legendrian examples.
The paper introduces a new flow for Legendrian curves in Sasakian sub-Riemannian 3-manifolds.
problem Investigating the behavior of Legendrian curves in specific geometric settings.
method Introducing and analyzing a modified inverse mean curvature flow for Legendrian curves in Sasakian sub-Riemannian 3-manifolds.
result The flow preserves the Legendrian condition and increases the length of curves, with specific asymptotic behaviors.
We strengthen the link between holomorphic and generating-function invariants of Legendrian knots by establishing a formula relating the number of augmentations of a knot's contact homology to the complete ruling invariant of Chekanov and Pushkar.
Study on focal surfaces and evolutes of framed curves in hyperbolic 3-space using Legendrian duality.
problem Investigate differential geometry properties of framed curves, including singular points.
method Use Legendrian dualities to analyze focal surfaces and evolutes of hyperbolic framed curves.
result Show the relationship among focal surfaces, evolutes, and dual surfaces of evolutes.
Contact homology for Legendrian submanifolds in standard contact (2n+1)-space is rigorously defined using moduli spaces of holomorphic disks with Lagrangian boundary conditions in complex n-space. It provides new invariants of Legendrian isotopy. Using these invariants the theory of Legendrian isotopy is shown to b…
New algebra defined for Legendrian submanifolds, preserving key invariants.
problem Defining a new algebra to preserve invariants of Legendrian submanifolds.
method Combining string topology techniques with combinatorial methods to count holomorphic disks.
result The new algebra PDA is a filtered, differential graded algebra that captures invariants of Legendrian submanifolds. The paper studies singularities of pedal curves of hyperbolic frontals.
problem Investigating singularities of pedal curves of spacelike frontals in hyperbolic 2-space.
method Analyzing singularities of pedal curves based on dual curve germs and pedal point locations.
result The singularities of pedal curves depend on the singularities of the first hyperbolic Legendrian curvature germ and the pedal point for non-singular dual curve germs. For singular dual curve germs, additional dependence on both Legendrian curvature germs is observed.
The paper studies Legendrian mean curvature flow in η-Einstein Sasakian manifolds.
problem Existence and asymptotic behavior of Legendrian curves in η-Einstein Sasakian manifolds.
method Legendrian mean curvature flow, stability condition, Thomas-Yau conjecture.
result Existence and asymptotic convergence of long-time solutions.
We construct a combinatorial invariant of Legendrian knots in standard contact three-space. This invariant, which encodes rational relative Symplectic Field Theory and extends contact homology, counts holomorphic disks with an arbitrary number of positive punctures. The construction uses ideas from string topology.
We construct a Legendrian version of Envelope theory. A tangential family is a 1-parameter family of rays emanating tangentially from a smooth plane curve. The Legendrian graph of the family is the union of the Legendrian lifts of the family curves in the projectivized cotangent bundle PT∗R2. We study the singular…
We discuss Ghys' theorem on 4 zeroes of the Schwarzian derivative and its relation with flattening points of Legendrian curves and Sturm theory.
For null curves in PSL(2,C), there exists a representation formula in terms of two meromorphic functions and their derivatives (Small's formula). In this paper, we give an elementary proof of Small's formula. Moreover, a similar formula for Legendrian curves in PSL(2,C) is given. As null curves in PSL(2,C) are related …
We show that every toric Sasaki-Einstein manifold S admits a special Legendrian submanifold L which arises as the link fix(τ)∩S of the fixed point set fix(τ) of an anti-holomorphic involution τ on the cone C(S). In particular, an irregular toric Sasaki-Einstein manifold S2×S3 h…
New moves for singular knots identified and described.
problem Identifying and describing moves for singular knots.
method Provided 96 generating sets of oriented singular Reidemeister moves and selected moves for Legendrian singular knots.
result Surviving moves for Legendrian singular knots were identified and described.
New surfaces found in 5D space.
problem Constructing smooth embedded special Legendrian surfaces in \(\mathbb S^5\).
method Combining implicit function theorem, loop algebra-valued meromorphic connections, and character variety analysis.
result First genus > 1 embedded special Legendrian surfaces in \(\mathbb S^5\).
New integer-valued functions for Legendrian knots.
problem Understanding Legendrian knots better.
method Using Legendrian fronts to derive integer-valued linear functions.
result Introduced new invariants similar to Arnold's basic invariant.
Study on exact Lagrangian submanifolds in unit ball with Legendrian boundary.
problem Exact Lagrangian submanifolds with Legendrian boundary in unit ball.
method Uses Liouville form and boundary unique continuation for differential forms.
result Equatorial n-disk rigidity for compact exact Lagrangian self-similar submanifolds. Study Morse models for torus algebra related to knot homology.
problem Understanding algebraic structures of tori and knots.
method Construct Morse models and use multiple time scale dynamics.
result Identifies Cord(T_K) with Cord(K) and relates to Legendrian contact homology.
A connection between holomorphic and generating family invariants of Legendrian knots is established; namely, that the existence of a ruling (or decomposition) of a Legendrian knot is equivalent to the existence of an augmentation of its contact homology. This result was obtained independently and using different metho…
Consider an immersed Legendrian surface in the five dimensional complex projective space equipped with the standard homogeneous contact structure. We introduce a class of fourth order projective Legendrian deformation called \emph{Ψ-deformation}, and give a differential geometric characterization of surfaces admitt…
Study shows how lengths of geodesic arcs determine linking number of Legendrian knots.
problem Linking number of Legendrian knots on negatively curved surfaces.
method Analyzes Poincaré series on negatively curved surfaces.
result Explicit rational value of Poincaré series at 0 interprets linking number of Legendrian knots.