Study of lengths of cycles in large genus random maps converging to Poisson process.
problem Understanding the distribution of cycle lengths in large genus random maps.
method Teichmüller theory approach for uniformly random metric maps (ribbon graphs).
result The length spectrum converges to a Poisson point process with an explicit intensity as genus tends to infinity.
Study shows systole behavior changes significantly for large genus hyperbolic surfaces.
problem Understanding systole behavior in large genus hyperbolic surfaces.
method Analysis of random surfaces with respect to Weil-Petersson volume.
result Expected value of separating systole behaves like 2logg for large genus. Study shows optimal spectral gaps diminish in large genus surfaces.
problem Optimizing spectral gaps in large genus surfaces.
method Analysis of Weil-Petersson probability and eigenvalues of Laplacian.
result Probability of optimal spectral gaps vanishes as genus increases.
Study on frequencies of non-simple curves in surfaces of large genus.
problem Frequency of non-simple curves in surfaces of large genus.
method Expression for frequency, large genus asymptotics, comparison with previous work.
result Identify most common types of non-simple curves with K intersections.
Shows large unknotting number for simple knots.
problem Finding minimum crossing changes for unknotting.
method Positive-to-negative crossing changes without increasing genus.
result Genus non-increasing totally positive unknotting number can be large.
A Seifert surface F for a knot K is free if the complement of F is a handlebody (i.e., has free fundamental group). The free genus of K is the minimum genus among all free Seifert surfaces for K. In this paper we show that there exist families of hyperbolic knots with arbitrarily large volume, which each have free genu…
For large genus, spectral gaps on hyperbolic surfaces approach a limit.
problem Understanding spectral gaps on hyperbolic surfaces of large genus.
method Analyzing the maximum of λk−λk−1 over thick parts of moduli spaces. result The maximum of λk−λk−1 approaches 41 for large genus. Study on length distribution of random multicurves on large genus surfaces converging to Poisson-Dirichlet distribution.
problem Length statistics of random multicurves on large genus hyperbolic surfaces.
method Analytical proof of convergence to Poisson-Dirichlet distribution as genus tends to infinity.
result Mean lengths of the three longest components converge to specific percentages of total length as genus increases.
For large genus hyperbolic surfaces, this paper proves eigenvalue conditions and diameter bounds.
problem Eigenvalue and diameter bounds for large genus hyperbolic surfaces.
method Analysis of moduli space of hyperbolic surfaces with Weil-Petersson metric.
result Generic hyperbolic surfaces of large genus have first eigenvalues greater than 3/16 - ε.
Large PL surfaces in homology balls can have arbitrarily high genus.
problem Finding the minimum genus of PL surfaces in homology balls.
method Utilizes Heegaard Floer homology.
result The minimum genus can be arbitrarily large.
The paper calculates super Weil-Petersson volumes for large genus.
problem Calculating super Weil-Petersson volumes for large genus.
method Analyzes super intersection numbers, proves coefficients are polynomials, and provides an algorithm to compute them.
result Proves existence of a complete asymptotic expansion of super Weil-Petersson volumes.
We describe a class of genus 2 closed hyperbolic 3-manifolds of arbitrarily large volume.
The paper calculates large genus limits for quadratic differential volumes and constants.
problem Large genus asymptotics for intersection numbers and principal strata volumes of quadratic differentials.
method Combining recursive relations (Virasoro constraints) and asymmetric simple random walk jump probabilities.
result Confirm predictions about Masur-Veech volumes and area Siegel-Veech constants.
We prove Poisson approximation results for the bottom part of the length spectrum of a random closed hyperbolic surface of large genus. Here, a random hyperbolic surface is a surface picked at random using the Weil-Petersson volume form on the corresponding moduli space. As an application of our result, we compute the …
Study finds saddle connections on random surfaces follow Poisson distribution.
problem Distribution of saddle connections on random translation surfaces.
method Analysis of saddle connections on surfaces of large genus.
result Number of saddle connections in given lengths converges to Poisson distribution.
Optimizes the first eigenvalues of Riemann surfaces for large genus.
problem Finding optimal lower bounds for first eigenvalues of Riemann surfaces.
method Analyzing shortest multi-closed curves to establish a new lower bound.
result The first eigenvalue of a Riemann surface is greater than a specific formula involving the genus and a constant.
New invariants refine link homology, showing large genus differences.
problem Understanding genus differences in equivariant cobordisms.
method Refined Bar-Natan homology for involutive links, constructing new numerical invariants.
result Difference between equivariant and isotopy-equivariant slice genera can be arbitrarily large.
Study describes frequencies of geodesics on hyperbolic surfaces as genus grows.
problem Large genus asymptotic behaviors of geodesic frequencies on hyperbolic surfaces.
method Proof of conjecture involving separating and nonseparating geodesics.
result Explicit function $f( rac{n}{g})$ for frequency ratio given.
Study shows knots can have large genus difference from concordance.
problem Understanding genus differences in knots and surfaces.
method Analyzes the topological 4-genus and minimal genus of bounded surfaces.
result Arbitrarily large genus difference between knots and their concordance.
The study of second eigenvalues of hyperbolic surfaces improves bounds and investigates their behavior for large genus.
problem Investigating the second eigenvalues of closed hyperbolic surfaces for large genus.
method Analyzing the shortest length of separating multi-geodesics and investigating the ratio of eigenvalues to this length.
result For large genus, the second eigenvalue of a hyperbolic surface is uniformly comparable to 1/ln(g).
For large genus, precise monodromy groups are calculated for surface covers.
problem Calculating precise monodromy groups for large genus surface covers.
method Hodge-theoretic methods, including a generic Torelli theorem with coefficients.
result Precise connected monodromy groups are calculated for large genus surface covers.
Novel approach for large genus intersection number asymptotics.
problem Computing intersection numbers in large genus.
method Resurgent analysis of n-point functions with quantum curve.
result Extension of Aggarwal's results and new r-spin and Theta-class intersection numbers. Study on invariant Seifert surfaces for strongly invertible knots, showing large gaps in genus.
problem Understanding gaps in genus between strongly invertible knots and their invariant Seifert surfaces.
method Analysis of invariant Seifert surfaces and proof of genus gaps, with variants of Edmonds' theorem.
result Gap between equivariant genus and usual genus can be arbitrarily large for strongly invertible knots.
Study on random hyperbolic surfaces with many cusps, focusing on tight geodesics.
problem Understanding length statistics of geodesics on random hyperbolic surfaces with cusps.
method Recursion formula for tight Weil-Petersson volumes and generalization of Mirzakhani's integration formula.
result Recovery of Poisson point process in large genus limit for length statistics of tight geodesics.
We use Colding--Minicozzi lamination theory to study the systole of large genus minimal surfaces in an ambient three-manifold of positive Ricci curvature.
The concordance genus of a knot K is the minimum Seifert genus of all knots smoothly concordant to K. Concordance genus is bounded below by the 4-ball genus and above by the Seifert genus. We give a lower bound for the concordance genus of K coming from the knot Floer complex of K. As an application, we prove that ther…
New examples show clasp numbers can be zero yet four-genus can be arbitrarily large.
problem Understanding the relationship between clasp numbers and four-genus for knots.
method Constructing knots with specific clasp numbers and four-genus values.
result Examples of knots with zero clasp numbers but arbitrarily large four-genus.
Building off ideas developed by Agol, we construct a family of hyperbolic knots Kn whose complements contain no closed incompressible surfaces and have Heegaard genus exactly n. These are the first known examples of small knots having large Heegaard genus. Using work of Futer and Purcell, we are able to bound the …
We prove that the topological locally flat slice genus of large torus knots takes up less than three quarters of the ordinary genus. As an application, we derive the best possible linear estimate of the topological slice genus for torus knots with non-maximal signature invariant.
We show that after one stabilization, a strongly irreducible Heegaard splitting of suitably large genus of a graph manifold is isotopic to an amalgamation along a modified version of the system of canonical tori in the JSJ decomposition. As a corollary, two strongly irreducible Heegaard splittings of a graph manifold o…
Non-isotopic Heegaard splittings of non-minimal genus were known previously only for very special 3-manifolds. We show in this paper that they are in fact a wide spread phenomenon in 3-manifold theory: We exhibit a large class of knots and manifolds obtained by Dehn surgery on these knots which admit such splittings. M…
Study of random multicurves and square-tiled surfaces on large genus surfaces.
problem Understanding the geometry and combinatorial properties of random multicurves and square-tiled surfaces on surfaces of large genus.
method Combination of combinatorial and geometric analysis, including large genus asymptotic analysis of moduli space volumes and intersection numbers.
result Random multicurves and square-tiled surfaces have well-approximated properties by random permutations, with specific expected values.
Study shows volume and genus unrelated for hyperbolic fibred knots.
problem Volume and genus of hyperbolic fibred knots are unrelated.
method Analyzes hyperbolic fibred knots in three-sphere.
result Volume and genus are unrelated for hyperbolic fibred knots.
New bounds show triangulated surfaces are evenly distributed in moduli space.
problem Distribution of triangulated surfaces in moduli space as genus increases.
method Proved upper and lower bounds for the number of triangulated surfaces in Teichmüller balls.
result Number of triangulated surfaces in a Teichmüller unit ball is at most exponential in the number of triangles, independent of genus.
The paper classifies group-actions on surfaces of small genus, focusing on bounding and geometrically bounding cases.
problem Classifying group-actions on surfaces of small genus, particularly focusing on bounding and geometrically bounding cases.
method Analyzing large group-actions on surfaces of genus 3, distinguishing between bounding and geometrically bounding cases.
result Identifies which large group-actions on surfaces of genus 3 are bounding or geometrically bounding.
We compute the genus zero bridge numbers and give lower bounds on the genus one bridge numbers for a large class of sufficiently generic hyperbolic twisted torus knots. As a result, the bridge spectra of these knots have two gaps which can be chosen to be arbitrarily large, providing the first known examples of hyperbo…
New expanders for mean curvature flow contradict genus-reduction conjecture.
problem Contradicting Ilmanen's genus-reduction conjecture for mean curvature flow.
method Construct new expanders asymptotic to cones arising from shrinkers.
result Existence of expanders of arbitrarily large genus.
For fixed large genus, we construct families of complete immersed minimal surfaces in R3 with four ends and dihedral symmetries. The families exist for all large genus and at an appropriate scale degenerate to the plane.
We construct a counterexample to the Rank versus Genus Conjecture, i.e. a closed orientable hyperbolic 3-manifold with rank of its fundamental group smaller than its Heegaard genus. Moreover, we show that the discrepancy between rank and Heegaard genus can be arbitrarily large for hyperbolic 3-manifolds. We also constr…
Classifies knot traces with specific trisection genus limits.
problem Classifying knot traces with specific trisection genus limits.
method Classifying knot traces with specific trisection genus limits.
result Infinitely many knots have traces with trisection genus 3 and 4, and arbitrarily large trisection genus.
New knots found with Seifert genus not matching minimal genus Seifert surfaces.
problem Discrepancy between Seifert genus and minimal genus Seifert surfaces.
method Constructed knots with specific genus and handle numbers to demonstrate the discrepancy.
result Found knots where Seifert genus is not realized by minimal genus Seifert surfaces.
In this article we study the asymptotic behavior of small eigenvalues of Riemann surfaces for large genus. We show that for any positive integer k, as the genus g goes to infinity, the smallest k-th eigenvalue of Riemann surfaces in any thick part of moduli space of Riemann surfaces of genus g is uniformly comp…
The study improves the upper bound for the first eigenvalue of Laplacian on compact surfaces of large genus.
problem Bounding the first eigenvalue of the Laplacian on compact surfaces of large genus.
method Improvement of the previous bound using asymptotic analysis and specific metrics.
result The limit superior of the normalized first eigenvalue is shown to be less than or equal to \(3.056\pi\).
Study on geodesics on random hyperbolic surfaces, showing variance asymptotic to X log X.
problem Distribution of closed geodesics on random hyperbolic surfaces.
method Viewing surfaces as random points in moduli space, studying weighted counting function.
result Variance in large genus limit is asymptotic to X log X, with exceptions.
Infinite-genus surfaces have many isospectral hyperbolic structures.
problem Finding many isospectral hyperbolic structures on infinite-genus surfaces.
method Constructing families of isospectral hyperbolic structures on infinite-type surfaces without planar ends.
result Uncountable families of isospectral and quasiconformally distinct hyperbolic structures on infinite-genus surfaces with self-similar end spaces.
The paper shows Gaussian fluctuations in eigenvalue statistics of random hyperbolic surfaces.
problem Understanding fluctuations in Laplace eigenvalues of random hyperbolic surfaces.
method Analyzing fluctuations of linear statistics of Laplace eigenvalues over moduli space of surfaces of large genus.
result The distribution of linear statistics tends to a Gaussian as the genus of surfaces increases.
Proves existence of Lefschetz fibrations with arbitrary slopes.
problem Finding Lefschetz fibrations with specific slopes.
method Proves existence for rational numbers in (2,8) with large genus.
result Arbitrary slopes (r in (2,8)) are possible for genus-g Lefschetz fibrations.
Maps with a single face converge to hyperbolic surfaces in large genus.
problem Understanding geometric properties of high genus maps.
method Analyzing uniformly random maps and their convergence to hyperbolic surfaces.
result Lengths of simple cycles converge to a Poisson process.