Study of twistor spaces and minitwistor spaces for ALE gravitational instantons.
problem Characterizing the geometry of ALE gravitational instantons of type Amodd. method Analyzing the base locus of linear systems and using distinguished twistor lines.
result Explicit determination of images of certain twistor lines and description of real minitwistor lines.
In a paper (math.DG/0403528) we obtained explicit examples of Moishezon twistor spaces of some compact self-dual four-manifolds admitting a non-trivial Killing field, and also determined their moduli space. In this note we investigate minitwistor spaces associated to these twistor spaces. We determine their structure, …
New Einstein-Weyl spaces derived from hyperelliptic curves.
problem Constructing new Lorentzian Einstein-Weyl spaces.
method Using hyperelliptic curves and minitwistors.
result Spaces are diffeomorphic to 3D deSitter space with closed geodesics.
In recent papers math.DG/0701278 and arXiv:0705.0060, we gave explicit description of some new Moishezon twistor spaces. In this paper, developing the method in the papers much further, we explicitly give projective models of a number of new Moishezon twistor spaces, as conic bundles over some rational surfaces (called…
Segre quartic surfaces linked to minitwistor spaces with Einstein-Weyl structures.
problem Understanding the relationship between Segre quartic surfaces and minitwistor spaces.
method Using Penrose correspondence and detailed investigation of dual varieties.
result Determined the degrees and structure of components of dual varieties.
In this paper we explicitly construct Moishezon twistor spaces on nCP^2 for arbitrary n>1 which admit a holomorphic C*-action. When n=2, they coincide with Y. Poon's twistor spaces. When n=3, they coincide with the one studied by the author in math.DG/0403528. When n>3, they are new twistor spaces, to the best of the a…
Study Einstein-Weyl spaces from Segre quartic surfaces, finding unique geodesics and deformations.
problem Characterize Einstein-Weyl spaces associated with Segre quartic surfaces.
method Explicit construction and analysis of minitwistor spaces, focusing on singularities and geodesics.
result Found unique closed geodesics on Einstein-Weyl spaces, showing deformations and non-compactifications.
In this article, we give a survey of Geometric Invariant Theory for Toric Varieties, and present an application to the Einstein-Weyl Geometry. We compute the image of the Minitwistor space of the Honda metrics as a categorical quotient according to the most efficient linearization. The result is the complex weighted pr…
Starting from a real analytic conformal Cartan connection on a real analytic surface S, we construct a complex surface T containing a family of pairs of projective lines. Using the structure on S we also construct a complex 3-space Z, such that Z is a twistor space of a self-dual conformal 4-fold and T …
Symmetries of Einstein-Weyl manifolds can be extended from boundary surfaces.
problem Extending symmetries from boundary surfaces to Einstein-Weyl manifolds.
method Starting from a symmetry of conformal Cartan connection on a boundary surface, proving symmetries can be extended.
result Symmetries of conformal Cartan connection on the boundary can be extended to symmetries of the Einstein-Weyl manifold.
Study ALE spaces via nodal curves and compactifications.
problem Understanding ALE spaces through nodal curves and compactifications.
method Circle action on 4-manifold, C^* action on compactification, identification of nodal curves.
result Identified nodal rational curve in a projective rational surface.
It is shown that Einstein-Weyl (EW) equations in 2+1 dimensions contain the dispersionless Kadomtsev-Petviashvili (dKP) equation as a special case: If an EW structure admits a constant weighted vector then it is locally given by h=dy2−4dxdt−4udt2,ν=−4uxdt, where u=u(x,y,t) satisfies the dKP equation $(u_…
In this paper we show that the space of nodal rational curves, which is so called a Severi variety (of rational curves), on any non-singular projective surface is always equipped with a natural Einstein-Weyl structure, if the space is 3-dimensional. This is a generalization of the Einstein-Weyl structure on the space o…
Study of tangent spaces in diffeological spaces under Lie group actions.
problem Understanding tangent spaces in generalized spaces.
method Generalized tangent space construction and isomorphism proof.
result Internal tangent space isomorphic to stratified tangent space.
(1,1) non-L-space knots are foliar in 3D space.
problem Proving (1,1) non-L-space knots are foliar.
method Analyzing (1,1) non-L-space knots in S3 and lens spaces. result (1,1) non-L-space knots are persistently foliar.
Universal spaces for finite topological spaces simplify shape descriptions.
problem Describing shape properties of compact metric spaces.
method Inverse limits of finite spaces and Alexandroff extensions.
result Universal spaces simplify shape descriptions of compact metric spaces.
The paper extends Stone duality to topological convexity spaces.
problem Understanding the relationship between topological convexity spaces and sup-lattices.
method Extending Stone duality to topological convexity spaces using preconvexity spaces.
result An adjunction between topological convexity spaces and sup-lattices.
No Einstein hypersurfaces found in Damek-Ricci spaces.
problem Existence of Einstein hypersurfaces in symmetric spaces.
method Analyzing properties of Damek-Ricci spaces and proving no Einstein hypersurface exists.
result No Einstein hypersurfaces in Damek-Ricci spaces.
The distance function ϱ(p,q) (or d(p,q)) of a distance space (general metric space) is not differentiable in general. We investigate such distance spaces over Rn, whose distance functions are differentiable like in case of Finsler spaces. These spaces have several good properties, yet they are no F…
New kernels defined for various spaces, including measures.
problem Defining kernels on non-standard spaces like measures.
method Integrally strictly positive definite and characteristic kernels on Hilbert, Banach, and metric spaces.
result Explicit classes of kernels on Lp spaces and sets of measures. Metric spaces uniquely split into Hilbert and non-line-split parts.
problem Understanding the structure of metric spaces.
method Proved unique decomposition into Hilbert and non-line-split parts.
result Metric spaces have a unique decomposition into a Hilbert space and a non-line-split part.
Study geometry of tetrahedra in complex hyperbolic space and Hilbert spaces.
problem Understanding geometric relationships between complex hyperbolic spaces and Hilbert spaces.
method Use a complex analog of the cosine of a vertex angle as a novel technical tool.
result Describe possible triangular faces of tetrahedra in hyperbolic space and three-dimensional subspaces in Hilbert spaces with Pick kernels.
New curvature positivity helps classify spherical spaces and complex projective spaces.
problem Classifying spherical space forms and complex projective spaces.
method Introducing a new positivity notion for curvature.
result Characterizations for spherical space forms and complex projective spaces.
Study of complete space-like self-expanders in Minkovski space.
problem Characterize complete space-like self-expanders in Minkovski space.
method Use of maximum principle of Omori-Yau type to prove rigidity theorems.
result Classification of 2-dimensional complete space-like self-expanders with constant squared norm of the second fundamental form.
The abstract discusses the linear and smooth structures of mapping spaces.
problem The structure of mapping spaces in differential geometry.
method Proving diffeomorphisms and fibre bundle properties.
result Path spaces and base point preserving mapping spaces are Fréchet spaces.
Study on convergence of transformed metric spaces as dimensions grow.
problem Conditions for convergence of transformed metric spaces.
method Clarifying conditions for convergence of transformed spaces from original sequence and vice versa.
result Spheres and projective spaces converge to Gaussian space and its quotient as dimensions increase.
Characterizes when almost smooth spaces become RCD spaces.
problem Understanding conditions for almost smooth spaces to be RCD spaces.
method Characterizations via local volume doubling and Poincaré inequality.
result Characterizes Einstein 4-orbifolds.
Stability of Wasserstein spaces under various convergence types.
problem Stability and finiteness of Wasserstein spaces over singular and non-singular spaces.
method Gromov--Hausdorff convergence and equivariant Gromov--Hausdorff convergence.
result Analogue of Perelman's stability theorem on Wasserstein spaces.
New infinite families of flat spaces found from symmetric spaces.
problem Finding new flat homogeneous spaces.
method Starting from compact symmetric spaces, constructing infinite families of compact homogeneous spaces with invariant Bismut connections.
result Infinite families of compact homogeneous spaces with vanishing Ricci tensor.
New quasi space forms solve Thurston's geometrical space form problem.
problem Solving Thurston's geometrical space form problem.
method Introducing quasi space forms as non-real space forms with specific geometric properties.
result Quasi space forms offer a metrical, local geometrical solution to Thurston's problem.
Classifies compact spaces by shape, finite spaces by weak homotopy.
problem Classifying compact Hausdorff spaces and finite topological spaces.
method Constructs a category that classifies spaces by shape and weak homotopy.
result Classifies compact spaces by shape, finite spaces by weak homotopy.
Introduces new types of homogeneous spaces and their properties.
problem Defining and understanding new types of homogeneous spaces.
method Introducing and analyzing (strongly) (Θ-)discrete homogeneous spaces. result Discovers relationships between new and existing homogeneous space types.
In this paper, we present a unified study of the moduli space of tropical curves and Outer space which we link via period maps to the moduli space of tropical abelian varieties and the space of positive definite quadratic forms. Our work is a first step towards exhibiting Outer space and the space of positive definite …
Survey Bernstein-type theorems for graphical surfaces in Euclidean and Lorentz-Minkowski spaces.
problem Proving theorems for minimal and constant mean curvature graphs in Euclidean and Lorentz-Minkowski spaces.
method Explains several proofs and provides mean curvature estimates for graphs in Euclidean and Lorentz-Minkowski spaces.
result Bernstein-type theorems for constant mean curvature graphs in Euclidean 3-space and space-like graphs in Lorentz-Minkowski 3-space.
CAT(0) spaces with small volume growth are homeomorphic to Euclidean space.
problem Characterizing CAT(0) spaces with specific volume growth properties.
method Analyzing asymptotic topological regularity and volume growth.
result CAT(0) spaces with small volume growth are homeomorphic to Euclidean space.
Cantor Riemannium is a new type of space from holomorphic germs.
problem Defining a new type of space from holomorphic germs.
method Constructing the Cantor Riemannium by Borel monogenic continuation.
result The Cantor Riemannium is a metric, path connected, Gromov length space.
We construct a metric on the moduli space of bodies in Euclidean space. The moduli space is defined as the quotient space with respect to the action of integral affine transformations. This moduli space contains a subspace, the moduli space of Delzant polytopes, which can be identified with the moduli space of symplect…
Study static Einstein-Maxwell space invariant by translation.
problem Classify static Einstein-Maxwell space invariant under translation.
method Analyze static Einstein-Maxwell space conformal to pseudo-Euclidean space.
result Complete classification of static Einstein-Maxwell space invariant under translation.
A "Chen space" is a set X equipped with a collection of "plots" - maps from convex sets to X - satisfying three simple axioms. While an individual Chen space can be much worse than a smooth manifold, the category of all Chen spaces is much better behaved than the category of smooth manifolds. For example, any subspace …
The classification of G-spaces by Palais is refined for the case where the orbit space satisfies certain mild topological hypotheses. It is shown that when a sequence of such orbit spaces is "close" to a limit orbit space, in some suitable sense, within a larger ambient orbit space, the G-spaces in the tail of the sequ…
New spaces help connect manifold structures on equivariant Poincaré spaces.
problem Creating manifold structures on equivariant Poincaré spaces.
method Introducing semifree isovariant G-Poincaré spaces and gap conditions. result Space of isovariant structures on semifree G-Poincaré spaces is highly connected. Study shows how maps from certain geometric spaces behave near their edges.
problem Boundary regularity of harmonic maps in specific geometric spaces.
method Analysis of RCD(K,N) and CAT(0) spaces. result Established boundary regularity of harmonic maps.
Research explores the space-like embeddings in pseudo-hyperbolic space, finding geometric frames and actions.
problem Flat maximal space-like embeddings in pseudo-hyperbolic space.
method Description of Codazzi tensors, introduction of pseudo-Kähler metrics, Hamiltonian actions, moment maps, and geometric frames.
result Existence of two Hamiltonian actions with moment maps and geometric global Darboux frame.
Complete classification of quaternionic skew-Hermitian symmetric spaces found.
problem Classifying quaternionic skew-Hermitian symmetric spaces.
method Proving the existence of a torsion-free mSO∗(2n)mSp(1)-structure and showing that any homogeneous space is symmetric. result A complete classification of quaternionic skew-Hermitian symmetric spaces for arbitrary n>1. Introduces Alexandrov spaces with curvature below, covering various theorems.
problem Understanding spaces with curvature constraints.
method Explains comparison conditions, globalization, tangent spaces, etc.
result Globalization theorem and other theorems established for Alexandrov spaces.
Study rational homotopy types of embedding spaces of manifolds.
problem Understanding the rational homotopy types of embedding spaces of manifolds.
method Express rational homotopy types through combinatorially defined L-infinity algebras of diagrams.
result Expressed the rational homotopy type of connected components of embedding spaces.
The paper studies Finsler spaces with semi-concurrent vector fields and their equivalence to Riemannian spaces.
problem Characterizing Finsler spaces with semi-concurrent vector fields.
method Analyzing various Finsler spaces and proving conditions for equivalence to Riemannian spaces.
result Various Finsler spaces (quasi-C-reducible, C3-like, Ch-recurrent, P2-like) are equivalent to Riemannian spaces if they admit a semi-concurrent vector field. Forester has defined spaces of simplicial tree actions for a finitely generated group, called deformation spaces. Culler and Vogtmann's Outer space is an example of a deformation space. Using ideas from Skora's proof of the contractibility of Outer space, we show that under some mild hypotheses deformation spaces are c…