Positive braids linked to knot invariants and geometric monodromy groups.
problem Understanding knot invariants and geometric monodromy groups for positive braids.
method Associate braid monodromy groups to positive braids, identify these groups with framed mapping class groups for knots, and use these to determine knot invariants.
result Geometric monodromy groups of irreducible singularities are determined by genus and Arf invariant of associated knots.
We show that a variety of monodromy phenomena arising in geometric topology and algebraic geometry are most conveniently described in terms of quandle homomorphisms from a knot quandle associated to the base to a quandle associated to a fiber. We consider the cases of the monodromy of a branched covering, braid monodro…
Paper studies Lagrangian submanifolds and their homological monodromy.
problem Understanding the homological monodromy of Lagrangian submanifolds.
method Proves triviality of homological Lagrangian monodromy under specific conditions.
result Homological Lagrangian monodromy is trivial if Hofer energy is less than minimum energy of J-holomorphic spheres and discs.
New conditions found for hyperbolic bicycle tracks.
problem Conditions for hyperbolic bicycle tracks.
method Hyperbolic development interpretation of bicycling monodromy.
result New necessary and sufficient conditions for hyperbolic bicycle tracks.
Noninjective monodromy found in polynomial critical point tracking.
problem Tracking critical points in polynomials leads to noninjective monodromy.
method Monic squarefree complex polynomials with prescribed critical point multiplicities.
result Monodromy map is noninjective for polynomials with exactly two critical points.
The study finds arithmetic groups often in square-tiled surface monodromies.
problem Understanding arithmetic properties of square-tiled surfaces.
method Analyzing variations of Hodge structures and Kontsevich-Zorich monodromies.
result Arithmetic groups are frequent in low genus square-tiled surfaces.
Characterizes conical angles for metrics with dihedral symmetry.
problem Understanding metrics with specific symmetry properties.
method Using recent results on local invariants of quadratic differentials.
result Complete characterization of conical angles for dihedral spherical metrics.
The geometric monodromy of a plane curve singularity is a quasi-finite diffeomorphism. In this paper we locate the reduction curves of the geometric monodromy and the quadratic vanishing cycles of the singularity. An application to the geometric monodromy group is given.
For any topological groupoid G and any homomorphism from a locally compact Hausdorff topological group K to G, we construct an associated monodromy group. We prove that Morita equivalent topological groupoids have the same monodromy groups. We show how the monodromy groups can be used to test if a Lie groupoid lacks fa…
Study of monodromy and vanishing cycles for complete intersection curves.
problem Computing topological monodromy of complete intersection curves.
method Innovative tools for studying monodromy of tensor products of very ample line bundles, induction on multi-degree.
result Answer given by the r-spin mapping class group associated to the maximal root of the adjoint line bundle.
In this work we describe a method to reconstruct the braid monodromy of the preimage of a curve by a Kummer cover. This method is interesting, since it combines two techniques, namely, the reconstruction of a highly non-generic braid monodromy with a systematic method to go from a non-generic to a generic braid monodro…
The paper studies the index of a specific monodromy for origamis in a particular stratum.
problem Determining the index of a Kontsevich-Zorich monodromy for origamis in H(2). method Analyzing the action of the Veech group on the non-tautological part of the homology.
result The index of the Kontsevich-Zorich monodromy is either 1 or 3 for origamis in H(2). Polynomials with distinct critical values have braid monodromy groups equal to braid groups.
problem Understanding the structure of braid monodromy groups of polynomials.
method Analyzing the critical values of polynomials to determine their braid monodromy groups.
result The braid monodromy group of a polynomial equals the braid group if the polynomial has distinct critical values.
The monodromy conjecture states that every pole of the topological (or related) zeta function induces an eigenvalue of monodromy. This conjecture has already been studied a lot; however, in full generality it is proven only for zeta functions associated to a polynomial in two variables. In this article we consider zeta…
We consider spaces of plane curves in the setting of algebraic geometry and of singularity theory. On one hand there are the complete linear systems, on the other we consider unfolding spaces of bivariate polynomials of Brieskorn-Pham type. For suitable open subspaces we can define the bifurcation braid monodromy takin…
Arithmetic Kontsevich-Zorich monodromy found in a specific origami surface.
problem Exploring the monodromy of a symmetric origami in genus 4.
method Analyzing the Veech group and symplectic group properties of the origami.
result Existence of arithmetic Kontsevich-Zorich monodromy in a specific origami.
Holomorphic connections found on Riemann surfaces with Fuchsian monodromy.
problem Existence of holomorphic connections with Fuchsian monodromy on Riemann surfaces.
method Construction of compact Riemann surfaces with specific holomorphic vector bundles and connections.
result Existence of holomorphic connections with maximal Euler class and Fuchsian monodromy.
We outline the construction of the holonomy groupoid of a locally Lie groupoid and the monodromy groupoid of a Lie groupoid. These specialise to the well known holonomy and monodromy groupoids of a foliation, when the groupoid is just an equivalence relation.
Study shows hyperbolic knots' monodromy without fixed points.
problem Understanding fixed points in knot monodromy.
method Using Baldwin--Hu--Sivek argument and knot Floer homology.
result Monodromy of hyperbolic fibered knots is freely isotopic to a map with no fixed points.
This work classifies monodromy in vineyards using singularity theory.
problem Understanding and predicting monodromy in vineyards for topological data analysis.
method Using a connection with singularity theory, the study classifies monodromy in vineyards of 1-manifolds in R^2.
result Monodromy in vineyards occurs only if they contain a specific singularity of the distance function.
This paper generalizes monodromy maps for projective structures with poles.
problem Understanding the monodromy of projective structures with poles.
method Generalizing the monodromy map from compact curves to those with poles.
result The monodromy map for projective structures with poles is a local biholomorphism.
In this paper we consider completed coverings that are branched coverings in the sense of Fox. For completed coverings between PL manifolds we give a characterization of the existence of a monodromy representation and the existence of a locally compact monodromy representation. These results stem from a characterizatio…
New knot found with unique property.
problem Existence of hyperbolic fibered slice knots with specific monodromy.
method Constructed a specific type of hyperbolic fibered slice knot.
result Negative answer to a question posed by Hubbard et al.
Study shows monodromy kernels are large, failing to prove commensurability in specific strata.
problem Proving commensurability of mapping class groups through monodromy kernels.
method Analyzing monodromy maps for specific strata in translation surfaces.
result Kernels of monodromy maps contain a non-abelian free group of rank 2.
New conditions ensure surface group extensions are non-positively curved.
problem Conditions for surface group extensions to be CAT(0).
method Generalized necessary conditions for surface-by-surface groups.
result If G is CAT(0) with infinite monodromy, the monodromy representation has a finite kernel. Researchers use Mellin-Barnes integrals to study trinomial equations and their braids.
problem Analyzing the roots of trinomial algebraic equations.
method Global analytic continuation and Mellin-Barnes integral representations.
result Precise description of the Galois group of trinomial equations.
Axis bundles in free-by-cyclic groups have non-generic monodromies.
problem Characterizing monodromies in free-by-cyclic groups.
method Analyzing monodromy actions on outer space and using properties of axis bundles.
result Monodromies having a 'lone axis' are non-generic and projectively discrete.
We exhibit low-dilatation families of surface homeomorphisms among monodromies of Lorenz knots.
The notion of local equivalence relation on a topological space is generalised to that of local subgroupoid. The main result is the construction of the holonomy and monodromy groupoids of certain Lie local subgroupoids, and the formulation of a monodromy principle on the extendibility of local Lie morphisms.
By a construction of Berstein and Edmonds every proper branched cover f between manifolds is a factor of a branched covering orbit map from a locally connected and locally compact Hausdorff space called the monodromy space of f to the target manifold. For proper branched covers between 2-manifolds the monodromy space i…
Study fibrations over S2 with same singularities, showing monodromies are equivalent up to direct sums.
problem Classifying torus fibrations over S2 up to fibre sum stabilisation. method Analyzing monodromies and using direct sums with certain torus Lefschetz fibrations.
result Global monodromies of fibrations with same singularities are Hurwitz equivalent after direct sums.
In this paper we construct effective invariants for braid monodromy of affine curves. We also prove that, for some curves, braid monodromy determines their topology. We apply this result to find a pair of curves with conjugate equations in a number field but which do not admit any orientation-preserving homeomorphism.
Authors construct symplectic Lefschetz pencils on complex projective plane.
problem Construct symplectic Lefschetz pencils on complex projective plane.
method Differential topological construction, analogous to holomorphic pencils.
result Explicit monodromy factorization and topological construction for d=4. Study the monodromy and center-focus problems for rational maps defined by products of generic lines.
problem Monodromy and center-focus problems for rational maps defined by products of generic lines.
method Analyze the 1-homology group and meromorphic 1-forms to characterize vanishing Abelian integrals.
result Characterize meromorphic 1-forms whose Abelian integrals vanish on cycles around a center singularity.
Study establishes monodromy equivalence for Lamé-type equations and constructs cone spherical metrics.
problem Investigating monodromy equivalence and finite-gap structures of Lamé-type equations.
method Analyzing finite-gap structures and constructing cone spherical metrics.
result Established monodromy equivalence between classical and generalized Lamé-type equations, derived finite-gap structures, and constructed cone spherical metrics.
Study of translation covers of platonic solids reveals monodromy group structures.
problem Understanding monodromy groups of translation covers of platonic solids.
method Computed Zariski closures using generators, constraints, and Lyapunov spectrum analysis.
result Zariski closures of monodromy groups are powers of SL(2, R).
For isolated complex hypersurface singularities with real defining equation we show the existence of a monodromy vector field such that complex conjugation intertwines the local monodromy diffeomorphism with its inverse. In particular, it follows that the geometric monodromy is the composition of the involution induced…
We bound the index of a subgroup in iterated Kodaira fibrations.
problem Bounding the index of a subgroup in iterated Kodaira fibrations.
method Passing to a finite index subgroup of π_1(X) to achieve the desired structure.
result We provide a bound on the index of such a group.
New groups discovered with unique properties in a specific space.
problem Finding new discrete subgroups with special properties in a mathematical space.
method Proved by showing groups play ping-pong on cones, related to crooked surfaces.
result Infinite family of discrete subgroups with remarkable properties in Sp4(R). Divides help construct fibered links from singularities.
problem Understanding complex isolated plane curve singularities.
method Using divides to topologically construct fibered links.
result Explicitly given monodromy diffeomorphism as a product of Dehn twists.
We show that all the currently known non-arithmetic lattices in PU(2,1) are monodromy groups of higher hypergeometric functions.
We give a complete topological classification of germs of holomorphic foliations in the plane under rather generic conditions. The key point is the introduction of a new topological invariant called monodromy representation. This monodromy contains all the relevant dynamical information, in particular the projective ho…
Characterizes monodromies of projective structures on finite-type surfaces.
problem Understanding monodromies of projective structures on finite-type surfaces.
method Geometrical/topological study of local conical projective structures.
result Any representation can be represented as the holonomy of a branched projective structure.
Monodromy and vanishing cycles computed for ample linear systems on simply connected surfaces.
problem Characterizing curves that can be vanishing cycles in degenerations of linear systems.
method Computing mapping class group-valued monodromy and identifying it with r-spin mapping class groups.
result Identifies simple closed curves as vanishing cycles and provides characterizations of discriminants and Lefschetz fibrations.
Unified understanding of integrability obstructions for Lie algebroids.
problem Equivalence of integrability obstructions for transitive Lie algebroids.
method Unified approach using cohomological and homotopical methods.
result Unified understanding of integrability obstructions.
Given an ample line bundle on a toric surface, a question of Donaldson asks which simple closed curves can be vanishing cycles for nodal degenerations of smooth curves in the complete linear system. This paper provides a complete answer. This is accomplished by reformulating the problem in terms of the mapping class gr…
We describe all the situations in which the Kontsevich-Zorich cocycle has zero Lyapunov exponents. Confirming a conjecture of Forni, Matheus, and Zorich, this only occurs when the cocycle satisfies additional geometric constraints. We also describe the real Lie groups which can appear in the monodromy of the Kontsevich…
Study monodromy factorizations for lines on del Pezzo surfaces.
problem Understanding monodromy factorizations for lines on del Pezzo surfaces.
method Listed monodromy factorizations in the mapping class group of a torus.
result Explicit correspondence between factorizations and roots of E8.