arXiv research

The study proves a strong parametric h-principle for minimal surfaces.

Proves bijection between smooth conformal immersions and immersions.

Extends h-principle to stratified spaces using sheaf and jet theories.

Let M and N be closed n-dimensional manifolds, and equip N with a volume form σ. Let μbe an exact n-form on M. Arnold then asked the question: When can one find a map f:;N such that f*σ=μ. In 1973 Eliashberg and Gromov showed that this problem is, in a deep sense, trivial: It satisfies an h-principle, and whenever one …

Generalizes Thurston's jiggling lemma for piecewise smooth solutions.

Curves with constant curvature are flexible and can be deformed.

New contactomorphisms found via Dehn twists on 3-manifold sums.

For any Engel 4-fold, we show that the scanning map from the space of Engel knots to the space of formal Engel knots is a weak homotopy equivalence when restricted to the complement of the orbits of the Engel kernel. This is a relative, parametric and close h-principle.

We establish a parametric extension $h$-principle for overtwisted contact structures on manifolds of all dimensions, which is the direct generalization of the $3$-dimensional result from \cite{Eli89}. It implies, in particular, that any closed manifold admits a contact structure in any given homotopy class of almost co…

Let $M$ be an open Riemann surface. It was proved by Alarcón and Forstnerič (arXiv:1408.5315) that every conformal minimal immersion $M\to\mathbb R^3$ is isotopic to the real part of a holomorphic null curve $M\to\mathbb C^3$. In this paper, we prove the following much stronger result in this direction: for any $n\geq …

Shows flexible sheaves as fibrant objects for Gromov's h-principle.

New method proves $h$-principles for stable forms on manifolds.

We establish a full $h-$principle ($C^0-$close, relative, parametric) for the simplification of singularities of Lagrangian and Legendrian fronts. More precisely, we prove that if there is no homotopy theoretic obstruction to simplifying the singularities of tangency of a Lagrangian or Legendrian submanifold with respe…

In this paper we give three applications of a method to prove h-principles on closed manifolds. Under weaker conditions this method proves a homological h-principle, under stronger conditions it proves a homotopical one. The three applications are as follows: a homotopical version of Vassiliev's h-principle, the contra…

Maps to manifolds transverse to certain distributions satisfy an $h$-principle.

Paper proves h-principles for symplectic structures and foliations.

Study h-principles for non-integrable distributions on manifolds.

Proves h-principle for loose Legendrian embeddings in contact topology.

The paper extends local h-principles to complex structures on Stein manifolds.

The h-principle helps solve complex geometric problems.

Study proves h-principles for curves in bracket-generating distributions.

Let $Σ$ be a codimension one submanifold of an $n$-dimensional Riemannian manifold $M$, $n\geqslant 2$. We give a necessary condition for an isometric immersion of $Σ$ into $\mathbb R^q$ equipped with the standard Euclidean metric, $q\geqslant n+1$, to be locally isometrically $C^1$-extendable to $M$. Even if this cond…

Study shows how to section map between holonomic and formal solutions.

New proofs of h-principles in contact 3-manifolds.

Proves existence of strongly overtwisted contact structures on 3-manifolds.

We show that all PL manifolds of dimension $\geq 3$ have spines similar to Bing's house with two rooms. Beyond this we explore approximation rigidity and an $h$-principle.

We prove $h$-principle for locally conformal symplectic foliations and contact foliations on open manifolds. We interpret the result on $h$ principle of contact foliations in terms of the regular Jacobi structures.

Curves with constant torsion can be deformed arbitrarily.

This paper formalizes the h-principle and sphere eversion in differential topology.

Eliashberg simplifies singularities in geometry.

Proves the relative h-principle for SL(3,R)^2 3-forms on 6-manifolds.

For some geometries including symplectic and contact structures on an n-dimensional manifold, we introduce a two-step approach to Gromov's h-principle. From formal geometric data, the first step builds a transversely geometric Haefliger structure of codimension n. This step works on all manifolds, even closed. The seco…

In this note we survey some recent results for the Euler equations in compressible and incompressible fluid dynamics. The main point of all these theorems is the surprising fact that a suitable variant of Gromov's $h$-principle holds in several cases.

Smooth curves with specific curvature can be closely approximated.

Study on almost complex structures with maximal Nijenhuis tensor rank and cohomological properties.

This paper presents a natural extension to foliated spaces of the following result due to Gromov : the h-principle for open, invariant differential relations is valid on open manifolds. The definition of openness for foliated spaces adopted here involves a certain type of Morse functions. Consequences concerning the pr…

We prove an analogue of Thurston's h-principle for $2$-dimensional foliations on manifolds of dimension bigger or equal to $4$, in the presence of a fiber-wise non-degenerate $2$-form. This helps us understand the flexibility of rank $2$ regular Poisson structures on open manifolds with dimension bigger or equal to $4$…

We show that a classical result of Gromov in symplectic geometry extends to the context of symplectic foliations, which we regard as a $h$-principle for (regular) Poisson geometry. Namely, we formulate a sufficient cohomological criterion for a regular bivector to be homotopic to a regular Poisson structure, in the spi…

We prove an h-principle for poisson structures on closed manifolds.

We prove that every immersed $C^2$-curve $γ$ in $\mathbb R^n$, $n\geqslant 3$ with curvature $k_γ$ can be $C^1$-approximated by immersed $C^2$-curves having prescribed curvature $k>k_γ$. The approximating curves satisfy a $C^1$-dense $h$-principle. As an application we obtain the existence of $C^2$-knots of arbitrary p…

The h-principle fails for prelegendrians in fat distributions of corank 2.

Classifies convex disks with Legendrian boundary in overtwisted contact 3-manifolds.

In [CPPP] it was shown that Engel structures satisfy an existence $h$-principle, and the question of whether a full $h$-principle holds was left open. In this note we address the classification problem, up to Engel deformation, of Cartan and Lorentz prolongations. We show that it reduces to their formal data as soon as…

We establish an existence $h$-principle for symplectic cobordisms of dimension $2n>4$ with concave overtwisted contact boundary.

In 1969 M. Gromov in his PhD thesis greatly generalized Smale-Hirsch-Phillips immersion-submersion theory by proving what is now called the h-principle for invariant open differential relations over open manifolds. Gromov extracted the original geometric idea of Smale and put it to work in the maximal possible generali…

The first part of this article intends to present the role played by Thom in diffusing Smale's ideas about immersion theory, at a time (1957) where some famous mathematicians were doubtful about them: it is clearly impossible to make the sphere inside out! Around a decade later, M. Gromov transformed Smale's idea in wh…

We extend Y.Eliashberg's $h$-principle to smooth maps of surfaces which are allowed to have cusp singularities, as well as folds. More precisely, we prove a necessary and sufficient condition for a given map of surfaces to be homotopic to one with given loci of folds and cusps. Then we use these results to obtain a nec…

Homology of abelian differentials stabilizes with more zeros.