The paper studies Gluck twists on 2-knots with periodic monodromy.
problem Determining the resulting 2-knot after a Gluck twist on a 2-knot with periodic monodromy.
method Analyzes the Gluck twist on branched twist spins of 2-knots.
result Provides infinitely many pairs of inequivalent branched twist spins with homeomorphic complements.
Tête-à-tête graphs were introduced by N. A'Campo in 2010 with the goal of modeling the monodromy of isolated plane curves. Mixed tête-à-tête graphs provide a generalization which define mixed tête-à-tête twists, which are pseudo-periodic automorphisms on surfaces. We characterize the mixed tête-à-tête twists as those p…
We determine parts of the contact homology of certain contact 3-manifolds in the framework of open book decompositions, due to Giroux. We study two cases: when the monodromy map of the compatible open book is periodic and when it is pseudo-Anosov. For an open book with periodic monodromy, we verify the Weinstein conjec…
We study monodromies of plane curve singularities and pseudo-periodic homeomorphisms of oriented surfaces with boundary, following an original idea of the first author: tête-à-tête graphs and twists. We completely characterize mapping classes that can be represented by tête-à-tête twists, and generalize the notion to b…
We give a global version of the Bryant representation of surfaces of constant mean curvature one (cmc-1) in hyperbolic space. This allows to set the associated non-abelian period problem in the framework of flat unitary vector bundles on Riemann surfaces. We use this machinery to prove the existence of certain cmc-1 su…
Study vineyards linking TDA and knot theory, showing rich topological features.
problem Linking computational topology and knot theory through vineyards.
method Construct periodic functions to study evolution of persistence diagrams.
result Vineyards are as rich as possible in topological terms.
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.
Tête-à-tête graphs and relative tête-à-tête graphs were introduced by N. A'Campo in 2010 to model monodromies of isolated plane curves. By recent workof Fdez de Bobadilla, Pe Pereira and the author, they provide a way of modeling the periodic mapping classes that leave some boundary component invariant. In this work we…
Modern treatment of Winger's pencil reveals deep connections to modular curves and monodromy.
problem Understanding the structure and deformations of genus ten curves with icosahedral symmetry.
method Analyzing the Jacobian of the Winger pencil and its monodromy properties.
result The Jacobian of the Winger pencil contains an elliptic curve with a distinguished point of order 3 and a monodromy group isomorphic to Γ1(3).
Orbifold uniformization of complex algebraic variety via polystable parabolic Higgs bundle
problem Uniformizing complex algebraic varieties using parabolic Higgs bundles
method Constructing a faithful monodromy representation and a period map
result Identifying orbifold toroidal compactification with canonical orbifold toroidal compactification
The study connects periodic surface homeomorphisms to contact structures using rational open books.
problem Understanding the properties of contact structures associated with periodic surface homeomorphisms.
method Associate rational open books to marked data sets, study contact structures, and prove Stein fillability conditions.
result A class of data sets gives rise to Stein fillable contact structures under certain combinatorial conditions.
New method linearizes Darboux transformations of discrete curves.
problem Linearizing Darboux transformations of discrete curves.
method Expressing Darboux transformations as parallel sections of discrete connections in quaternionic formalism.
result Closed-form discrete parametrisations of all Darboux transforms and bicycle correspondences.
The paper refines a conjecture about Fano varieties' quantum cohomology and exceptional collections.
problem Equivalence between quantum cohomology semisimplicity and full exceptional collections.
method Detailed analysis of monodromy data and braid group action.
result Validity of refined conjecture for all complex Grassmannians.
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.
Curious connection found between dynamical systems and 3D manifold fibrations.
problem Existence of fibrations in 3D manifolds and their relation to dynamical systems.
method Established a one-to-one correspondence between fibrations of the Whitehead link complement and `simple orbit pairs` on the torus.
result Found a correspondence between the order of rational numbers and the order of orbits in fibrations.
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.
Study describes how framed mapping class groups act on surface homology.
problem Understanding the action of framed mapping class groups on surface homology.
method Determined the action through a crossed homomorphism related to spin structures.
result Described the monodromy action on relative periods of abelian differentials.
If (S,h) is an open book with disconnected binding then we can form a new open book (S',h') by capping off one of the boundary components of S with a disk. We define a U-equivariant map on Heegaard Floer homology which sends c^+(S',h') to c^+(S,h), and we discuss various applications. In particular, we determine the su…
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…
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…
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.
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.
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.
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…
Monodromy map from differential systems to character variety is generically immersive for complex G-representations.
problem Characterizing when the monodromy map is immersive for differential systems.
method Analyzing the space of g-differential systems on a compact Riemann surface and the character variety of G-representations. result The monodromy map is an immersion at the generic point when the complex dimension of G is at least three. Characterizes monodromies on orbifolds using antitwists.
problem Understanding monodromies on orientable 2-orbifolds.
method Characterizes monodromies as products of antitwists with respect to a cylinder decomposition.
result Characterizes many divide monodromies as pseudo-Anosov with stretch factors close to one.
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 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.
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.
Identifies filtration in Lagrangian fibrations to monodromy weight filtration in degenerations.
problem Understanding the relationship between Lagrangian fibrations and degenerations of hyper-Kähler manifolds.
method Identifies and compares perverse filtration with monodromy weight filtration.
result Identifies the perverse filtration of a Lagrangian fibration with the monodromy weight filtration of a degeneration.
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.
We exhibit low-dilatation families of surface homeomorphisms among monodromies of Lorenz knots.
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…