The paper proves simplicial volume positivity for certain nonpositively curved 4-manifolds with nonzero Euler characteristic.
problem Proving positivity of simplicial volume for specific types of 4-manifolds.
method Using the Gauss-Bonnet theorem for Riemannian simplices, the paper shows that for closed nonpositively curved 4-manifolds with nonzero Euler characteristic, simplicial volume is positive.
result The paper confirms conjectures about the relationship between simplicial volume and Euler characteristic for four-dimensional manifolds.
Positive simplicial volume implies locally symmetric space structure.
problem Understanding simplicial volume in locally homogeneous spaces.
method Analyzing properties of locally homogeneous Riemannian manifolds.
result Closed locally homogeneous manifolds with positive simplicial volume are locally symmetric.
Positive simplicial volume found for certain non-positively curved manifolds with specific submanifolds.
problem Determining conditions for positive simplicial volume in non-positively curved manifolds.
method Analyzing isolated, closed totally geodesic submanifolds of codimension one and their impact on simplicial volume.
result Positive simplicial volume for certain non-positively curved manifolds with specific submanifolds.
In this paper, it is shown that for any closed orientable 3-manifold with positive simplicial volume, the growth of the Seifert volume of its finite covers is faster than the linear rate. In particular, each closed orientable 3-manifold with positive simplicial volume has virtually positive Seifert volume. The resu…
Minimal volume entropy vanishes or is positive under certain fiber growth conditions.
problem Conditions for minimal volume entropy to be zero or positive.
method Analyzes topological conditions related to fiber growth of maps.
result Examples of finite simplicial complexes with zero simplicial volume and large minimal volume entropy.
The study examines conditions for minimal volume entropy of simplicial complexes.
problem Conditions for minimal volume entropy of simplicial complexes.
method Topological conditions and growth of fundamental groups.
result Examples of simplicial complexes with zero simplicial volume and large minimal volume entropy.
We show that compact, locally symmetric spaces of non-compact type have positive simplicial volume. This gives a positive answer to a question that was first raised by Gromov in 1982. We provide a summary of results that are known to follow from positivity of the simplicial volume.
Paper proves Gromov's conjecture on manifolds with certain group properties.
problem Gromov's conjecture on positive scalar curvature and simplicial volume.
method Proves conjecture under a fundamental group decay property.
result Proves Gromov's conjecture for manifolds with a weakened rapid decay property.
Study essentiality and simplicial volume of manifolds fibered over spheres.
problem When manifolds fibered over spheres are essential or have positive simplicial volume.
method Analyzing mapping tori and fiber bundles over spheres, using results on macroscopic dimension and characteristic classes.
result Mapping tori of odd-dimensional manifolds with non-zero simplicial volume are essential, while fiber bundles over spheres of dimension d > 1 have zero simplicial volume.
Study simplicial volume of manifolds from reflection group trick.
problem Characterize manifolds with positive simplicial volume.
method Define a partial order on triangulations and solve explicitly for minimal elements.
result Explicitly solved triangulations of the two-dimensional sphere and performed extensive analysis for three-dimensional case.
We provide sharp lower bounds for the simplicial volume of compact 3-manifolds in terms of the simplicial volume of their boundaries. As an application, we compute the simplicial volume of several classes of 3-manifolds, including handlebodies and products of surfaces with the interval. Our results provide the firs…
The simplicial volume introduced by Gromov provides a topologically accessible lower bound for the minimal volume. Lafont and Schmidt proved that the simplicial volume of closed, locally symmetric spaces of non-compact type is positive. In this paper, we present a generalization of this result to certain non-compact lo…
3-manifolds can virtually dominate others with positive simplicial volume.
problem Domination of 3-manifolds with positive simplicial volume.
method Proving existence of finite covers with degree-1 maps.
result Virtual domination of 3-manifolds with positive simplicial volume.
We study a metric version of the simplicial volume on Riemannian manifolds, the Lipschitz simplicial volume, with applications to degree theorems in mind. We establish a proportionality principle and a product inequality from which we derive an extension of Gromov's volume comparison theorem to products of negatively c…
We show that closed manifolds supporting a nonpositively curved metric with negative ([4n]+1)-Ricci curvature, have positive simplicial volume. This answers a special case of a conjecture of Gromov.
Let M be a hyperbolic n-manifold whose cusps have torus cross-sections. In arXiv:0901.0056, the authors constructed a variety of nonpositively and negatively curved spaces as "2π-fillings" of M by replacing the cusps of M with compact "partial cones" of their boundaries. These 2π-fillings are closed pseudomanifolds, an…
In this paper, we show that the simplicial volume of Q-rank one locally symmetric spaces covered by the product of R-rank one symmetric spaces is strictly positive.
We show that complete uniform visibility manifolds of finite volume with sectional curvature −1≤K≤0 have positive simplicial volumes. This implies that their minimal volumes are non-zero.
We show that any closed manifold with a metric of nonpositive curvature that admits either a single point rank condition or a single point curvature condition has positive simplicial volume. We use this to provide a differential geometric proof of a conjecture of Gromov in dimension three.
Study of p-adic simplicial volumes and their properties.
problem Understanding simplicial volumes over p-adic seminormed rings. method Definition and study of p-adic simplicial volumes, homology bounds, and computation of volumes for surfaces. result Established homology bounds and computed p-adic simplicial volumes for surfaces. Integral foliated simplicial volume is a version of simplicial volume combining the rigidity of integral coefficients with the flexibility of measure spaces. In this article, using the language of measure equivalence of groups we prove a proportionality principle for integral foliated simplicial volume for aspherical m…
We define the ideal simplicial volume for compact manifolds with boundary. Roughly speaking, the ideal simplicial volume of a manifold M measures the minimal size of possibly ideal triangulations of M "with real coefficients", thus providing a variation of the ordinary simplicial volume defined by Gromov in 1982, t…
We consider the relation between simplicial volume and two of its variants: the stable integral simplicial volume and the integral foliated simplicial volume. The definition of the latter depends on a choice of a measure preserving action of the fundamental group on a probability space. We show that integral foliated s…
We show that non-elliptic prime 3-manifolds satisfy integral approximation for the simplicial volume, i.e., that their simplicial volume equals the stable integral simplicial volume. The proof makes use of integral foliated simplicial volume and tools from ergodic theory.
This paper contains examples of closed aspherical manifolds obtained as a by-product of recent work by the author [arXiv:math.GR/0509490] on the relative strict hyperbolization of polyhedra. The following is proved. (I) Any closed aspherical triangulated n-manifold M^n with hyperbolic fundamental group is a retract of …
Study minimal volume entropy for free-by-cyclic groups and 2D right-angled Artin groups.
problem Characterize minimal volume entropy for aspherical simplicial complexes with these groups as fundamental groups.
method Algebraic and geometric characterization, using fiber π1-growth collapse and non-collapsing assumptions. result Provide bounds and criteria for minimal volume entropy in aspherical simplicial complexes.
Study simplicial volume in fiber bundles with connected groups.
problem Understanding simplicial volume in fiber bundles.
method Investigated fiber bundles with connected structure groups.
result Simplicial volume of total space matches trivial bundle under certain conditions.
The paper proves macroscopic versions of conjectures about scalar curvature and volume bounds.
problem Bounding simplicial volume and L2-Betti numbers with scalar curvature constraints. method Using upper bounds on volumes of 1-balls in universal covers.
result Macroscopic versions of conjectures about scalar curvature and volume bounds are proven.
Formula connects foliated simplicial volume with group cost.
problem Calculating integral foliated simplicial volume.
method Ergodic decomposition formula for simplicial volume.
result Integration formula linking foliated simplicial volume and group cost.
We show that codimension one dimensional Jacobian of the barycentric straightening map is uniformly bounded for most of the higher rank symmetric spaces. As a consequence, we prove that the locally finite simplicial volume of most Q-rank 1 locally symmetric spaces is positive, which has been open for many y…
We prove that cubical simplicial volume of oriented closed 3-manifolds is equal to one fifth of ordinary simplicial volume.
The simplicial volume of non-R^3 contractible 3-manifolds is infinite.
problem Characterizing contractible 3-manifolds based on their simplicial volume.
method Analyzing the simplicial volume of contractible 3-manifolds and open 3-manifolds.
result The Euclidean space is the unique contractible 3-manifold with vanishing minimal volume.
Study shows simplicial volume of certain fiber bundles is zero.
problem Understanding simplicial volume in fiber bundles with nonpositive curvature.
method Proved simplicial volume is zero for specific fiber bundles.
result Simplicial volume of certain fiber bundles is zero.
Let M be the interior of a connected, oriented, compact manifold V of dimension at least 2. If each path component of ∂V has amenable fundamental group, then we prove that the simplicial volume of M is equal to the relative simplicial volume of V and also to the geometric (Lipschitz) simplicial volume…
Integral foliated simplicial volume is zero for certain amenable covers.
problem Calculating the integral foliated simplicial volume of specific manifolds.
method Using open amenable covers and fixed price property of fundamental groups.
result Integral foliated simplicial volume is zero for manifolds with multiplicity at most n.
Study shows range of simplicial volumes for open manifolds.
problem Understanding simplicial volumes of open manifolds.
method Analyzes locally finite simplicial volumes in dimensions at least 4.
result Set of simplicial volumes is [0, ∞] for open manifolds.
The simplicial volume of oriented closed connected smooth manifolds that admit a non-trivial smooth S1-action vanishes. In the present work we prove a version of this result for the integral foliated simplicial volume of aspherical manifolds: The integral foliated simplicial volume of aspherical oriented closed conn…
The study shows simplicial volume finiteness for certain manifolds with amenable fundamental groups.
problem Determining the simplicial volume of manifolds with specific properties.
method Analyzing the fundamental group and using amenability properties.
result Simplicial volume is finite for certain manifolds with amenable fundamental groups.
Study simplicial volume for fixed fundamental groups, finding gaps.
problem Understanding simplicial volume for manifolds with fixed fundamental group.
method Relate gap problem to rationality questions in bounded (co)homology.
result Show existence of gaps in simplicial volume spectrum at zero.
We show that there exist closed manifolds with arbitrarily small transcendental simplicial volumes. Moreover, we exhibit an explicit uncountable family of (transcendental) real numbers that are not realised as the simplicial volume of a closed manifold.
Integral simplicial volume is a homotopy invariant of oriented closed connected manifolds, defined as the minimal weighted number of singular simplices needed to represent the fundamental class with integral coefficients. We show that odd-dimensional spheres are the only manifolds with integral simplicial volume equal …
Study shows complete affine manifolds have zero simplicial volume.
problem Estimating the amenable category of affine manifolds.
method Construction of manifolds with infinite amenable normal subgroups.
result Zero simplicial volume for all such manifolds.
Integral filling volume of mapping tori grows sublinearly with complexity.
problem Characterizing mapping classes with vanishing integral filling volume.
method Analyzing Dehn twists and mapping tori, using simplicial volume and complexity.
result Integral simplicial volume of mapping tori grows sublinearly with respect to the monodromy power.
Study integral simplicial volume of cyclic covers of torus bundles.
problem Asymptotic behavior of integral simplicial volume of cyclic covers.
method Integral filling volume invariant for monodromy, bounds established.
result Established both lower and upper bounds for the limit of integral simplicial volume.
Alternative proof of simplicial volume bound using area-minimizing sets.
problem Bounding simplicial volume of manifolds with restricted ball volumes.
method Area-minimizing separating sets method.
result Explicit constants for simplicial volume bound derived.
We establish the proportionality principle between the Riemannian volume and locally finite simplicial volume for Q-rank 1 locally symmetric spaces covered by products of hyperbolic spaces, giving the first examples for manifolds whose cusp groups are not necessarily amenable. Also, we give a simple direct proof of the…
Study shows simplicial volume is superadditive under specific conditions.
problem Understanding superadditivity of simplicial volume under gluings.
method New results in relative bounded cohomology and pairs of multicomplexes.
result Simplicial volume is superadditive for boundary connected sums and 1-handle attachments.
We prove that the locally finite simplicial volume and the Lipschitz simplicial volume are additive with respect to certain gluings of manifolds. In particular, we prove that in dimension ≥3 they are additive with respect to connected sums and gluings along π1-injective, amenable aspherical boundary components…