The paper extends positivity results from vector bundles to Kobayashi positive ones.
problem Extending positivity results from vector bundles to Kobayashi positive ones.
method Using convexity of Kobayashi positive Finsler metrics and duality for convex Finsler metrics.
result The quotient and tensor product of Kobayashi positive vector bundles are also Kobayashi positive.
Extends positive and almost positive links to successively almost positive ones.
problem Extending properties of positive and almost positive diagrams and links.
method Introducing successively almost positive diagrams and links, and analyzing their properties.
result Improves known results of positive and almost positive links.
In this short note, we prove positivity of Brown-York mass under quasi-positive boundary data which generalize some previous results by the authors. The corresponding rigidity result is obtained.
The study establishes conditions for positive and quasi-positive links.
problem Characterizing and testing positive and quasi-positive links.
method Proves necessary conditions for link concordance and positivity.
result Characterizes positive links with unlinking number 1 and 2, and tests positive links as closures of positive braids.
Uniform RC-positivity results for direct image bundles.
problem Understanding the relation between rational connectedness and RC-positivity.
method Analyzing vector bundles and their direct images, using weak RC-positivity as a starting point.
result Uniform RC-positivity of direct image bundles under weak RC-positivity conditions.
Proves metrics with positive intermediate Ricci curvature on complex manifolds.
problem Establishing metrics with positive intermediate Ricci curvature on complex manifolds.
method Canonical variation and surgery techniques.
result Existence of metrics with positive intermediate Ricci curvature on various examples.
In this paper, we give a new generalization of positive sectional curvature called positive weighted sectional curvature. It depends on a choice of Riemannian metric and a smooth vector field. We give several simple examples of Riemannian metrics which do not have positive sectional curvature but support a vector field…
Preserves positive intermediate curvature on manifolds.
problem Obstructs positive intermediate curvature on partial tori.
method Shows smooth interpolation of metrics with positive intermediate curvature.
result Proves non-existence of certain manifolds with positive intermediate curvature.
In this short note we discuss some recent results about two-positive Ricci curvature and their applications to positive Einstein curvature.
Study of new link types and their invariants, extending previous results.
problem Properties of polynomial invariants and signatures of weakly successively almost positive links.
method Analysis of minimal genus and fibering properties, extending known theorems.
result Extension of Scharlemann-Thompson's theorem to weakly successively almost positive links.
New bounds on Jones polynomial positivity for specific links.
problem Determining when Jones polynomial of positive links is non-negative.
method Developed new bounds and used them to obstruct positivity for infinitely many almost-positive diagrams.
result Infinitely many knots are classified as almost-positive.
New rigidity results for manifolds with maximal symmetry rank and positive intermediate Ricci curvature.
problem Understanding the structure of manifolds with maximal symmetry rank and positive intermediate Ricci curvature.
method Recovering stronger topological rigidity results using higher intermediate Ricci curvatures and nontrivial fundamental groups.
result Stronger topological rigidity results for manifolds with maximal symmetry rank and positive intermediate Ricci curvature.
Study on sets with positive reach in Euclidean and Riemannian spaces.
problem Understanding sets with positive reach in various spaces.
method Structural results on subsets of positive reach.
result New insights into sets with positive reach in Euclidean and Riemannian spaces.
The paper proves rational connectedness for certain Kähler manifolds.
problem Rational connectedness of compact Kähler manifolds.
method Uniform weak RC-positivity of the tangent bundle.
result Compact Kähler manifolds with uniformly weakly RC-positive tangent bundles are projective and rationally connected.
Study improves HOMFLY polynomial coefficients for positive braid links.
problem Determining HOMFLY polynomial coefficients for positive braid links.
method Using geometric invariants like maximum Euler characteristics, number of split and prime factors.
result Improvements in known results for Conway and Jones polynomials of positive braid links.
The paper proves rigidity results for non-positively curved homogeneous Finsler metrics.
problem Rigidity of non-positively curved homogeneous Finsler metrics.
method Analyzes and proves rigidity results for specific Finsler metrics with non-positive flag curvature.
result Homogeneous Finsler spaces with non-positive flag curvature and isotropic S-curvature are either Riemannian or locally Minkowskian.
Study preserves metrics with positive Bakry-Émry Ricci curvature via surgery.
problem Preserving metrics with positive Bakry-Émry Ricci curvature after surgery.
method Established theorems for connected sums and surgeries along higher-dimensional spheres.
result Local surgery results for positive Bakry-Émry Ricci curvature.
In this paper we construct Ricci-positive metrics on the connected sum of products of arbitrarily many spheres provided the dimensions of all but one sphere in each summand are at least 3. There are two new technical theorems required to extend previous results on sums of products of two spheres. The first theorem is a…
Ricci flow preserves positive sectional curvature on homogeneous spheres
problem Classification of positively curved metrics on homogeneous spaces
method Proving Ricci flow preserves positive sectional curvature on homogeneous spheres
result Completes classification of positively curved metrics on homogeneous spaces
We characterize positive links in terms of strong quasipositivity, homogeneity and the value of Rasmussen, Beliakova and Wehrli's s-invariant. We also study almost positive links, in particular, determine the s-invariants of almost positive links. This result suggests that all almost positive links might be strongl…
Proves Khovanov homology functoriality and positivity for gl2 webs.
problem Proving functoriality and positivity of Khovanov homology.
method Categorical proof using linear complexes stability.
result Strong positivity result for surface skein algebras.
New upper bound on Jones polynomial for fibered positive links.
problem Classifying positive and non-positive knots of crossing number ≤ 12.
method Proved a new upper bound on the maximum degree of Jones polynomial for fibered positive knots.
result Maximum degree of Jones polynomial for fibered positive knots is at most four times the minimum degree.
Three decades ago Cornalba-Harris proved a fundamental positivity result for divisor classes associated to families of stable curves. In this paper we establish an analogous positivity result for divisor classes associated to families of stable differentials.
Generalized Nakano positivity for certain singular cases.
problem Nakano positivity of direct image sheaves for singular cases.
method Generalization of Berndtsson's result to singular cases.
result Nakano positivity for direct image sheaves in special singular cases.
Generalizes Nakano-positivity to Hilbert space fields.
problem Extending Nakano-positivity to Hilbert space fields.
method Exhaustion arguments to generalize the theorem.
result Log-plurisubharmonic variation results for Stein manifolds.
Unified positive mass theorem and Dirac operator study on weighted manifolds.
problem Establishing a unified positive mass theorem for weighted manifolds and smooth metric measure spaces.
method Analyzing Dirac operators on warped product manifolds and applying results to the positive mass theorem.
result Equivalence of weighted positive mass theorem to usual positive mass theorem.
New metrics found for 6k-dimensional manifolds with positive Ricci curvature.
problem Finding metrics of positive Ricci curvature on simply-connected manifolds.
method Using labeled bipartite graphs to describe certain manifolds and constructing metrics of positive Ricci curvature.
result Many new examples of 6k-dimensional manifolds with positive Ricci curvature.
Paper tackles survival data analysis with positive and unlabeled observations.
problem Traditional survival analysis yields biased results with positive-unlabeled data.
method Developed parametric, nonparametric, and machine learning models for positive and unlabeled survival data.
result Proposed estimation method provides valid results for positive-unlabeled survival data.
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…
Positive knots are minimal in a specific knot ordering.
problem Understanding the minimal structure of positive knots in a specific knot ordering.
method Analyzing ribbon concordance and using properties of rational Alexander modules.
result Positive knots are minimal in the ribbon concordance ordering.
Sharp curvature condition implies spherical space form structure.
problem Characterizing manifolds with specific curvature properties.
method Proving diffeomorphism and homeomorphism to spherical space forms using curvature conditions.
result Closed manifolds with $4 rac{1}{2}$-positive curvature operator of the second kind are spherical space forms.
We show that results about spaces or moduli spaces of positive scalar curvature metrics proved using index theory can typically be extended to non-negative scalar curvature metrics. We illustrate this by providing explicit generalizations of some classical results concerning moduli spaces of positive scalar curvature m…
A Sasakian structure on a manifold is called {\it positive} if its basic first Chern class can be represented by a positive (1,1)-form with respect to its transverse holomorphic CR-structure. We prove a theorem that says that every positive Sasakian structure can be deformed to a Sasakian structure whose metric has pos…
New bound on Jones polynomial for specific positive links.
problem Finding bounds on the Jones polynomial for positive links.
method Using previous results on positive fibered links, we found a new bound for a specific family of positive links.
result We provided a bound on the maximum degree of the Jones polynomial for positive links with a specific coefficient.
New bounds on Khovanov homology for positive links families.
problem Bounding the maximum non-vanishing quantum degree of Khovanov homology.
method Diagram-independent upper bounds constructed using Khovanov homology.
result Constructs upper bounds on Khovanov homology, providing positivity obstructions.
Generalizes symmetries of curved manifolds.
problem Maximizing symmetries in curved manifolds.
method Replaces torus with abelian group, generalizes results.
result Generalizes symmetry results for positively curved manifolds.
Extends Eells-Sampson theorem for manifolds with positive sectional curvature bounds.
problem Rigidity of harmonic maps between manifolds with curvature constraints.
method Proves an extension of Eells-Sampson theorem under positive sectional curvature upper bounds.
result Recover Hamilton's rigidity result for positive Ricci curvature.
This paper explores the relationship between the existence of an exact embedded Lagrangian filling for a Legendrian knot in the standard contact $\rr^3$ and the hierarchy of positive, strongly quasi-positive, and quasi-positive knots. On one hand, results of Eliashberg and especially Boileau and Orevkov show that every…
We prove new results about unknotting fibered positive knots and braids.
problem Proving the unknotting number equals genus for fibered positive knots and braids.
method Analyzing positive braid diagrams and fibered positive knots, proving new constraints and conjectures.
result We found fibered positive knots that cannot be unknotted optimally, contradicting Stoimenow's conjecture.
The paper studies Kähler manifolds with partially semi-positive curvature and rational connectedness.
problem Analyzing compact Kähler manifolds with partially semi-positive curvature and rational connectedness.
method Proving rational connectedness for manifolds with BC-p positive tangent bundles, and applying these results to curvature conditions. result Confirming a conjecture and generalizing results on rational connectedness and curvature conditions.
Study positive braid knots and their taut foliations, proving some L-space conjecture evidence.
problem Understanding positive braid knots and their properties through taut foliations.
method Construct taut foliations in specific 3-manifolds and use them to prove braid positivity and unknot detection.
result Prove some positive evidence towards the L-space conjecture and provide a braid positivity obstruction.
New methods learn from PU data with non-representative positives.
problem Learning from PU data with non-representative positive classes.
method Integrates negative-unlabeled and unlabeled-unlabeled learning, or uses a recursive risk estimator.
result Effective across various real-world datasets and forms of positive bias.
Study Khovanov homology of positive links and L-space knots, finding vanishing conditions.
problem Understanding Khovanov homology of positive links and L-space knots.
method Analyzing Khovanov homology groups in specific gradings and extending results to (p,q)-cables and Heegaard Floer L-space knots.
result Khovanov homology of positive links and L-space knots vanishes under certain conditions.
Positive Quaternion Kaehler Manifolds are Riemannian manifolds with holonomy contained in Sp(n)Sp(1) and with positive scalar curvature. Conjecturally, they are symmetric spaces. We prove this conjecture in dimension 20 under additional assumptions and we provide recognition theorems for quaternionic projective spaces …
The study examines symmetries in spaces with positive or non-negative curvature.
problem Understanding symmetries in spaces with curvature constraints.
method Survey of existing results for Riemannian manifolds with specified curvature properties and symmetries.
result Results on symmetries in spaces with curvature bounds.
Explains how to prove positive mass theorem with boundary in dimensions less than 8.
problem Proving the positive mass theorem with boundary conditions.
method Uses established results to prove various versions of the theorem.
result Various versions of the positive mass theorem are proven for initial data sets with boundary in dimensions less than 8.
Positive representations of surface groups in PO(p,q) form connected components of character varieties.
problem Characterizing representations of surface groups in special orthogonal groups PO(p,q).
method Using Anosov representations and root versus weight collar lemmas.
result Connected components of character varieties are formed by Θ-positive Anosov representations. BiPE blends intra-segment and inter-segment encodings for better length extrapolation.
problem Improving length extrapolation in language models.
method Bilevel Positional Encoding (BiPE) that separates intra-segment and inter-segment encodings.
result BiPE enhances length extrapolation across various text modalities.