This thesis studies moduli spaces of singular connections on 3-manifolds and manifolds with cylindrical ends. A Chern-Simons functional is defined for singular connections on 3-manifolds which are singular along a knot. The critical points of that Chern-Simons functional are flat singular connections. The Hodge-de Rham…
The paper extends affine connection results to singular warped and twisted products.
problem Generalizing affine connections to singular warped and twisted products.
method Study of singular multiply warped products and singular twisted products with semi-symmetric metric and non-metric connections, discussing Koszul forms and curvature.
result Theoretical results on curvature and Koszul forms for singular multiply warped and twisted products.
This paper explores how local behavior of meromorphic connections on the projective line determines the global connection.
problem Determining the global meromorphic connection based on specified local behavior at singular points.
method Expository discussion of various problems related to meromorphic connections with specified local behavior, including Deligne-Simpson and rigidity problems.
result The existence and nonemptiness of moduli spaces of meromorphic connections with specified local behavior.
We study Legendrian singular links up to contact isotopy. Using a special property of the singular points, we define the singular connected sum of Legendrian singular links. This concept is a generalization of the connected sum and can be interpreted as a tangle replacement, which provides a way to classify Legendrian …
Solves Deligne-Simpson problem for special connections on Gm.
problem Existence of Fuchsian connections with specific singularities.
method Theory of fundamental and regular strata, lattice chain filtration, quiver varieties.
result Characterization of rigid connections with unipotent monodromy at infinity.
Method counts connected 2D stratifolds with singular curves and components.
problem Counting 1-connected trivalent 2-stratifolds. method Describes a method for counting.
result Counts 1-connected trivalent 2-stratifolds. New algorithm for Coxeter connections with maximally ramified singularities.
problem Constructing connections on the projective line with a maximally ramified irregular singularity.
method Numerical algorithm for matrix completions to solve the Upper Nilpotent Completion Problem.
result Explicit constructions of Coxeter connections with specified singularities.
The paper studies complex affine structures near irregular singularities.
problem Understanding complex affine structures near irregular singularities.
method Introducing local invariants and a Delaunay decomposition.
result Upper bounds on the complexity of the Delaunay decomposition.
New minimal surfaces found using a modified metric connection.
problem Finding minimal surfaces in Euclidean 3-space.
method Used a special semi-symmetric metric connection instead of the Levi-Civita connection.
result Found non-trivial minimal surfaces other than planes.
Develops connections and curvature concepts for non-smooth spaces.
problem Exploring connections and curvature in spaces with singularities.
method Defines connections and curvature for Lie-Rinehart algebras without smoothness assumptions.
result Removal of poles in Christoffel symbols for quotient singularities.
In previous work, the authors have developed a geometric theory of fundamental strata to study connections on the projective line with irregular singularities of parahoric formal type. In this paper, the moduli space of connections that contain regular fundamental strata with fixed combinatorics at each singular point …
Paper finds essential regularity in singular connections.
problem Determining if singularities in connections are removable or essential.
method Introduces RT-equations and a procedure to lift connections to essential regularity.
result A computable procedure to lift connections to essential regularity.
In this paper, we study the singularities of two extended Ricci flow systems --- connection Ricci flow and Ricci harmonic flow using newly-defined curvature quantities. Specifically, we give the definition of three types of singularities and their corresponding singularity models, and then prove the convergence. In add…
Extends foliation results to singular cases.
problem Understanding foliations near singular leaves.
method Proves semi-local Levi-Malcev theorem for holonomy Lie algebroid.
result Formal semi-local triviality for all 2-connected and a wide class of 1-connected leaves.
Construct opers with apparent singularities from λ-connections on Riemann surfaces.
problem Constructing opers with apparent singularities from λ-connections.
method Using Riemann surfaces and λ-connections to define rational maps and Poisson structures.
result Defines a rational map capturing important data of λ-connections and apparent singularities.
Bounds on saddle connections on flat spheres with conical singularities.
problem Counting saddle connections on flat spheres with conical singularities.
method Geometry of immersed disks and explicit upper bounds.
result Explicit upper bounds on the number and lengths of saddle connections.
We establish a connection between Morin singularities and stable homotopy groups of spheres. This connection allows us to describe how the images of singularity strata behave around the image of a more complicated stratum.
The paper proves ideal triangulations and disk unfolding for singular flat surfaces.
problem Proving ideal triangulations and disk unfolding for singular flat surfaces.
method Using geodesic triangulation and finite geodesic connections.
result Each singular flat surface has an ideal triangulation and can be unfolded into a flat disk.
We give a simple direct proof of uniqueness of tangent cones for singular projectively Hermitian Yang-Mills connections on reflexive sheaves at isolated singularities modelled on μ-polystable holomorphic bundles over Pn−1.
In dimension 7, we establish a Fredholm theory for a Dirac-type operator associated to a connection with point singularities. There are two applications. 1. over a closed 7-manifold, under some natural conditions, a G2−instanton and its point singularities can still be "seen" when the G2−structure is proper…
Study of minimal surfaces in 3D space with special connections.
problem Classification of minimal translation surfaces in Euclidean spaces with semi-symmetric connections.
method Analysis of singular minimal translation surfaces in a 3D Euclidean space with a semi-symmetric connection.
result Classification of singular minimal translation surfaces in Euclidean spaces with semi-symmetric connections.
The paper studies affine connections on singular warped products and their curvature.
problem Analyzing affine connections on singular warped products.
method Introducing semi-symmetric metric and non-metric Koszul forms, and expressing their curvature in terms of factor manifolds.
result Generalized results for singular multiply warped products.
Survey connects singularity invariants to link pairings.
problem Understanding connections between singularities and link pairings.
method Use of Hermitian Variation Structures.
result Unified understanding of Picard--Lefschetz invariants and Blanchfield forms.
We establish an interesting connection between Morin singularities and stable homotopy groups of spheres. We apply this connection to computations of cobordism groups of certain singular maps. The differentials of the spectral sequence computing these cobordism groups are given by the composition multiplication in the …
We proved a uniqueness theorem of tangent connections for a Yang-Mills connection with an isolated singularity with a quadratic growth of the curvature at the singularity. We also obtained controls over the rate of the asymptotic convergence of the connection to the tangent connection under assumptions that the connect…
The goal of this paper is the construction of a compact manifold with G2 holonomy and nodal singularities along circles using twisted connected sum method. This paper finds matching building blocks by solving the Calabi conjecture on certain asymptotically cylindrical manifolds with nodal singularities. However, by …
Essential obstruction found for gluing G2−instantons with singularities.
problem Obstructing the gluing of G2−instantons with 1-dimensional singularities. method Using Atiyah classes generated by curvature contraction and analyzing tangent connections.
result Gluing fails if tangent connection is not twisted Fubini-Study on P2. We construct local examples of singular Hermitian Yang-Mills connections over B1⊂C3 with uniformly bounded L2-energy, but the number of essential singular points can be arbitrarily large.
We prove that the introduction of the class of geometrically atomic bundle maps by Harvey and Lawson in their theory of singular connections is not necessary because an arbitrary map satisfies the conditions of geometric atomicity.
We describe all connected components of the space of hyperbolic Gorenstein quasi-homogeneous surface singularities. We prove that any connected component is homeomorphic to a quotient of R^d by a discrete group.
We provide a complete classification of hexagonal singular 3-web germs in the complex plane, satisfying the following two conditions: 1) the Chern connection remains holomorphic at the singular point, 2) the web admits at least one infinitesimal symmetry at this point. As a by-product, a classification of hexagonal wei…
The paper studies stability and singularities of a two-convex level set flow.
problem Stability and singularities of a two-convex level set flow.
method Assumes two-convex initial hypersurface and finitely many singular times, then shows the singular set has finitely many connected components.
result Near each connected component of the singular set, the perturbed flow has the same type of singular set.
We prove a conjecture due to M. Kazarian, connecting two classifying spaces in singularity theory. These spaces are: - Kazarian's space (generalizing Vassiliev's algebraic complex and) showing which cohomology classes are represented by singularity strata. - Author's space Xτ giving homotopy representation of cobord…
Modeling wormhole creation without singularities in relativity.
problem Creating wormholes without singularities in classical relativity.
method Topological surgery and Morse theory to construct a nonsingular wormhole.
result Wormholes can be created nonsingularly in classical relativity.
Introduces Carrollian Lie algebroids to handle singular Carrollian geometries.
problem Handling singular Carrollian geometries within standard Carrollian geometry.
method Introduces Carrollian Lie algebroids to study singular Carrollian geometries.
result Established the existence of compatible connections on Carrollian Lie algebroids.
Moduli spaces of quadratic differentials with prescribed singularities are not necessarily connected. We describe here all cases when they have a special hyperelliptic connected component. We announce the general classification theorem: up to the four exceptional cases in low genera the strata of meromorphic quadratic …
Study families of Lie algebroids on complex spaces, introducing unfoldings.
problem Investigate singular holomorphic Lie algebroids on complex analytic spaces.
method Introduce and study unfoldings of Lie algebroids, showing a correspondence with holomorphic flat connections.
result Existence of a one-to-one correspondence between transversal unfoldings and holomorphic flat connections.
Study flat connections with logarithmic singularities on complex plane curves.
problem Modeling flat connections with logarithmic singularities.
method Explicit finite-dimensional model construction and detailed investigation of specific cases.
result Construction of shifted Poisson structure on moduli spaces.
In this paper, we first prove that any closed simply connected 4-manifold that admits a decomposition into two disk bundles of rank greater than 1 is diffeomorphic to one of the standard elliptic 4-manifolds: S4, CP2, S2×S2, or CP2#±CP2. As an…
The paper studies deformations and confluences of singularities in meromorphic connections and quadratic differentials.
problem Understanding singularities and deformations in meromorphic connections and quadratic differentials.
method Local formal invariants and jets of meromorphic quadratic differentials, universal isomonodromic deformation, unfolded Stokes phenomenon, horizontal and vertical foliations.
result Establishes a correspondence between local formal invariants and jets of meromorphic quadratic differentials, describing parameter spaces and moduli spaces.
Paper presents new cobordism sequences for singular maps.
problem Understanding cobordism groups of singular maps.
method Develops analogous exact sequences to classical ones.
result Positive answer to Szűcs' question on cobordisms of immersions.
Classifies meromorphic affine connections on complex surfaces.
problem Investigating uniformization in higher dimensions with singularities.
method Extending work on holomorphic connections, classifying meromorphic connections on compact surfaces.
result Classification of meromorphic affine connections on compact complex surfaces.
Study conically singular instantons over SU(3)-manifolds, proving existence and dimension formulas.
problem Existence and dimension of moduli spaces of conically singular instantons.
method Develop Fredholm deformation theory, investigate cokernel of instanton operator.
result Formula for virtual dimension of moduli space of conically singular instantons with structure group P(U(n)).
On a complex curve, we establish a correspondence between integrable connections with irregular singularities, and Higgs bundles such that the Higgs field is meromorphic with poles of any order. The moduli spaces of these objects are obtained by fixing at each singularity the polar part of the connection. We prove that…
Conic singular sub-manifolds are Lipschitz Normally Embedded in compact non-Euclidean manifolds.
problem Understanding the Lipschitz geometry of conic singular sub-manifolds.
method Analyzing the metric properties of conic singular sub-manifolds in compact non-Euclidean manifolds.
result Connected conic singular sub-manifolds are Lipschitz Normally Embedded.
New Heegaard Floer homology for orbifolds with cyclic singularities.
problem Defining Heegaard Floer homology for orbifolds with arbitrary cyclic singularities.
method Generalizing recent work by defining Heegaard Floer homology for orbifolds with arbitrary cyclic singularities.
result Defined a new Heegaard Floer homology for orbifolds with arbitrary cyclic singularities.
The singular set of a foliation is always connected under certain conditions.
problem Understanding the connectedness of singular sets in foliations.
method Analyzing the normal sheaf and dimension properties of the singular set.
result The union of irreducible components of dimension k−1 in the singular set is connected. Abstract: New geometric incarnation of isomonodromy functors.
problem Classical isomonodromic deformations.
method Functorial upgrade of isomonodromic deformations using Lie groupoids.
result Geometric incarnation of isomonodromy functors as Morita equivalences.