If K is a rationally null-homologous knot in a 3-manifold M, the rational genus of K is the infimum of -χ(S)/2p over all embedded orientable surfaces S in the complement of K whose boundary wraps p times around K for some p (hereafter: S is a p-Seifert surface for K). Knots with very small rational genus can be constru…
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New method constructs small symplectic 4-manifolds via contact gluing.
problem Constructing small symplectic 4-manifolds.
method Contact gluing technique.
result Upper bounds for self-intersection of rational unicuspidal curves.
The study creates symplectic Lefschetz fibrations and rational blowdowns for new 4-manifolds.
problem Creating symplectic Lefschetz fibrations and rational blowdowns for new 4-manifolds.
method Producing simply connected, minimal, symplectic Lefschetz fibrations and rationally blowing down Lefschetz fibrations with clustered nodal fibers.
result New constructions of small symplectic exotic 4-manifolds.
We give new rational blowdown constructions of exotic CP^2#n(-CP^2) (5\leq n\leq 9) without using elliptic fibrations. We also show that our 4-manifolds admit handle decompositions without 1- and 3-handles, for 7\leq n\leq 9. A strategy for rational blowdown constructions of exotic CP^2#n(-CP^2) (1\leq n\leq 4) is also…
In this paper, we investigate the minimal symplectic fillings of small Seifert 3-manifolds with a canonical contact structure. As a result, we classify all minimal symplectic fillings of small Seifert 3-manifolds satisfying certain conditions. Furthermore, we also demonstrate that every such a minimal symplectic fillin…
Study on rational projective planes with small index singularities.
problem Existence and classification of rational homology projective planes with small index quotient singularities.
method Topological and smooth obstructions analysis, classification of singularities.
result Classification of quotient singularities for rational homology projective planes with indices up to three.
We consider projective rational strong Calabi dream surfaces: projective smooth rational surfaces which admit a constant scalar curvature Kähler metric for every Kähler class. We show that there are only two such rational surfaces, namely the projective plane and the quadric surface. In particular, we show that all rat…
Survey on rational curves on complex surfaces, highlighting different approaches.
problem Existence of rational curves on complex surfaces.
method Classification of complex surfaces and systematic study of rational curves in each class.
result Highlighting the different approaches to study rational curves on complex surfaces.
Study embeds ruled surfaces into symplectic manifolds, finds Stein fillability results.
problem Embedding rational ruled surfaces into symplectic manifolds.
method Analyzes symplectic hyperplane sections of rational ruled surfaces.
result Obtains Stein fillability results for rational ruled surfaces.
Method to create rational Seifert surfaces for knots in Lens space.
problem Creating rational Seifert surfaces for knots in Lens space.
method Assuming a regular projection, construct rational Seifert surface on twist toroidal diagram.
result A method to construct rational Seifert surfaces for knots in Lens space.
We show that every negative definite configuration of symplectic surfaces in a symplectic 4--manifold has a strongly symplectically convex neighborhood. We use this to show that, if a negative definite configuration satisfies an additional negativity condition at each surface in the configuration, and if the complex si…
In this paper we prove that no complex surface of general type is diffeomorphic to a rational surface, thereby completing the smooth classification of rational surfaces and the proof of the Van de Ven conjecture on the smooth invariance of Kodaira dimension.
Study shows Seifert fibered spaces don't bound rational homology balls.
problem Understanding when Seifert fibered spaces bound rational homology balls.
method Analyzes Seifert fibered spaces with different conditions and orientations.
result Characterizes conditions for Seifert fibered spaces to bound rational homology balls.
We classify simply connected rationally elliptic manifolds of dimension five and those of dimension six with small Betti numbers from the point of view of their rational cohomology structure. We also prove that a geometrically formal rationally elliptic six dimensional manifold, whose second Betti number is two, is rat…
In this paper we give a necessary combinatorial condition for a negative--definite plumbing tree to be suitable for rational blow--down, or to be the graph of a complex surface singularity which admits a rational homology disk smoothing. New examples of surface singularities with rational homology disk smoothings are a…
In this paper we show that if the minimal good resolution graph of a normal surface singularity contains at least two nodes (i.e. vertex with valency at least 3) then the singularity does not admit a smoothing with Milnor fiber having rational homology equal to the rational homology of the 4-disk (called a ration…
The study finds families of surfaces with specific properties and connects them to rational curve configurations in K3 surfaces.
problem Existence and properties of surfaces with specific canonical and geometric genus conditions.
method Study of rational curve configurations and use of -Gorenstein smoothings.
result Existence of -dimensional families of simply-connected surfaces with and .
Rationally null-homologous links in Seifert fibered spaces may be represented combinatorially via labeled diagrams. We introduce an additional condition on a labeled link diagram and prove that it is equivalent to the existence of a rational Seifert surface for the link. In the case when this condition is satisfied, we…
Symplectic Torelli groups of positive rational surfaces are trivial or sphere braid groups.
problem Understanding symplectic Torelli groups of rational surfaces.
method Using positivity condition, type of cohomology class, and Lagrangian spherical classes.
result Symplectic Torelli groups of positive rational surfaces are trivial or sphere braid groups.
Pinwheels in symplectic rational and ruled surfaces and non-squeezing of rational homology ballsmath.SG
The study explores pinwheels in symplectic surfaces and non-squeezing of rational homology balls.
problem Understanding when Lagrangian pinwheels embed in symplectic rational and ruled surfaces.
method Almost toric fibrations and symplectic rational blow-up.
result A rational homology ball embeds into a rational homology cylinder if and only if the parameter is greater than or equal to 1.
We explicitly construct genus-2 Lefschetz fibrations whose total spaces are minimal symplectic 4-manifolds homeomorphic to complex rational surfaces CP^2 # p (-CP^2) for p=7, 8, 9, and to 3 CP^2 #q (-CP^2) for q =12,...,19. Complementarily, we prove that there are no minimal genus-2 Lefschetz fibrations whose total spa…
A nice trick for studying the billiard flow in a rational polygon is to unfold the polygon along the trajectories. This gives rise to a translation or half-translation surface tiled by the original polygon, or equivalently an Abelian or quadratic differential. Veech surfaces are a special class of translation surfaces …
We give a systematic method to calculate some homological data from the global monodromy of a topological elliptic surface. We apply this method to the cases 1) the transcendental lattice of an extremal elliptic K3 surface, 2) the torsion part of Mordell-Weil group of a general elliptic surface, and 3) the Mordell-Weil…
In this paper we show that the space of nodal rational curves, which is so called a Severi variety (of rational curves), on any non-singular projective surface is always equipped with a natural Einstein-Weyl structure, if the space is 3-dimensional. This is a generalization of the Einstein-Weyl structure on the space o…
This paper completes the classification of certain surface singularities with rational homology disk smoothings.
problem Classifying surface singularities with rational homology disk smoothings.
method Study of configurations of rational curves on projective rational surfaces.
result There is a unique rational homology disk smoothing component except in the cases of an obvious symmetry of the resolution dual graph.
Moduli of K3 families over and complex-hyperkähler metrics induced by deformed twistor cyclesmath.AG
The paper solves a geometric problem related to K3 surfaces and complex-hyperkähler metrics.
problem Geometric meaning of small deformations of twistor cycles in K3 period domain.
method Construction of a moduli space for families of marked K3 surfaces and use of Penrose's Non-linear Graviton construction.
result Small deformations of twistor cycles induce complex-hyperkähler metrics on K3 surface families.
Generalizes Lefschetz fibrations with rational homology disk smoothings.
problem Understanding rational homology disk smoothings of surface singularities.
method Introduces a genus to generic fibers of Lefschetz fibrations.
result Families of relations in mapping class groups represent smoothings.
Sharp estimate shows maps with small energy defect are close to rational maps.
problem Quantitative rigidity of maps from to of general degree.
method Proved maps with small energy defect are essentially given by a collection of rational maps at different scales.
result Sharp quantitative rigidity estimate , sharpness shown.
We construct examples of hyperbolic rational homology spheres and hyperbolic knot complements in rational homology spheres containing closed embedded totally geodesic surfaces.
Positive holomorphic sectional curvature on rational surfaces is characterized by Kähler metrics.
problem Characterizing rational surfaces by the existence of a Kähler metric with positive holomorphic sectional curvature.
method Constructing Kähler metrics on projective manifolds obtained from toric manifolds.
result Every projective manifold obtained from a projective toric manifold by a finite sequence of blow-ups at points admits a Kähler metric with positive holomorphic sectional curvature.
Study trisections on rational elliptic surfaces to find new Zariski pairs.
problem Constructing trisections and related plane curves on rational elliptic surfaces.
method Utilized Mumford representations of semi-reduced divisors to construct trisections and plane curves.
result Existence of a family of Zariski pairs degenerating to the same conic-line arrangement.
We explicitly produce symplectic genus-3 Lefschetz pencils (with base points), whose total spaces are homeomorphic but not diffeomorphic to rational surfaces CP^2 # p (-CP^2) for p= 7, 8, 9. We then give a new construction of an infinite family of symplectic Calabi-Yau surfaces with first Betti number b_1=2,3, along wi…
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.
We show that for rational surface singularities with odd determinant the mu-bar invariant defined by W. Neumann is an obstruction for the link of the singularity to bound a rational homology 4-ball. We identify the mu-bar invariant with the corresponding correction term in Heegaard Floer theory.
Characterizes symplectic rational homology ball fillings of Seifert fibered spaces.
problem Understanding which Seifert fibered spaces can be boundaries of symplectic rational homology balls.
method Analyzes convex boundaries and Lagrangian disk fillings of Legendrian knots.
result Strong restrictions on which Seifert fibered spaces can bound symplectic rational homology balls.
The paper studies cyclic covers of rational surfaces and their Hodge structures.
problem Understanding the Hodge structures of cyclic covers of rational surfaces.
method Generalization of Esnault-Viehweg method to analyze monodromy actions.
result The monodromy action splits into direct sums for specific cyclic covers.
We study the change of moduli spaces of Gieseker-semistable torsion free rank- sheaves on algebraic surfaces as we vary the polarizations. When the surfaces are rational with an effective anti-canonical divisor, the moduli spaces are linked by a series of flips (blowups and blowdowns). Using these results, we comput…
Study delta invariant of minimal generic curves on rational surfaces.
problem Recover delta invariant of curve germs from surface singularity topology.
method Explicit formulae for minimal generic curves on rational surfaces, proving delta invariant values for quotient singularities.
result Explicit formulae and values for delta invariant of minimal generic curves on rational surfaces.
Classifies periodic points on regular and double n-gon surfaces.
problem Finite blocking problem on rational triangles.
method Transfer principle to classify periodic points.
result Consequences for rational triangles unfolding to surfaces.
The study of symplectic fillings for rational cuspidal curves.
problem Understanding symplectic fillings of contact manifolds associated with rational cuspidal curves.
method Exploration through Stein handlebodies and rational blow-downs.
result Examples of contact manifolds that are links of normal surface singularities, and those that do not admit symplectic fillings.
Isogeometric analysis is a recently developed computational approach that integrates finite element analysis directly into design described by non-uniform rational B-splines (NURBS). In this paper we show that price surfaces that occur in option pricing can be easily described by NURBS surfaces. For a class of stochast…
New Lie group approach for envelope surface computation.
problem Efficient computation of envelope surfaces.
method Interpreting surfaces as curves in Lie group spaces, leveraging Lie group and algebra formalisms.
result Explicit rational parameterization of cone envelope surfaces and solution to trimming problem.
We study rational cuspidal curves in Hirzebruch surfaces. We provide two obstructions for the existence of rational cuspidal curves in Hirzebruch surfaces with prescribed types of singular points. The first result comes from Heegaard--Floer theory and is a generalization of a result by Livingston and the first author. …
Study contact structures on lens spaces, classifying rational knots.
problem Classify rational knots in lens spaces.
method One-parametric convex surface theory to classify Legendrian and transverse rational unknots.
result Determine the contact mapping class group of lens spaces.
The delta invariant of curves on rational surfaces II: Poincaré series and topological aspectsmath.GT
Study delta invariant of curves on rational surfaces using topological methods.
problem Calculate delta invariant for curves embedded in rational singularities.
method Use topological techniques and Poincaré series.
result Develop formulae for delta invariant in terms of embedded data.
Study homology groups of mapping and Torelli groups for surfaces with abelian covers.
problem Understanding the homology of mapping and Torelli groups for surfaces with specific topologies.
method Examined the first homology group of mapping and Torelli groups with coefficients in the first rational homology group of the universal abelian cover of the surface.
result For surfaces with one boundary component, the twisted homology groups are finite-dimensional, but for surfaces with one puncture, they are infinite-dimensional.
We show that hyperelliptic symplectic Lefschetz fibrations are symplectically birational to two-fold covers of rational ruled surfaces, branched in a symplectically embedded surface. This reduces the classification of genus 2 fibrations to the classification of certain symplectic submanifolds in rational ruled surfaces…
Study on mapping classes of real rational surface automorphisms, focusing on reducible maps and pseudo-Anosov maps.
problem Investigating the mapping classes of real rational surface automorphisms and their restrictions.
method Analysis of reducible maps, determination of pseudo-Anosov mapping classes, and comparison with Penner's construction.
result Realized Lehmer's number as the stretch factor of a pseudo-Anosov map on a specific surface.