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48 results for smooth manifolds

Smooth actions of cyclic groups on 3-manifolds are conjugate to smooth ones.

problem Understanding smoothness in group actions on 3-manifolds.
method Finite cyclic group actions by (1+ε)(1+\varepsilon)-bilipschitz homeomorphisms on closed 3-manifolds.
result Finite cyclic group actions by (1+ε)(1+\varepsilon)-bilipschitz homeomorphisms on closed 3-manifolds are conjugate to smooth actions.

Study on 4-manifolds with exotic smooth structures and Z_2 fundamental group.

problem Exploring smooth structures on 4-manifolds with specific fundamental groups.
method Construction of irreducible, smooth, oriented, closed, definite 4-manifolds with Z_2 fundamental group and specific Betti numbers.
result Proves existence of infinitely many smooth structures on definite 4-manifolds with positive second Betti number and Z_2 fundamental group.

The paper classifies smooth structures on product manifolds of 3-connected 8-manifolds with spheres.

problem Classifying smooth structures on product manifolds.
method Computational and classification methods for concordance and diffeomorphism.
result Diffeomorphism classification of MimesS1M imes S^1 for specific MM and kk.

In this paper we prove several related results concerning smooth Zp\Z_p or $\s^1$ actions on 4-manifolds. We show that there exists an infinite sequence of smooth 4-manifolds XnX_n, n2n\geq 2, which have the same integral homology and intersection form and the same Seiberg-Witten invariant, such that each XnX_n support…

2013-03-04abs ↗pdf ↗

We define a diffeomorphism invariant of smooth 4-manifolds which we can estimate for many smoothings of R^4 and other smooth 4-manifolds. Using this invariant we can show that uncountably many smoothings of R^4 support no Stein structure. (Gompf has constructed uncountably many smoothings of R^4 which do support Stein …

1997-12-06abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper explores conditions for homology spheres to bound acyclic smooth manifolds and symplectic fillings.

problem Conditions for integral homology 3-spheres to bound acyclic smooth 4-manifolds and their symplectic fillings.
method Structural results and analysis of smooth embeddings of lens spaces in C2\mathbb{C}^2.
result Smooth embeddings of connected sums of lens spaces in C2\mathbb{C}^2 cannot be upgraded to Stein embeddings.

The study explores smooth structures on specific four-manifolds with cyclic groups, finding many admit infinitely many smooth structures.

problem Exploring smooth structures on four-manifolds with finite cyclic fundamental groups.
method Analyzes topological four-manifolds with odd intersection forms and diverse fundamental groups.
result Many four-manifolds with cyclic fundamental groups admit infinitely many distinct smooth structures.

The paper smooths out equations on 4-manifolds to show smooth moduli spaces.

problem Understanding the structure of solutions to Vafa-Witten equations on 4-manifolds.
method Constructing perturbation terms to ensure transversality and showing moduli spaces are smooth.
result For generic perturbation, the general part of the moduli space is a smooth 0-dimensional manifold.

This is an overview article. After an introduction to convenient calculus in infinite dimensions, the foundational material for manifolds of mappings is presented. The central character is the smooth convenient manifold C(M,N)C^{\infty}(M,N) of all smooth mappings from a finite dimensional Whitney manifold germ MM into a …

2019-09-01abs ↗pdf ↗

We construct a natural co-Riemannian structure on the manifold of smooth loops in a Riemannian manifold. We show that the smooth loop space of a string manifold is a per-Hilbert-Schmidt locally equivalent co-spin manifold and thus admits a Dirac operator.

2008-09-18abs ↗pdf ↗

Positive mass theorem for non-smooth metrics on flat manifolds with corners.

problem Proving a positive mass theorem for non-smooth metrics on asymptotically flat manifolds with non-compact boundary.
method Proves a positive mass theorem for metrics that are only continuous across a compact hypersurface.
result Obtains a positive mass theorem on manifolds with non-compact corners.

The study finds smooth structures on specific 4-manifolds with even fundamental groups.

problem Investigating smooth structures on 4-manifolds with even fundamental groups.
method Analyzing topological, closed, oriented, non-spin 4-manifolds with given constraints.
result Existence of either none or infinitely many distinct smooth structures on specified manifolds.

In this paper we present another notion of a smooth manifold with corners and relate it to the commonly used concept in the literature. Afterwards we introduce complex manifolds with corners and show that if MM is a compact (respectively complex) manifold with corners and KK is a smooth (respectively complex) Lie gro…

2005-11-02abs ↗pdf ↗

Variant of previous work on smooth algebraic functions with compact and non-compact preimages.

problem Constructing smooth algebraic functions with specific preimage properties.
method Explicit construction of smooth real algebraic functions with controlled preimage compactness.
result New results in singularity theory and real algebraic geometry.

Classifies Real line bundles with Real connections on manifolds with involution.

problem Classifying Real line bundles with Real connections on manifolds with involution.
method Defines Real smooth Deligne cohomology to interpolate between equivariant sheaf cohomology and smooth imaginary-valued forms.
result Classifies Real line bundles with Real connections on manifolds with involution.

We consider the problem of defining the structure of a smooth manifold on the various spaces of piecewise-smooth loops in a smooth finite dimensional manifold. We succeed for a particular type of piecewise-smooth loops. We also examine the action of the diffeomorphism group of the circle. It is not a useful action on t…

2008-03-05abs ↗pdf ↗

We consider differentiable maps in the setting of Abstract Differential Geometry and we study the conditions that ensure the uniqueness of differentials in this setting. In particular, we prove that smooth maps between smooth manifolds admit a unique differential, coinciding with the usual one. Thus smooth manifolds fo…

2013-11-25abs ↗pdf ↗

It is observed that on many 4-manifolds there is a unique smooth structure underlying a globally hyperbolic Lorentz metric. For instance, every contractible smooth 4-manifold admitting a globally hyperbolic Lorentz metric is diffeomorphic to the standard R4\R^4. Similarly, a smooth 4-manifold homeomorphic to the produc…

2012-01-29abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper explores the structure of Reeb spaces for smooth functions on manifolds.

problem Understanding the structure of Reeb spaces for smooth functions on manifolds.
method Proving the structure of Reeb spaces and showing that any graph can be realized as a Reeb space.
result The Reeb space of a smooth function on a closed manifold with finitely many critical values has a graph structure.

Study on lens spaces bounding 4-manifolds with specific Betti numbers.

problem Which lens spaces can bound 4-manifolds with second Betti number one?
method Construction of specific 4-manifolds and analysis of lens space boundaries.
result Infinite families of lens spaces can bound 4-manifolds with second Betti number one, but not all.

Diffusion models adapt to data geometry through log-domain smoothing.

problem Understanding why diffusion models generalize well across diverse domains.
method Investigating the role of score matching and log-domain smoothing in diffusion models.
result Log-domain smoothing adapts the diffusion model to the data manifold.

In this paper, we investigate existence of inequivalent smooth structures on closed smooth non-orientable 4-manifolds building upon results of Akbulut, Cappell-Shaneson, Fintushel-Stern, Gompf, and Stolz. We add to the number of known constructions and provide new examples of exotic manifolds that are obtained as an ap…

2013-06-11abs ↗pdf ↗