The paper shows how sublinear biLipschitz equivalences affect Morse boundaries of metric spaces.
problem Understanding how sublinear biLipschitz equivalences affect Morse boundaries of metric spaces.
method Defining sublinear biLipschitz equivalence and Morse boundaries, proving invariance under SBEs, using sublinear rays.
result κ-Morse boundaries of proper geodesic metric spaces are invariant under suitable sublinear biLipschitz equivalences.
FPP preserves sublinear Morse boundaries in geodesic graphs.
problem Preserving sublinear Morse boundaries in FPP.
method First passage percolation on geodesic graphs with i.i.d. passage times.
result Sublinear Morse boundaries are invariant under FPP.
New method connects CAT(0) spaces to hyperbolic spaces.
problem Injecting sublinear Morse boundaries into Gromov boundaries.
method Developed curtain machinery to characterize sublinear Morse properties.
result Continuous injection of sublinear Morse boundaries into Gromov boundaries.
Develops geometric foundations for sublinear Morse boundaries in mapping class groups and Teichmüller spaces.
problem Capturing generic directions in mapping class groups and Teichmüller spaces.
method Develops tools for modeling hulls of median rays in hierarchically hyperbolic spaces via CAT(0) cube complexes.
result Sublinear Morse boundaries are visibility spaces and admit continuous equivariant injections into the boundary of the curve graph.
Develops sublinear Morse theory in symmetric spaces.
problem Understanding sublinear Morse properties in symmetric spaces.
method Theory of sublinearly Morse boundary and lemma in higher rank symmetric spaces.
result Proves sublinear Morse lemma in higher rank symmetric spaces.
New topology shows Morse boundaries are topologically invariant.
problem Topological invariance of Morse boundaries in CAT(0) cubical groups.
method New hyperbolic topology induced by group actions on hyperbolic spaces.
result Sublinearly Morse boundaries are homeomorphic up to visual topology.
Proves equivalence of two types of boundaries in metric spaces.
problem Proving equivalence of two types of boundaries in metric spaces.
method Analyzes and compares contracting and κ-Morse boundaries. result Proves equivalence of 1-Morse boundary and contracting boundary as topological spaces.
New boundary for geodesic spaces captures Poisson boundary of mapping class groups.
problem Capturing the Poisson boundary of mapping class groups.
method Constructing a quasi-isometric invariant boundary for proper geodesic spaces.
result The Poisson boundary of mapping class groups can be realized on the κ-Morse boundary.
To every Gromov hyperbolic space X one can associate a space at infinity called the Gromov boundary of X. Gromov showed that quasi-isometries of hyperbolic metric spaces induce homeomorphisms on their boundaries, thus giving rise to a well-defined notion of the boundary of a hyperbolic group. Croke and Kleiner showed t…
Study geodesics on graphs with random lengths, proving bi-infinite paths exist.
problem Existence of bi-infinite geodesic paths on graphs with random edge lengths.
method Sublinear Morse geodesics and first passage percolation analysis.
result Proves the existence of bi-infinite geodesic paths in graphs with specific properties.
Classifies Morse boundaries of 3-manifold groups.
problem Classifying Morse boundaries of 3-manifold groups.
method Classifies Morse boundaries into 9 types based on geometric decompositions.
result 9 different homeomorphism types of Morse boundaries.
The paper shows how sublinearly Morse boundaries can be understood through combinatorial methods.
problem Understanding sublinearly Morse boundaries in cubulated groups and CAT(0) cube complexes.
method Combining geometric and combinatorial approaches to analyze sublinearly Morse boundaries.
result Sublinearly Morse boundaries can be described combinatorially and continuously related to Gromov and Roller boundaries.
Study families of Morse functions for manifolds with boundary.
problem Characterize degeneracies in 1-parameter families of Morse functions.
method List all possible degeneracies in generic 1-parameter families.
result Identified all degeneracies in generic 1-parameter families.
Surprising circles found in Coxeter group boundaries.
problem Embedded circles in Morse boundaries of Coxeter groups.
method Analysis of Morse boundaries and defining graphs.
result Circles not arising from visible Fuchsian subgroups.
Let X be a proper geodesic metric space and let G be a group of isometries of X which acts geometrically. Cordes constructed the Morse boundary of X which generalizes the contracting boundary for CAT(0) spaces and the visual boundary for hyperbolic spaces. We characterize Morse elements in G by their fixed po…
We introduce a new type of boundary for proper geodesic spaces, called the Morse boundary, that is constructed with rays that identify the "hyperbolic directions" in that space. This boundary is a quasi-isometry invariant and thus produces a well-defined boundary for any finitely generated group. In the case of a prope…
Study on connectivity of Morse boundaries of Coxeter groups.
problem Connectivity of Morse boundaries of Coxeter groups.
method Defined conditions on defining graphs (wide-avoidant, wide-spherical-avoidant) and characterized Morse boundaries based on these conditions.
result Characterization of Morse boundary connectivity for different classes of Coxeter groups.
Connected components of Morse boundaries are studied in graph of groups.
problem Understanding the structure of Morse boundaries in graph of groups.
method Analyzes connected components of Morse boundaries, considering edge and vertex groups properties.
result Connected components of Morse boundaries are derived from vertex groups under certain conditions.
New Coxeter groups have unique boundary structures.
problem Understanding boundaries of Coxeter groups.
method Recursive construction and amalgamation of CAT(0) groups.
result Totally disconnected Morse boundaries for new Coxeter groups.
Study finds both existence and non-existence of maps in Morse boundaries.
problem Existence and non-existence of Cannon-Thurston maps in Morse boundaries.
method Examined Morse boundaries for normal subgroups.
result Found both existence and non-existence of Cannon-Thurston maps.
In the present paper, we define Morse-Bott functions on manifolds with boundary which are generalizations of Morse functions and show Morse-Bott inequalities for these manifolds.
The paper explores additional structures on Morse boundaries to distinguish hyperbolic spaces up to quasi-isometry.
problem Distinguishing hyperbolic spaces up to quasi-isometry using additional structures on Morse boundaries.
method Investigates additional structures on Morse boundaries and proves conditions for a homeomorphism to be induced by a quasi-isometry.
result A homeomorphism between Morse boundaries of hyperbolic spaces is induced by a quasi-isometry if and only if it is bihölder, quasi-symmetric, or strongly quasi-conformal.
Uniformly perfect Morse boundaries characterize geometric properties of groups.
problem Characterizing geometric properties of groups using Morse boundaries.
method Introducing and geometrically characterizing uniformly perfect Morse boundaries for proper geodesic metric spaces.
result The Morse boundary of any finitely generated, non-elementary group is uniformly perfect if it is nonempty.
We develop Morse theory for manifolds with boundary. Besides standard and expected facts like the handle cancellation theorem and the Morse lemma for manifolds with boundary, we prove that, under a topological assumption, a critical point in the interior of a Morse function can be moved to the boundary, where it splits…
Given a compact smooth manifold M with non-empty boundary and a Morse function, a pseudo-gradient Morse-Smale vector field adapted to the boundary allows one to build a Morse complex whose homology is isomorphic to the (absolute or relative to the boundary) homology of M with integer coefficients. Our approach simp…
Estimates the growth of Morse index for free boundary minimal hypersurfaces.
problem Estimating the Morse index of free boundary minimal hypersurfaces.
method Adapting Song's method to the free boundary case.
result The Morse index grows linearly with the sum of Betti numbers.
Given a compact manifold with a non-empty boundary and equipped with a generic Morse function (that is, no critical point on the boundary and the restriction to the boundary is a Morse function), we already knew how to construct two Morse complexes, one yielding the absolute homology and the other the relative homology…
The Morse boundary of a proper geodesic metric space is designed to encode hypberbolic-like behavior in the space. A key property of this boundary is that a quasi-isometry between two such spaces induces a homeomorphism on their Morse boundaries. In this paper we investigate when the converse holds. We prove that for $…
Characterizes relative hyperbolicity using Morse and contracting boundaries.
problem Understanding relative hyperbolicity in groups.
method Boundary-theoretic characterization using Morse and contracting boundaries.
result Non-elementary relatively hyperbolic groups have non-empty and compact Morse or contracting boundaries.
The paper studies Morse flows on 3-manifold boundaries with fixed points.
problem Classifying Morse flows on 3-manifold boundaries.
method Constructing a Pr-diagram as a topological invariant.
result A complete topological invariant of Morse flows on 3-manifold boundaries.
The Morse boundary of a proper geodesic metric space is designed to encode hypberbolic-like behavior in the space. A key property of this boundary is that a quasi-isometry between two such spaces induces a homeomorphism on their Morse boundaries. In this paper we investigate when the converse holds. We prove that for c…
The paper characterizes subgroup stability via limit sets on the Morse boundary.
problem Characterizing subgroup stability in various settings.
method Characterization via limit sets on the Morse boundary.
result Stability of a subgroup is equivalent to all limit points being conical or horospherical.
Main subject of the paper is a (strong) Morse function on a compact manifold with boundary. We construct a cellular structure and discuss its algebraic properties in this paper. Also we get an estimation on Arnold's question on a number of critical points of a Morse function with given boundary condition.
Study on Čech cohomology of Morse boundaries in hyperbolic manifolds.
problem Computing Čech cohomology groups of Morse boundaries.
method Analyzing cusped hyperbolic n-manifolds and relatively hyperbolic groups.
result Reduced Čech cohomology vanishes in dimensions ≤ n-3 and does not vanish in dimension n-2.
Proves a theorem for mechanical systems with reflections.
problem Action functionals on paths with reflections.
method Proves a Morse index theorem for action functionals on paths that can reflect.
result Action functionals on paths with reflections have a well-defined Morse index.
In this paper we survey many of the known results about Morse boundaries and stability.
We generalize a result of Paulin on the Gromov boundary of hyperbolic groups to the Morse boundary of proper, maximal hierarchically hyperbolic spaces admitting cocompact group actions by isometries. Namely we show that if the Morse boundaries of two such spaces each contain at least three points, then the spaces are q…
Random walk constructs Morse functions on surfaces.
problem Creating Morse functions on surfaces.
method Random walk method to construct Morse functions.
result Small set of Morse functions approximates any other function.
The aim of this paper is to provide a proof for a version of Morse inequality for manifolds with boundary. Our main results are certainly known to the experts on Morse theory, nevertheless it seems necessary to write down a complete proof for it. Our proof is analytic and is based on J. Roe's account of Witten's approa…
Study on free boundary minimal hypersurfaces in Schwarzschild space, proving zero Morse index for certain hypersurfaces.
problem Analyzing free boundary minimal hypersurfaces in the Riemannian Schwarzschild space.
method Variational methods and geometric analysis.
result Zero Morse index for certain free boundary rotationally symmetric totally geodesic hypersurfaces in the Riemannian Schwarzschild space.
In this paper, we define a relative Morse complex for manifold with boundary using the handlebody decomposition of the manifold. We prove that the homology of the relative Morse complex is isomorphic to the relative singular homology. Furthermore, we construct A∞-category structure on the relative Morse complex…
The paper explores uniform perfectness and centers in Morse boundaries.
problem Detecting κ-center exhaustivity in uniformly perfect Morse boundaries. method Analyzes CAT(0) and geodesic spaces, using visual boundary data and metric transforms.
result Fixed-basepoint uniform perfectness is insufficient for κ-center exhaustivity. In this paper, we prove equivariant Morse inequalities via Bismut-Lebeau's analytic localization techniques. As an application, we obtain Morse inequalities on compact manifold with nonempty boundary by applying equivariant Morse inequalities to the doubling manifold.
We prove several combinatorial results on path algebras over discrete structures related to directed graphs. These results are motivated by Morse theory on a manifold with boundary and, more generally, by Floer theory on a configuration space with boundary. Their purpose is to organize cobordism relationships among mod…
The paper studies topological and dynamic properties of boundaries in geometric group actions.
problem Understanding the topological and dynamic properties of boundaries in geometric group actions.
method Developed and studied sublinearly Morse and quasi-redirecting boundaries for proper geodesic spaces with geometric group actions.
result Proved that the action of a group on the boundaries is minimal and that the boundaries are topological spaces.
New spectral estimates for minimal surfaces with boundary conditions.
problem Quantifying the Morse index of free boundary minimal surfaces.
method Adapted Montiel-Ros partitioning methods to compact manifolds with boundary, accounting for mixed and group actions.
result Explicit two-sided linear bounds on the Morse index for minimal surfaces.
Exponential growth of stable subgroups in Morse geodesics.
problem Growth rates of stable subgroups in complex groups.
method Theory of automatic structures on Morse geodesics.
result Exponential growth of stable subgroups is faster than their infinite index stable subgroups.
The paper proves the existence and properties of geodesics on convex surfaces.
problem Existence and properties of geodesics on convex surfaces with free boundaries.
method Free boundary curve shortening flow on closed surfaces with strictly convex boundary.
result Existence of two free boundary embedded geodesics and geodesics with Morse Index 1 and 2.