Constructs moduli spaces for complex affine and dilation surfaces.
problem Classifying and understanding moduli spaces of complex surfaces.
method Using Veech's ideas, constructs holomorphic affine bundles and covering spaces.
result Moduli spaces of dilation surfaces are orbifold K(G,1) where G is the framed mapping class group.
Study shows K-moduli spaces connect quartic surfaces to K3 surfaces, verifying predictions and classifying degenerations.
problem Understanding the moduli spaces of quartic K3 surfaces and their birational models.
method Interpolates between GIT and Baily-Borel moduli spaces, describes wall crossings, and classifies degenerations.
result Verifies Laza-O'Grady's prediction and classifies Gorenstein canonical Fano degenerations of \(\mathbb{P}^3\).
Develops a finite construction for self-duality and related moduli spaces over Riemann surfaces.
problem Constructing moduli spaces over Riemann surfaces.
method Finite-dimensional construction using holomorphic symplectic reduction.
result Moduli spaces over Riemann surfaces as stratified holomorphic symplectic spaces.
Constructs projective moduli spaces for Calabi-Yau pairs.
problem Creating projective moduli spaces for Calabi-Yau surface pairs.
method Constructs projective asymptotically good moduli spaces.
result Provides a wall crossing between KSBA and K-moduli spaces.
We calculate finite volumes of moduli spaces of flat surfaces with conical singularities.
problem Calculating volumes of moduli spaces of flat surfaces with prescribed conical singularities.
method Induction on the Euler characteristics of the punctured surface for almost all orders of the singularities.
result Explicit computation of volumes is possible.
Paper connects volumes of moduli spaces of super Riemann surfaces to integrals over stable Riemann surfaces.
problem Relating volumes of moduli spaces of super Riemann surfaces to integrals over stable Riemann surfaces.
method Relates volumes of moduli spaces of super Riemann surfaces to integrals over the moduli space of stable Riemann surfaces Mg,n. result Proves recursion between volumes of moduli spaces of super hyperbolic surfaces using algebraic geometry.
In generalization of the classical Atiyah-Bott Poisson brackets on the moduli spaces of surfaces we define quasi-Poisson brackets on the moduli spaces of quasi-surfaces.
New bounds show triangulated surfaces are evenly distributed in moduli space.
problem Distribution of triangulated surfaces in moduli space as genus increases.
method Proved upper and lower bounds for the number of triangulated surfaces in Teichmüller balls.
result Number of triangulated surfaces in a Teichmüller unit ball is at most exponential in the number of triangles, independent of genus.
Study of infinite type surfaces' mapping class groups via hyperbolic structures.
problem Understanding mapping class groups of infinite type surfaces.
method Definition of a topology on a moduli space of marked hyperbolic structures.
result Continuous action of mapping class groups on the marked moduli space.
Study moduli space of cscK surfaces around toric ones, introducing foldable surfaces.
problem Moduli space of cscK surfaces around toric ones.
method Introduced foldable surfaces and classified them. Studied moduli space locally.
result Moduli space locally modeled on a finite quotient of a toric affine variety with terminal singularities.
The paper constructs moduli spaces for genus one fibered K3 surfaces.
problem Understanding the moduli spaces and period mappings of genus one fibered K3 surfaces.
method Constructing various moduli spaces and period mappings related to locally symmetric spaces.
result Computed fundamental groups of moduli spaces and applied results to mapping class groups.
Counting lattice points in moduli space of Klein surfaces.
problem Count lattice points in moduli space of Klein surfaces.
method Introduced metric Möbius graphs, counted lattice points weighted by non-orientability measure, deduced recursion for volumes.
result Proved refined version of Norbury's recursion and computed refined Euler characteristic.
Study shows K-moduli spaces of curves on quadrics and K3 surfaces match with VGIT quotients.
problem Understanding K-moduli spaces of curves on quadrics and K3 surfaces.
method Using log Fano pairs and VGIT quotients, the study compares K-moduli spaces of curves on P1imesP1 and quartic hyperelliptic K3 surfaces. result K-moduli spaces of curves on quadrics and K3 surfaces form a natural interpolation.
A smooth curve found in a space of special surfaces.
problem Understanding the structure of K-polystable del Pezzo surfaces.
method Explicit construction of a component in the K-moduli space.
result Found a smooth rational curve in the K-moduli space.
Existence of symplectic structure shown on Seiberg-Witten moduli space product of Riemann surfaces.
problem Existence of symplectic structure on Seiberg-Witten moduli space.
method Construction of Quillen-type determinant line bundle and showing its curvature proportional to the symplectic form.
result Existence of symplectic structure on the moduli space of Seiberg-Witten equations on product of Riemann surfaces.
Study volumes of Klein surfaces, extending Mirzakhani's recursion.
problem Volumes of moduli spaces of bordered Klein surfaces.
method Generalization of Mirzakhani's recursion, integration over regularised moduli space.
result Explicit formula for Klein bottle moduli space volumes, recursion for arbitrary topologies.
Study topological hyperbolicity of moduli spaces of elliptic surfaces.
problem Characterize the largeness of the topological fundamental group of complex varieties.
method Introduce topological hyperbolicity and provide supporting evidence for moduli spaces of elliptic surfaces.
result Establish a weak form of topological hyperbolicity for moduli spaces of elliptic surfaces of Kodaira dimension one.
Simply connected moduli space of Ricci flat metrics on K3 surfaces.
problem Understanding the topology of Ricci flat metrics on K3 surfaces.
method Analyzing the moduli space of metrics with unit volume.
result The moduli space is simply connected and has cohomology matching the automorphism group.
In this paper we study the smooth moduli space of closed Riemann surfaces. This smooth moduli is an infinite cover of the usual moduli space Mg of closed Riemann surfaces, and is identified with the Schottky space of rank g. The main theorem of the paper is: Closed Riemann surfaces are uniformizable by S…
In this paper we continue our study on the moduli spaces of flat G-bundles, for any semi-simple Lie group G, over a Riemann surface by using heat kernel and Reidemeister torsion. Formulas for intersection numbers on the moduli spaces over a Riemann surface with several boundary components, over non-orientable Riemann s…
We analyze the moduli space of non-flat homogeneous affine connections on surfaces. For Type A surfaces, we write down complete sets of invariants that determine the local isomorphism type depending on the rank of the Ricci tensor and examine the structure of the associated moduli space. For Type $\mathcal{…
In this paper, we are interested in flat metric structures with conical singularities on surfaces which are obtained by deforming translation surface structures. The moduli space of such flat metric structures can be viewed as some deformation of the moduli space of translation surfaces. Using geodesic triangulations, …
Study wormholes in surface moduli space, proving conjecture.
problem Wormholes in moduli space of surfaces of general type.
method KSBA compactification, extremal P-resolutions, general wormhole conjecture.
result Proved wormhole conjecture for many cases.
In this paper we study the symplectic and Poisson geometry of moduli spaces of flat connections over quilted surfaces. These are surfaces where the structure group varies from region to region in the surface, and where a reduction (or relation) of structure occurs along the boundaries of the regions. Our main theoretic…
Mirzakhani volumes of moduli spaces are polylogarithmic.
problem Understanding the volume of moduli spaces of hyperbolic surfaces.
method Expressed as a sum of polylogarithms evaluated at specific points.
result Mirzakhani volumes are polylogarithmic.
The paper explores Higgs bundles and their moduli spaces on Riemann surfaces.
problem Developing the moduli theory of Higgs bundles and understanding their geometric properties.
method Establishing non-abelian Hodge correspondences and studying Hitchin fibration.
result Computing the Poincaré polynomial of rank 2 moduli space and verifying topological mirror symmetry.
Study characterizes quasi-isometric embeddings of maps from cusped surfaces into moduli space.
problem Characterizing quasi-isometric embeddings of maps from cusped surfaces into moduli space.
method Investigates shrinking maps from a cusped hyperbolic surface into the moduli space of closed Riemann surfaces, considering quasi-isometric embeddings with respect to Teichmüller distance and intrinsic distance.
result Characterizations of quasi-isometric embeddings are solely determined by the map's monodromy under mild conditions.
In this article we address a number of features of the moduli space of spherical metrics on connected, compact, orientable surfaces with conical singularities of assigned angles, such as its non-emptiness and connectedness. We also consider some features of the forgetful map from the above moduli space of spherical sur…
Infinite volume moduli spaces of hyperbolic surfaces are redefined with exponential forms.
problem Infinite volume of moduli spaces of hyperbolic surfaces with cusps.
method Introduce exponential volume form exp(-W)Vol(K,L) where W is a function of hyperbolic areas.
result Exponential volume forms make moduli spaces finite and relevant to open string theory.
Injective map from top cohomology of moduli spaces to handlebodies.
problem Understanding cohomology of moduli spaces of surfaces and handlebodies.
method Constructing a classifying space for handlebody mapping class group.
result Top weight cohomology of moduli spaces maps injectively into handlebodies.
We consider the extension of classical 2-dimensional topological quantum field theories to Klein topological quantum field theories which allow unorientable surfaces. We approach this using the theory of modular operads by introducing a new operad governing associative algebras with involution. This operad is Koszul an…
Flat surfaces with erasing forest are obtained by deforming the flat metric structure of translation surfaces, the moduli space of such surfaces is a deformation of the moduli space of translation surfaces. On the moduli space of flat surfaces with erasing forest, one can define some energy function involving the area …
No nontrivial automorphisms for cubic surfaces moduli space.
problem Understanding automorphisms of cubic surfaces moduli space.
method Analyzing the fundamental group of the moduli space.
result No nontrivial biholomorphic automorphisms for cubic surfaces moduli space.
Constructs a combinatorial model for bordered Riemann surfaces with a compactification.
problem Moduli spaces of bordered Riemann surfaces.
method Symmetric metric ribbon graphs and sequences of non-contractible subgraphs.
result A combinatorial moduli space that compactifies the KSV-compactification.
Paper introduces hybrid curves moduli space and canonical measures.
problem Asymptotic geometry of Riemann surfaces and their moduli spaces.
method Definition of hybrid curves and canonical measures.
result Continuous variation of canonical measures over hybrid curves moduli space.
We define convex projective structures on 2D surfaces with holes and investigate their moduli space. We prove that this moduli space is canonically identified with the higher Teichmuller space for the group PSL_3 defined in our paper math/0311149. We define the quantum version of the moduli space of convex projective s…
GOE statistics emerge from surface moduli space averages.
problem Understanding spectral statistics on hyperbolic surfaces.
method Defined a smooth linear statistic, averaged over moduli space, and analyzed variance.
result GOE statistics are recovered in the large genus and high energy limits.
New invariant for Riemann surfaces connects to moduli space classes.
problem Understanding Riemann surface invariants and their relationships.
method Introducing a twisted version of the Kawazumi-Zhang invariant and relating it to other classes.
result The new invariant connects to the first Mumford-Morita-Milller class on the moduli space.
Survey of computations for Riemann surface moduli spaces, focusing on unstable homology.
problem Computing unstable homology of moduli spaces of Riemann surfaces.
method Integral, mod-2, and rational coefficient computations; use of homology operations.
result Explicit generators of unstable homology for most cases determined.
For large genus, spectral gaps on hyperbolic surfaces approach a limit.
problem Understanding spectral gaps on hyperbolic surfaces of large genus.
method Analyzing the maximum of λk−λk−1 over thick parts of moduli spaces. result The maximum of λk−λk−1 approaches 41 for large genus. In this paper, we consider new components of the key space of the Moduli space of minimal surfaces in flat 4-tori and calculate their dimensions. Moreover, we construct an example of minimal surfaces in 4-tori and obtain an element of the Moduli. In the process of the construction, we give an example of minimal surface…
New measure defined on surface strata, invariant under scaling.
problem Defining an invariant measure on moduli spaces of dilation surfaces.
method Novel computation of cohomology with coefficients for mapping class group.
result SL(2,R)-invariant Lebesgue class measure on strata.
We prove a Gauss-Bonnet theorem for (finite coverings of) moduli spaces of Riemann surfaces endowed with the McMullen metric. The proof uses properties of an exhaustion of moduli spaces by compact submanifolds with corners and the Gauss-Bonnet formula of Allendoerfer and Weil for Riemannian polyhedra.
The twistor space of the moduli space of solutions of Hitchin's self-duality equations can be identified with the Deligne-Hitchin moduli space of λ-connections. We use real projective structures on Riemann surfaces to prove the existence of new components of real holomorphic sections of the Deligne-Hitchin moduli spa…
Minimum algebraic intersection found in hyperbolic surfaces, growing with genus.
problem Finding the minimum algebraic intersection form in hyperbolic surfaces.
method Analyzing algebraic intersection form in moduli space of hyperbolic surfaces.
result Minimum grows in the order of (logg)−2 with genus. Study compares constrained and decoupled moduli spaces of manifolds with particles and discs.
problem Comparing constrained and decoupled moduli spaces of manifolds with embedded particles and discs.
method Generalized Bödigheimer--Tillmann's work to higher dimensions and different tangential structures.
result New results for surfaces with different tangential structures and higher dimensional manifolds.
In this paper we modify the coordinate construction in our previous paper on the universal moduli space of pair consisting of a Riemann Surfaces and a stable holomorphic bundles on the Riemann Surface, so as to produce a new set of coordinates, which are in fact K\" ahler coordinates on this universal moduli space. Fur…
Geometrically boundary of surface moduli space defined.
problem Defining a geometric boundary for the moduli space of complex projective structures.
method Introducing a bordification of the moduli space PT(S) using projective classes of half-translation surfaces. result Established a homeomorphism between the moduli space and the product of Teichmüller and measured lamination spaces.