We prove the Turaev-Viro invariants volume conjecture for complements of fundamental shadow links: an infinite family of hyperbolic link complements in connected sums of copies of $S^1\times S^2$. The main step of the proof is to find a sharp upper bound on the growth rate of the quantum $6j-$symbol evaluated at $e^{\frac{2\pi i}{r}}.$ As an application of the main result, we show that the volume of

We give a complete classification of the immersed constant mean curvature spheres in a three-sphere with an arbitrary homogenous metric, by proving that for each $H\in\mathbb{R}$, there exists a constant mean curvature $H$-sphere in the space that is unique up to an ambient isometry.

In this paper we first introduce quermassintegrals for free boundary hypersurfaces in the $(n+1)$-dimensional Euclidean unit ball. Then we solve some related isoperimetric type problems for convex free boundary hypersurfaces, which lead to new Alexandrov-Fenchel inequalities. In particular, for $n=2$ we obtain a Minkowski-type inequality and for $n=3$ we obtain an optimal Willmore-type inequality.

Let $N$ be a smooth manifold that is homeomorphic but not diffeomorphic to a closed hyperbolic manifold $M$. In this paper, we study the extent to which $N$ admits as much symmetry as $M$. Our main results are examples of $N$ that exhibit two extremes of behavior. On the one hand, we find $N$ with maximal symmetry, i.e. Isom($M$) acts on $N$ by isometries with respect to some negatively curved metric

This is the second part of the project toward an effective algorithm to evaluate all genus Gromov-Witten invariants of quintic Calabi-Yau threefolds. In this paper, the localization formula is derived, and algorithms toward evaluating these Gromov-Witten invariants are derived.

The current article stems from our study on the asymptotic behavior of holomorphic isometric embeddings of the Poincare disk into bounded symmetric domains. As a first result we prove that any holomorphic curve exiting the boundary of a bounded symmetric domain $\Omega$ must necessarily be asymptotically totally geodesic. Assuming otherwise we derive by the method of rescaling a hypothetical holomorphic

We introduce the inverse Monge-Ampere flow as the gradient flow of the Ding energy functional on the space of Kahler metrics in $2 \pi \lambda c_1(X)$ for $\lambda=\pm 1$. We prove the long-time existence of the flow. In the canonically polarized case, we show that the flow converges smoothly to the unique Kahler-Einstein metric with negative Ricci curvature. In the Fano case, assuming $X$ admits a

In this paper, we initiate the study of the instability of naked singularities without symmetries. In a series of papers, Christodoulou proved that naked singularities are not stable in the context of the spherically symmetric Einstein equations coupled with a massless scalar field. We study in this paper the next simplest case: a characteristic initial value problem of this coupled system with the

In this paper we show that many projective Anosov representations act convex cocompactly on some properly convex domain in real projective space. In particular, if a non-elementary word hyperbolic group is not commensurable to a non-trivial free product or the fundamental group of a closed hyperbolic surface, then then any projective Anosov representation of that group acts convex cocompactly on some

In this paper we consider type-preserving representations of the fundamental group of the three--holed projective plane into $\mathrm{PGL}(2, \R) =\mathrm{Isom}(\HH^2)$ and study the connected components with non-maximal euler class. We show that in euler class zero for all such representations there is a one simple closed curve which is non-hyperbolic, while in euler class $\pm 1$ we show that there

For a gerbe $\Y$ over a smooth proper Deligne-Mumford stack $\B$ banded by a finite group $G$, we prove a structure result on the Gromov-Witten theory of $\Y$, expressing Gromov-Witten invariants of $\Y$ in terms of Gromov-Witten invariants of $\B$ twisted by various flat $U(1)$-gerbes on $\B$. This is interpreted as a Leray-Hirsch type of result for Gromov-Witten theory of gerbes.

This article investigates when homotopies can be converted to monotone homotopies without increasing the lengths of curves. A monotone homotopy is one which consists of curves which are simple or constant, and in which curves are pairwise disjoint. We show that, if the boundary of a Riemannian disc can be contracted through curves of length less than $L$, then it can also be contracted monotonously

We show that if the variety of minimal rational tangents (VMRT) of a uniruled projective manifold at a general point is projectively equivalent to that of a symplectic or an odd-symplectic Grassmannian, the germ of a general minimal rational curve is biholomorphic to the germ of a general line in a presymplectic Grassmannian. As an application, we characterize symplectic and odd-symplectic Grassmannians

We construct a compact, convex ancient solution of mean curvature flow in $\mathbb{R}^{n+1}$ with $O(1) \times O(n)$ symmetry that lies in a slab of width $\pi$. We provide detailed asymptotics for this solution and show that, up to rigid motions, it is the only compact, convex, $O(n)$-invariant ancient solution that lies in a slab of width $\pi$ and in no smaller slab.

We give characterizations of a finite group $G$ acting symplectically on a rational surface ($\mathbb{C}P^2$ blown up at two or more points). In particular, we obtain a symplectic version of the dichotomy of $G$-conic bundles versus $G$-del Pezzo surfaces for the corresponding $G$-rational surfaces, analogous to a classical result in algebraic geometry. Besides the characterizations of the group $G$

The stable converse soul question (SCSQ) asks whether, given a real vector bundle \(E\) over a compact manifold, some stabilization \(E\times\R^k\) admits a metric with non-negative (sectional) curvature. We extend previous results to show that the SCSQ has an affirmative answer for all real vector bundles over any simply connected homogeneous manifold with positive curvature, except possibly for the

We study the enhanced moduli space $\textsf{T}$ of the Calabi-Yau $n$-folds arising from Dwork family and describe a unique vector field $\textsf{R}$ in $\textsf{T}$ with certain properties with respect to the underlying Gauss-Manin connection. For $n=1,2$ we compute explicit expressions of $\textsf{R}$ and give a solution of $\textsf{R}$ in terms of quasi-modular forms.

We prove that a geodesic net with three boundary (= unbalanced) vertices on a non-positively curved plane has at most one balanced vertex. We do not assume any a priori bound for the degrees of unbalanced vertices. The result seems to be new even in the Euclidean case. We demonstrate by examples that the result is not true for metrics of positive curvature on the plane, and that there are no immediate

We study finite action anti-self-dual Yang-Mills connections on the multi-Taub-NUT space. We establish the curvature and the harmonic spinors decay rates and compute the index of the associated Dirac operator. This is the first in a series of papers proving the completeness of the bow construction of instantons on multi-Taub-NUT spaces and exploring it in detail.

In this paper we prove: if a bounded domain with $C^2$ boundary covers a manifold which has finite volume with respect to either the Bergman volume, the K\"ahler-Einstein volume, or the Kobayashi-Eisenman volume, then the domain is biholomorphic to the unit ball. This answers an old question of Yau. Further, when the domain is convex we can assume that the boundary only has $C^{1,\epsilon}$ regularity

We study compact and simply-connected Riemannian manifolds with positive sectional curvature $K\ge 1.$ For a non-trivial homology class of lowest dimension in the space of loops based at a point $p$ or in the free loop space one can define a critical length ${\sf crl}_p\left(M,g\right)$ resp. ${\sf crl}\left(M,g\right).$ Then ${\sf crl}_p\left(M,g\right)$ equals the length of a geodesic loop and ${\sf

We show that for every quasi-isometric map from a Hadamard manifold of pinched negative curvature to a proper, Gromov hyperbolic, $\operatorname{CAT}(0)$-space there exists an energy minimizing harmonic map at finite distance. This harmonic map is moreover Lipschitz. This generalizes a recent result of Benoist–Hulin.

Wedge product on deRham complex of a Riemannian manifold $M$ can be pulled back to $H^*(M)$ via explicit homotopy, constructed using Green's operator, to give higher product structures. We prove Fukaya's conjecture which suggests that Witten deformation of these higher product structures have semiclassical limits as operators defined by counting gradient flow trees with respect to Morse functions,

In 1960s, Almgren initiated a program to find minimal hypersurfaces in compact manifolds using min-max method. This program was largely advanced by Pitts and Schoen-Simon in 1980s when the manifold has no boundary. In this paper, we finish this program for general compact manifold with nonempty boundary. As a result, we prove the existence of a smooth embedded minimal hypersurface with free boundary

Let $(X, D)$ be a logarithmic pair, and let $h$ be a singular metric on the tangent bundle, smooth on the open part of $X$. We give sufficient conditions on the curvature of $h$ for the logarithmic and the standard cotangent bundles to be big. As an application, we give a metric proof of the bigness of logarithmic cotangent bundle on any toroidal compactification of a bounded symmetric domain. Then

Let $E_{\tau}:= \mathbb{C}/(\mathbb{Z}+ \mathbb{Z} \tau)$ be a flat torus and $G(z; \tau)$ be the Green function on $E_{\tau}$. Consider the multiple Green function $G_{n}$ on$(E_{\tau})^{n}$: \[ G_n (z_1, \cdots ,z_n ; \tau) := \sum_{i \lt j} G(z_i - z_j ; \tau) - n \sum_{i=1}^n G(z_i ; \tau). \] We prove that for $ \tau \in i \mathbb{R}_{\gt 0}$, i.e. $E_\tau$ is a rectangular torus, $G_n$ has exactly

We prove a convergence result for a family of Yang-Mills connections over an elliptic $K3$ surface $M$ as the fibers collapse. In particular, assume $M$ is projective, admits a section, and has singular fibers of Kodaira type $I_1$ and type $II$. Let $\Xi_{t_k}$ be a sequence of $SU(n)$ connections on a principal $SU(n)$ bundle over $M$, that are anti-self-dual with respect to a sequence of Ricci flat

We use a natural two-parameter min-max construction to produce critical points of the Ginzburg–Landau functionals on a compact Riemannian manifold of dimension $\geq 2$. We investigate the limiting behavior of these critical points as $\varepsilon \to 0$, and show in particular that some of the energy concentrates on a nontrivial stationary, rectifiable $(n-2)$-varifold as $\varepsilon \to 0$, suggesting

We show that for any positive integer k, the k-th nonzero eigenvalue of the Laplace-Beltrami operator on the two-dimensional sphere endowed with a Riemannian metric of unit area, is maximized in the limit by a sequence of metrics converging to a union of k touching identical round spheres. This proves a conjecture posed by the second author in 2002 and yields a sharp isoperimetric inequality for all

Building on work of Du, Gao, and Yau, we give a characterization of smooth solutions, up to normalization, of the complex Plateau problem for strongly pseudoconvex Calabi--Yau CR manifolds of dimension $2n-1 \ge 5$ and in the hypersurface case when $n=2$, a case that was completely solved by Yau for $n \ge 3$ but only partially solved by Du and Yau for $n=2$. As an application, we determine the existence

We prove that the moduli space of 2-convex embedded n-spheres in R^{n+1} is path-connected for every n. Our proof uses mean curvature flow with surgery and can be seen as an extrinsic analog to Marques' influential proof of the path-connectedness of the moduli space of positive scalar curvature metics on three-manifolds.

We prove that the Weinstock inequality for the first nonzero Steklov eigenvalue holds in $\mathbb{R}^n$, for $n\ge 3$, in the class of convex sets with prescribed surface area. The key result is a sharp isoperimetric inequality involving simultanously the surface area, the volume and the boundary momentum of convex sets. As a by product, we also obtain some isoperimetric inequalities for the first

In [HLY1], Hosono, Lian, and Yau posed a conjecture characterizing the set of solutions to certain Gelfand-Kapranov-Zelevinsky hypergeometric equations which are realized as periods of Calabi-Yau hypersurfaces in a Gorenstein Fano toric variety $X$. We prove this conjecture in the case where $X$ is a complex projective space.

A cusp singularity is a surface singularity whose minimal resolution is a cycle of smooth rational curves meeting transversely. Cusp singularities come in naturally dual pairs. Looijenga proved in 1981 that if a cusp singularity is smoothable, the minimal resolution of the dual cusp is the anticanonical divisor of some smooth rational surface. In 1983, the second author and Miranda gave a criterion

Floer cohomology groups are usually defined over a field of formal functions (a Novikov field). Under certain assumptions, one can equip them with connections, which means operations of differentiation with respect to the Novikov variable. This allows one to write differential equations for Floer cohomology classes. Here, we apply that idea to symplectic cohomology groups associated to Lefschetz fibrations

We develop some techniques to study the adiabatic limiting behaviour of Calabi-Yau metrics on the total space of a fibration, and obtain strong control near the singular fibres by imposing restrictions on the singularity types. We prove a uniform lower bound on the metric up to the singular fibre, under fairly general hypotheses. Assuming a result in pluripotential theory, we prove a uniform fibre

We prove the existence of singular harmonic Z2 spinors on 3–manifolds with b1 > 1. The proof relies on a wall-crossing formula for solutions to the Seiberg–Witten equation with two spinors. The existence of singular harmonic Z2 spinors and the shape of our wall-crossing formula shed new light on recent observations made by Joyce [Joy17] regarding Donaldson and Segal’s proposal for counting G2–instantons

We prove that the number of nodal points on an $\mathcal{S}$-good real analytic curve $\mathcal{C}$ of a sequence $\mathcal{S}$ of Laplace eigenfunctions $\varphi_j$ of eigenvalue $-\lambda^2_j$ of a real analytic Riemannian manifold $(M, g)$ is bounded above by $A_{g , \mathcal{C}} \lambda_j$. Moreover, we prove that the codimension-two Hausdorff measure $\mathcal{H}^{m-2} (\mathcal{N}_{\varphi \lambda}

We give a new construction of compact Riemannian $7$-manifolds with holonomy $G_2$. Let $M$ be a torsion-free $G_2$-manifold (which can have holonomy a proper subgroup of $G_2$) such that $M$ admits an involution $\iota$ preserving the $G_2$-structure. Then $M / {\langle \iota \rangle}$ is a $G_2$- orbifold, with singular set $L$ an associative submanifold of $M$, where the singularities are locally

For a complex simple simply connected Lie group $G$, and a compact Riemann surface $C$, we consider two sorts of families of flat $G$-connections over $C$. Each family is determined by a point $\mathbf{u}$ of the base of Hitchin’s integrable system for $(G,C)$. One family $\nabla_{\hbar ,\mathbf{u}}$ consists of $G$-opers, and depends on $\hbar \in \mathbb{C}^\times$. The other family $\nabla_{R, \zeta

We consider the flow of closed convex hypersurfaces in Euclidean space $\mathbb{R}^{n+1}$ with speed given by a power of the $k$‑th mean curvature $E_k$ plus a global term chosen to impose a constraint involving the enclosed volume $V_{n+1}$ and the mixed volume $V_{n+1-k}$ of the evolving hypersurface. We prove that if the initial hypersurface is strictly convex, then the solution of the flow exists

In this paper, we prove that the open Gromov–Witten invariants defined in [20] on K3 surfaces satisfy the Kontsevich–Soibelman wall-crossing formula. One hand, this gives a geometric interpretation of the slab functions in Gross–Siebert program. On the other hands, the open Gromov–Witten invariants coincide with the weighted counting of tropical discs. This is an analog of the corresponding theorem

The algebras of valuations on $S^6$ and $S^7$ invariant under the actions of $\mathrm G_2$ and $\mathrm{Spin}(7)$ are shown to be isomorphic to the algebra of translation-invariant valuations on the tangent space at a point invariant under the action of the isotropy group. This is in analogy with the cases of real and complex space forms, suggesting the possibility that the same phenomenon holds in

We use a min-max procedure on the Allen-Cahn energy functional to construct geodesics on closed, 2-dimensional Riemannian manifolds, as motivated by the work of Guaraco. Borrowing classical blowup and curvature estimates from geometric analysis, as well as novel Allen-Cahn curvature estimates due to Wang-Wei, we manage to study the fine structure of potential singular points at the diffuse level, and

In this paper we construct explicit smooth solutions to the Strominger system on generalized Calabi-Gray manifolds, which are compact non-Kahler Calabi-Yau 3-folds with infinitely many distinct topological types and sets of Hodge numbers.

We study non-reversible Finsler metrics with constant flag curvature 1 on S^2 and show that the geodesic flow of every such metric is conjugate to that of one of Katok's examples, which form a 1-parameter family. In particular, the length of the shortest closed geodesic is a complete invariant of the geodesic flow. We also show, in any dimension, that the geodesic flow of a Finsler metrics with constant

Source: Journal of Differential Geometry, Volume 116, Number 3

Existence and uniqueness of the solution to the $L_p$ Minkowski problem for the electrostatic $\mathfrak{p}$-capacity are proved when $p \gt 1$ and $1 \lt \mathfrak{p} \lt n$. These results are nonlinear extensions of the very recent solution to the $L_p$ Minkowski problem for $\mathfrak{p}$-capacity when $p = 1$ and $1 \lt \mathfrak{p} \lt n$ by Colesanti et al. and Akman et al., and the classical

By employing the Green function, in this paper we provide a new and elementary proof for the interior regularity of solutions to the Monge–Ampère equation. This proof also applies to the complex Monge–Ampère equation and the $k$-Hessian equation.

In this paper, we study the theory of linearized gravity and prove the linear stability of Schwarzschild black holes as solutions of the vacuum Einstein equations. In particular, we prove that solutions to the linearized vacuum Einstein equations centered at a Schwarzschild metric, with suitably regular initial data, remain uniformly bounded and decay to a linearized Kerr metric on the exterior region

Let $\mathcal{A}$ be a class of immersed surfaces in a three-manifold $M$, and assume that $\mathcal{A}$ is modeled by an elliptic PDE over each tangent plane. In this paper we solve the so-called Hopf uniqueness problem for the class $\mathcal{A}$ under the only mild assumption of the existence of a transitive family of candidate surfaces $\mathcal{S}\subset \mathcal{A}$. Specifically, we prove that

For suitable metrics on the locally symmetric space associated to a maximal representation, we prove inequalities between the length of the boundary and the lengths of orthogeodesics that generalize the classical Basmajian's identity from Teichmueller theory. Any equality characterizes diagonal embeddings.

We complete the classification of rank two affine manifolds in the moduli space of translation surfaces in genus three. Combined with a recent result of Mirzakhani and Wright, this completes the classification of higher rank affine manifolds in genus three.

We develop a technique that allows us to prove results about subvarieties of general type hypersurfaces. As an application, we use a result of Clemens and Ran to prove that a very general hypersurface of degree (3n+1)/2 \leq d \leq 2n-3 contains lines but no other rational curves.