Quasi-rigidity of hyperbolic 3-manifolds and scattering theoryTake two isomorphic convex co-compact co-infinite volume Kleinian groups, whose regular sets are diffeomorphic. The quotient of hyperbolic 3-space by these groups gives two hyperbolic 3-manifolds…David Borthwick, Alan McRae, Edward Taylor·Mar 19, 1996SaveLearn
Supermanifold Forms and Integration. A Dual TheoryWe investigate forms on supermanifolds defined as Lagrangians of ``copaths'' (that is, systems of equations, which may or may not specify submanifolds). For this, we consider direct products…Theodore Voronov·Mar 19, 1996SaveLearn
Connectedness of spaces of symplectic embeddingsWe prove that the space of symplectic packings of CP2 by k equal balls is connected for 3≤ k≤ 6. The proof is based on Gromov-Witten invariants and on the inflation technique due…Paul Biran·Mar 19, 1996SaveLearn
On symmetries of constant mean curvature surfacesWe start the investigation of immersions Ψ of a simply connected domain D into three dimensional Euclidean space R3, which have constant mean curvature (CMC-immersions), and allow for a group…Josef Dorfmeister, Guido Haak·Mar 14, 1996SaveLearn
The Incidence Coefficients in the Novikov Complex are generically rational functionsFor a Morse map f:M S1 Novikov [11] has introduced an analog of Morse complex, defined over the ring [[t]][t-1] of integer Laurent power series. Novikov conjectured, that generically…A. Pajitnov·Mar 14, 1996SaveLearn
Harmonic morphisms, conformal foliations and shear-free ray congruencesEquivalences between conformal foliations on Euclidean 3-space, Hermitian structures on Euclidean 4-space, shear-free ray congruences on Minkowski 4-space, and holomorphic foliations on complex…P. Baird, J. C. Wood·Mar 13, 1996SaveLearn
Decomposability of quotients by complex conjugation for rational and Enriques surfacesThe quotients Y=X/conj by the complex conjugation conj\: X X for complex rational and Enriques surfaces X defined over are shown to be diffeomorphic to connected sums of 2,…S. Finashin·Mar 8, 1996SaveLearn
Group cohomology and the singularities of the Selberg zeta function associated to a Kleinian groupWe prove Patterson's conjecture about the singularities of the Selberg zeta function associated to a convex-cocompact, torsion free group acting on a hyperbolic space.Ulrich Bunke, Martin Olbrich·Mar 7, 1996SaveLearn
Holomorphic torsion for Hermitian locally symmetric spacesThe holomorphic torsion of a compact locally symmetric manifold is expressed as a special value of a zeta function built out of geometric data (closed geodesics) of the manifold.Anton Deitmar·Mar 5, 1996SaveLearn
Equivariant torsion of locally symmetric spacesThe equivariant holomorphic torsion of a compact locally symmetric manifold and an automorphism is expressed as a special value of a zeta function built out of geometric data (closed geodesics) of…Anton Deitmar·Mar 5, 1996SaveLearn
Polygon spaces and GrassmanniansWe study the moduli spaces of polygons in R2 and R3, identifying them with subquotients of 2-Grassmannians using a symplectic version of the Gel'fand-MacPherson correspondence. We show that the…Jean-Claude Hausmann, Allen Knutson·Feb 29, 1996SaveLearn
On the 8-dimensional hyperKaehler manifolds6 pages, LaTeX, to appear in Proc. of International Conf. "Geometrization of Physics - II", Kazan, Russia, Oct 28 - Nov 2, 1995. WithdrawnS. V. Zuev·Feb 28, 1996SaveLearn
Polyhedral representations of discrete differential manifoldsAny discrete differential manifold M (finite set endowed with an algebraic differential calculus) can be represented by appropriate polyhedron P(M). This representation demonstrates the…Roman R. Zapatrin·Feb 27, 1996SaveLearn
Lagrangian embedding, Maslov indexes and Integer graded symplectic Floer cohomologyWe define an integer graded symplectic Floer cohomology and a spectral sequence which are new invariants for monotone Lagrangian sub-manifolds and exact isotopies. Such an integer graded Floer…Weiping Li·Feb 19, 1996SaveLearn
Equivariant Holomorphic Morse Inequalities II: Torus and Non-Abelian Group ActionsWe extend the equivariant holomorphic Morse inequalities of circle actions to cases with torus and non-Abelian group actions on holomorphic vector bundles over Kahler manifolds and show the necessity…Siye Wu·Feb 15, 1996SaveLearn
Equivariant Holomorphic Morse Inequalities I: A Heat Kernel ProofAssume that the circle group acts holomorphically on a compact Kähler manifold with isolated fixed points and that the action can be lifted holomorphically to a holomorphic Hermitian vector bundle.…Varghese Mathai, Siye Wu·Feb 15, 1996SaveLearn
Three-manifolds class field theory (Homology of coverings for a non-virtually Haken manifold)This is a first in a series of papers, devoted to the relation betwwen three-manifolds and number fields. The present paper studies first homology of finite coverings of a three-manifold with primary…Alexander Reznikov·Feb 14, 1996SaveLearn
Conformal Invariants of Manifolds of Non-positive Scalar CurvatureConformal invariants of manifolds of non-positive scalar curvature are studied in association with growth in volume and fundamental group.M. C. Leung·Feb 5, 1996SaveLearn
Space of linear differential operators on the real line as a module over the Lie algebra of vector fieldsLet Dk be the space of k-th order linear differential operators on R: A=ak(x)dkdxk+·s+a0(x). We study a natural 1-parameter family of ( R)- (and…H. Gargoubi, V. Ovsienko·Feb 4, 1996SaveLearn
Seiberg-Witten-Floer Theory for Homology 3-SpheresWe give the definition of the Seiberg-Witten-Floer homology group for a homology 3-sphere. Its Euler characteristic number is a Casson-type invariant. For a four-manifold with boundary a homology…Bai-Ling Wang·Feb 2, 1996SaveLearn
Associativity properties of the symplectic sumIn this note we apply a 4-fold sum operation to develop an associativity rule for the pairwise symplectic sum. This allows us to show that certain diffeomorphic symplectic 4-manifolds made out of…Dusa McDuff, Margaret Symington·Feb 1, 1996SaveLearn
On Poisson actions of compact Lie groups on symplectic manifoldsLet G¶ be a compact simple Poisson-Lie group equipped with a Poisson structure ¶ and (M, ø) be a symplectic manifold. Assume that M carries a Poisson action of G¶ and there is an…Anton Yu. Alekseev·Feb 1, 1996SaveLearn
A compact symmetric symplectic non-Kaehler manifoldIn this paper I construct, using off the shelf components, a compact symplectic manifold with a non-trivial Hamiltonian circle action that admits no Kaehler structure. The non-triviality of the…Eugene Lerman·Jan 29, 1996SaveLearn
Seiberg-Witten Floer Homology and Heegaard SplittingsThis paper presents the construction of the Seiberg-Witten-Floer homology of three-manifolds with non-trivial rational homology, and some properties of the invariant of three-manifolds obtained by…Matilde Marcolli·Jan 26, 1996SaveLearn
Indefinite Kaehler-Einstein metrics on Compact Complex SurfacesIndefinite Kaehler solutions of the Einstein equations are studied, and it is almost completely determined which compact complex surfaces admit such metrics.Jimmy Petean·Jan 23, 1996SaveLearn