Dualities and envelopes of one-parameter families of frontals in hyperbolic and de Sitter 2-spaces

We consider envelopes of one-parameter families of frontals in hyperbolic and de Sitter 2-space from the viewpoint of duality, respectively. Since the classical notions of envelopes for singular curves do not work, we have to find a new method to define the envelope for singular curves in hyperbolic space or de Sitter space. To do that, we first introduce notions of one-parameter families of Legendrian curves by using the Legendrian dualities. Afterwards, we give definitions of envelopes for the one-parameter families of frontals in hyperbolic and de Sitter 2-space, respectively. We investigate properties of the envelopes. At last, we give relationships among those envelopes.     

Bifurcations of completely integrable 2-variable first-order partial differential equations

In this paper, we consider an implicit 2-variable first-order partial differential equation with complete integral. As an application of the Legendrian singularity theory, we give a generic classification of bifurcations of such differential equations with respect to the equivalence relation which is given by the group of point transformations following S. Lie?s view. Since two one-parameter unfoldings of such differential equations are equivalent if and only if induced one-parameter unfoldings of integral diagrams are equivalent for generic equations, our normal forms are represented by one-parameter integral diagrams.     

A rigidity theorem for group extensions

We consider the class of discrete groups which arise as fundamental groups of iterated surface fibrations; that is, of complexes obtained from a sequence of fibrations in which all bases and the initial fibre are hyperbolic surfaces. Group theoretically, this corresponds to studying the class of iterated extensions of hyperbolic surface groups. In [4], for the case of a single extension we conjectured and partially established that no group can arise from more than a finite number of such extensions. Here we show that the result holds in complete generality. As remarked in [4], the result has a strong affinity with the rigidity theorems of Parshin [7] and Arakelov [1] for fibred (complex) algebraic surfaces.     

Isomorphism of the Groups of Vassiliev Invariants of Legendrian and Pseudo-Legendrian Knots

The study of the Vassiliev invariants of Legendrian knots was started by D. Fuchs and S. Tabachnikov who showed that the groups of C-valued Vassiliev invariants of Legendrian and of framed knots in the standard contact R³ are canonically isomorphic. Recently we constructed the first examples of contact 3-manifolds where Vassiliev invariants of Legendrian and of framed knots are different. Moreover in these examples Vassiliev invariants of Legendrian knots distinguish Legendrian knots that are isotopic as framed knots and homotopic as Legendrian immersions. This raised the question what information about Legendrian knots can be captured using Vassiliev invariants. Here we answer this question by showing that for any contact 3-manifold with a cooriented contact structure the groups of Vassiliev invariants of Legendrian knots and of knots that are nowhere tangent to a vector field that coorients the contact structure are canonically isomorphic.     

On Nonrational Fibers of del Pezzo Fibrations over Curves

We consider threefold del Pezzo fibrations over a curve germ whose central fiber is nonrational. Under the additional assumption that the singularities of the total space are at worst ordinary double points, we apply a suitable base change and show that there is a one-to-one correspondence between such fibrations and certain nonsingular del Pezzo fibrations equipped with a cyclic group action.

     

Identifying Dehn functions of Bestvina–Brady groups from their defining graphs

Geometriae Dedicata - In this paper, we construct the first families of distinct Lagrangian ribbon disks in the standard symplectic 4-ball which have the same boundary Legendrian knots, and are not...     

Twisted Fourier-Mukai transforms for holomorphic symplectic four-folds

We apply the methods of C a?ld?raru to construct a twisted Fourier-Mukai transform between a pair of holomorphic symplectic four-folds which are fibred by Lagrangian abelian surfaces. More precisely, we obtain an equivalence between the derived category of coherent sheaves on a certain Lagrangian fibration and the derived category of twisted sheaves on its ‘mirror’ partner. As a corollary, we extend the original Fourier-Mukai transform to degenerations of abelian surfaces. Another consequence of the general theory is that the holomorphic symplectic four-fold and its mirror are connected by a one-parameter family of deformations through Lagrangian fibrations.     

Abundance of generic homoclinic tangencies in real-analytic families of diffeomorphisms

We consider one-parameter families of two-dimensional diffeomorphisms with homoclinic tangencies. Various authors considered the dynamical complexities due to such tangencies satisfying certain nondegeneracy conditions. In this paper we provide methods to actually verify, for real analytic families, that there are homoclinic tangencies which satisfy these (generic) nondegeneracy generic conditions.     

Several results on the families of diffeomorphisms onS 1

In this paper, we give a necessary and sufficient condition for the one-parameter families of diffeomorphisms onS ¹ to be stable and a necessary condition for the multi-parameter families to be stable; and, moreover, we prove that phase-locking is a generic property of the one-parameter families of diffeomorphisms onS ¹. We also get a necessary and sufficient condition of phase-locking for the one-parameter families of integral diffeomorphisms onS ¹ which strengthens a result in [2].     

On connected sums and Legendrian knots

We study the behavior of Legendrian and transverse knots under the operation of connected sums. As a consequence we show that there exist Legendrian knots that are not distinguished by any known invariant. Moreover, we classify Legendrian knots in some non-Legendrian-simple knot types.     

Rigidity and Bifurcation Results for CMC Hypersurfaces in Warped Product Spaces

In this paper, we deduce some rigidity results in warped product spaces under normal variations of CMC hypersurfaces. In particular, we prove the existence of one-parameter families locally rigid on the spatial fiber of Anti-de Sitter Schwarzschild spacetime and one-parameter families with bifurcation points on the spatial fiber of de Sitter Schwarzschild spacetime.     

Second variation and Legendrian stabilities of minimal Legendrian submanifolds in Sasakian manifolds

First, we derive a new second variation formula which holds for minimal Legendrian submanifolds in Sasakian manifolds. Using this, we prove that any minimal Legendrian submanifold in an η-Einstein Sasakian manifold with “nonpositive” η-Ricci constant is stable. Next we introduce the notion of the Legendrian stability of minimal Legendrian submanifolds in Sasakian manifolds. Using our second variation formula, we find a general criterion for the Legendrian stability of minimal Legendrian submanifolds in η-Einstein Sasakian manifolds with “positive” η-Ricci constant.     

Fibrations of Genus Two on Complex Surfaces

This work is devoted to the study of fibrations of genus 2 by using as its main tool the theory of singular holomorphic foliations. In particular we obtain a sharp differentiable version of Matsumoto–Montesinos theory. In the case of isotrivial fibrations, these methods are powerful enough to provide a detailed global picture of the both the ambient surface and of the structure of the fibrations itself.     

Towers of surfaces dominated by products of curves and elliptic curves of large rank over function fields

With the goal of producing elliptic curves and higher-dimensional abelian varieties of large rank over function fields, we provide a geometric construction of towers of surfaces dominated by products of curves; in the case where the surface is defined over a finite field our construction yields families of smooth, projective curves whose Jacobians satisfy the conjecture of Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer. As an immediate application of our work we employ known results on analytic ranks of abelian varieties defined in towers of function field extensions, producing a one-parameter family of elliptic curves over Fq(t1/d) whose members obtain arbitrarily large rank as d→∞.     

A new family of Schröder's method and its variants based on power means for multiple roots of nonlinear equations

In this article, we derive one-parameter family of Schröder's method based on Gupta et al.'s (K.C. Gupta, V. Kanwar, and S. Kumar, A family of ellipse methods for solving non-linear equations, Int. J. Math. Educ. Sci. Technol. 40 (2009), pp. 571–575) family of ellipse methods for the solution of nonlinear equations. Further, we introduce new families of Schröder-type methods for multiple roots with cubic convergence. Proposed families are derived from modified Newton's method for multiple roots and one-parameter family of Schröder's method. Numerical examples are also provided to show that these new methods are competitive to other known methods for multiple roots.     

On families of compact fourth- and fifth-order approximations involving the inversion of two-point operators for equations with convective terms

New one-parameter families of compact approximations of the first-order derivatives are presented that use inversion procedures for two-point operators. Properties of these families are investigated, and finite difference schemes based on those families for problems with convective terms written in the form of conservation laws are described. Estimates of the accuracy of numerical solutions to benchmark problems are given.     

Stable Homotopy Monomorphisms

It is well known that the concept of monomorphism in a category can be defined using an appropriate pullback diagram. In the homotopy category of TOP pullbacks do not generally exist. This motivated Michael Mather to introduce another notion of homotopy pullback which does exist. The aim of this paper is to investigate the modified notion of homotopy monomorphism obtained by applying the pullback characterization using Mather's homotopy pullback. The main result of Section 1 shows that these modified homotopy monomorphisms are exactly those homotopy monomorphisms (in the usual sense) which are homotopy pullback stable, hence the terminology “stable” homotopy monomorphism. We also link these stable homotopy monomorphisms to monomorphisms and products in the track homotopy category over a fixed space. In Section 2 we answer the question: when is a (weak) fibration also a stable homotopy monomorphism? In the final section it is shown that the class of (weak) fibrations with this additional property coincides with the class of “double” (weak) fibrations. The double (weak) covering homotopy property being introduced here is a stronger version of the (W) CHP in which the final maps of the homotopies involved play the same role as the initial maps.     

Planes and processes

This article presented to Combinatorics 2006 is a survey of finite projective planes and the processes used to construct them. All non-translation planes are described, fundamental processes in translation planes are defined and some of these are used to connect semi-field flocks with symplectic spreads. Hermitian ovoids are connected to extensions of derivable nets, and three types of ‘lifting’ methods are discussed. Furthermore, hyperbolic fibrations and ‘regulus-inducing’ central collineation groups are connected to flocks of quadratic cones. Finally, hyper-reguli and multiple hyper-regulus replacement are considered.     

Three infinite families of tetrahedral space-fillers

A space-filling polyhedron is one whose replications can be packed to fill three-space completely. Only five space-filling tetrahedra have been described in the literature. The constructions of these are shown. Three new infinite one-parameter families of space-filling tetrahedra are derived. Special cases of these families yield three of the five space-filling tetrahedra already in the literature.     

Generic Profit Singularities of One-Parameter Cyclic Processes with Discount

On the circle for a smooth one-parameter family of controllable cyclic processes with discount, we classify generic singularities of time-average profit as a function of the parameter. The stability of these singularities with respect to small perturbations of generic families is proved.