Actions of Compact Groups on Compact (4,m)-Quadrangles

We establish sharp upper bounds for the dimensions of compact groups which act effectively on finite-dimensional compact generalized quadrangles with four-dimensional point rows. These bounds are attained, or indeed approached, only for explicitly known actions of Lie groups on Moufang quadrangles.     

Complete Cohomology for Extriangulated Categories

Let (C,E,s) be an extriangulated category with a proper class ξ of E-triangles.We study complete cohomology of objects in (C,E,s) by applying ξ-projective resolutions and ξ-injective coresolutions constructed in (C,E,s).Vanishing of complete cohomology detects objects with finite ξ-projective dimension and finite ξ-injective dimension.As a consequence,we obtain some criteria for the validity of the Wakamatsu tilting conjecture and give a necessary and sufficient condition for a virtually Gorenstein algebra to be Gorenstein.Moreover,we give a general technique for computing complete cohomology of objects with finite ξ-Gprojective dimension.As an application,the relations between ξ-projective dimension and ξ-Gprojective dimension for objects in (C,E,s) are given.     

Floer–Novikov cohomology and the flux conjecture

We study Floer–Novikov cohomology with local coefficients and prove the flux conjecture for general closed symplectic manifolds. Received: February 2005, Revised: May 2006, Accepted: May 2006 Partially supported by the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research No. 14003419, Japan Society for the Promotion of Sciences.     

Weights in Serre's conjecture for via the Bernstein–Gelfand–Gelfand complex

Let be an n-dimensional mod p Galois representation. If ρ is modular for a weight in a certain class, called p-minute, then we restrict the Fontaine–Laffaille numbers of ρ; in other words, we specify the possibilities for the restriction of ρ to inertia at p. Our result agrees with the Serre-type conjectures for GL_n formulated by Ash, Doud, Pollack, Sinnott, and Herzig; to our knowledge, this is the first unconditional evidence for these conjectures for arbitrary n.     

Cohomological approach to asymptotic dimension

We introduce the notion of asymptotic cohomology based on the bounded cohomology and define cohomological asymptotic dimension asdim _Z X of metric spaces. We show that it agrees with the asymptotic dimension asdim X when the later is finite. Then we use this fact to construct an example of a metric space X of bounded geometry with finite asymptotic dimension for which asdim(X × R) = asdim X. In particular, it follows for this example that the coarse asymptotic dimension defined by means of Roe’s coarse cohomology is strictly less than its asymptotic dimension.      

Equivariant cohomology distinguishes toric manifolds

The equivariant cohomology of a space with a group action is not only a ring but also an algebra over the cohomology ring of the classifying space of the acting group. We prove that toric manifolds (i.e. compact smooth toric varieties) are isomorphic as varieties if and only if their equivariant cohomology algebras are weakly isomorphic. We also prove that quasitoric manifolds, which can be thought of as a topological counterpart to toric manifolds, are equivariantly homeomorphic if and only if their equivariant cohomology algebras are isomorphic.     

Actions of totally disconnected groups and equivariant singular homology

We study equivariant singular homology in the case of actions of totally disconnected locally compact groups on topological spaces. Theorem A says that if G is a totally disconnected locally compact group and X is a G-space, then any short exact sequence of covariant coefficient systems for G induces a long exact sequence of corresponding equivariant singular homology groups of the G-space X. In particular we consider the case where G is a totally disconnected compact group, i.e., a profinite group, and G acts freely on X. Of special interest is the case where G is a p-adic group, p a prime. The conjecture that no p-adic group, p a prime, can act effectively on a connected topological manifold, is namely known to be equivalent to the famous Hilbert-Smith conjecture. The Hilbert-Smith conjecture is the statement that, if a locally compact group G acts effectively on a connected topological manifold M, then G is a Lie group.     

Equivariant entire cyclic cohomology: I. Finite groups

We extend the framework of entire cyclic cohomology to the equivariant context.Supported in part by the Department of Energy under Grant DE-FG02-88ER25065.     

Chern character in equivariant entire cyclic cohomology

We construct the Chern character in the equivariant entire cyclic cohomology. We prove a general index theorem for theG-invariant Dirac operator.Supported in part by the Department of Energy under Grant DE-FG02-88ER25065.     

Symplectically hyperbolic manifolds

A symplectic form is called hyperbolic if its pull-back to the universal cover is a differential of a bounded one-form. The present paper is concerned with the properties and constructions of manifolds admitting hyperbolic symplectic forms. The main results are:

• If a symplectic form represents a bounded cohomology class then it is hyperbolic.

• The symplectic hyperbolicity is equivalent to a certain isoperimetric inequality.

• The fundamental group of symplectically hyperbolic manifold is non-amenable.

We also construct hyperbolic symplectic forms on certain bundles and Lefschetz fibrations, discuss the dependence of the symplectic hyperbolicity on the fundamental group and discuss some properties of the group of symplectic diffeomorphisms of a symplectically hyperbolic manifold.

Hyperbolic metric spaces and the exotic cohomology Novikov conjecture

A geometric version of the Novikov conjecture states that certain cohomology classes of a complete metric space arise from an ideal boundary. We prove this for spaces hyperbolic in the sense of Gromov.     

Mirror symmetry for toric Fano manifolds via SYZ transformations

We construct and apply Strominger-Yau-Zaslow mirror transformations to understand the geometry of the mirror symmetry between toric Fano manifolds and Landau-Ginzburg models.