Download or read book h Principles and Flexibility in Geometry written by Hansjörg Geiges and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 2003 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The notion of homotopy principle or $h$-principle is one of the key concepts in an elegant language developed by Gromov to deal with a host of questions in geometry and topology. Roughly speaking, for a certain differential geometric problem to satisfy the $h$-principle is equivalent to saying that a solution to the problem exists whenever certain obvious topological obstructions vanish. The foundational examples for applications of Gromov's ideas include (i) Hirsch-Smale immersion theory, (ii) Nash-Kuiper $C^1$-isometric immersion theory, (iii) existence of symplectic and contact structures on open manifolds. Gromov has developed several powerful methods that allow one to prove $h$-principles. These notes, based on lectures given in the Graduiertenkolleg of Leipzig University, present two such methods which are strong enough to deal with applications (i) and (iii).
Download or read book Convex Integration Theory written by David Spring and published by Birkhäuser. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: §1. Historical Remarks Convex Integration theory, first introduced by M. Gromov [17], is one of three general methods in immersion-theoretic topology for solving a broad range of problems in geometry and topology. The other methods are: (i) Removal of Singularities, introduced by M. Gromov and Y. Eliashberg [8]; (ii) the covering homotopy method which, following M. Gromov's thesis [16], is also referred to as the method of sheaves. The covering homotopy method is due originally to S. Smale [36] who proved a crucial covering homotopy result in order to solve the classification problem for immersions of spheres in Euclidean space. These general methods are not linearly related in the sense that succes sive methods subsumed the previous methods. Each method has its own distinct foundation, based on an independent geometrical or analytical insight. Conse quently, each method has a range of applications to problems in topology that are best suited to its particular insight. For example, a distinguishing feature of Convex Integration theory is that it applies to solve closed relations in jet spaces, including certain general classes of underdetermined non-linear systems of par tial differential equations. As a case of interest, the Nash-Kuiper Cl-isometrie immersion theorem ean be reformulated and proved using Convex Integration theory (cf. Gromov [18]). No such results on closed relations in jet spaees can be proved by means of the other two methods.
Download or read book Convex Integration Theory written by David Spring and published by Birkhäuser. This book was released on 2010-12-09 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: §1. Historical Remarks Convex Integration theory, ?rst introduced by M. Gromov [17], is one of three general methods in immersion-theoretic topology for solving a broad range of problems in geometry and topology. The other methods are: (i) Removal of Singularities, introduced by M. Gromov and Y. Eliashberg [8]; (ii) the covering homotopy method which, following M. Gromov’s thesis [16], is also referred to as the method of sheaves. The covering homotopy method is due originally to S. Smale [36] who proved a crucial covering homotopy result in order to solve the classi?cation problem for immersions of spheres in Euclidean space. These general methods are not linearly related in the sense that succ- sive methods subsumed the previous methods. Each method has its own distinct foundation, based on an independent geometrical or analytical insight. Con- quently, each method has a range of applications to problems in topology that are best suited to its particular insight. For example, a distinguishing feature of ConvexIntegrationtheoryisthatitappliestosolveclosed relationsinjetspaces, including certain general classes of underdetermined non-linear systems of par- 1 tial di?erential equations. As a case of interest, the Nash-Kuiper C -isometric immersion theorem can be reformulated and proved using Convex Integration theory (cf. Gromov [18]). No such results on closed relations in jet spaces can be proved by means of the other two methods. On the other hand, many classical results in immersion-theoretic topology, such as the classi?cation of immersions, are provable by all three methods.
Download or read book An Introduction to Contact Topology written by Hansjörg Geiges and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2008-03-13 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text on contact topology is a comprehensive introduction to the subject, including recent striking applications in geometric and differential topology: Eliashberg's proof of Cerf's theorem via the classification of tight contact structures on the 3-sphere, and the Kronheimer-Mrowka proof of property P for knots via symplectic fillings of contact 3-manifolds. Starting with the basic differential topology of contact manifolds, all aspects of 3-dimensional contact manifolds are treated in this book. One notable feature is a detailed exposition of Eliashberg's classification of overtwisted contact structures. Later chapters also deal with higher-dimensional contact topology. Here the focus is on contact surgery, but other constructions of contact manifolds are described, such as open books or fibre connected sums. This book serves both as a self-contained introduction to the subject for advanced graduate students and as a reference for researchers.
Download or read book Introduction to the h Principle written by K. Cieliebak and published by American Mathematical Society. This book was released on 2024-01-30 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In differential geometry and topology one often deals with systems of partial differential equations as well as partial differential inequalities that have infinitely many solutions whatever boundary conditions are imposed. It was discovered in the 1950s that the solvability of differential relations (i.e., equations and inequalities) of this kind can often be reduced to a problem of a purely homotopy-theoretic nature. One says in this case that the corresponding differential relation satisfies the $h$-principle. Two famous examples of the $h$-principle, the Nash–Kuiper $C^1$-isometric embedding theory in Riemannian geometry and the Smale–Hirsch immersion theory in differential topology, were later transformed by Gromov into powerful general methods for establishing the $h$-principle. The authors cover two main methods for proving the $h$-principle: holonomic approximation and convex integration. The reader will find that, with a few notable exceptions, most instances of the $h$-principle can be treated by the methods considered here. A special emphasis is made on applications to symplectic and contact geometry. The present book is the first broadly accessible exposition of the theory and its applications, making it an excellent text for a graduate course on geometric methods for solving partial differential equations and inequalities. Geometers, topologists, and analysts will also find much value in this very readable exposition of an important and remarkable topic. This second edition of the book is significantly revised and expanded to almost twice of the original size. The most significant addition to the original book is the new part devoted to the method of wrinkling and its applications. Several other chapters (e.g., on multivalued holonomic approximation and foliations) are either added or completely rewritten.
Download or read book Symplectic Poisson and Noncommutative Geometry written by Tohru Eguchi and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-08-25 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains seven chapters based on lectures given by invited speakers at two May 2010 workshops held at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute.
Download or read book The Connective K Theory of Finite Groups written by Robert Ray Bruner and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 2003 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes a paper that deals the connective K homology and cohomology of finite groups $G$. This title uses the methods of algebraic geometry to study the ring $ku DEGREES*(BG)$ where $ku$ denotes connective complex K-theory. It describes the variety in terms of the category of abelian $p$-subgroups of $G$ for primes $p$ dividing the group
Download or read book Radially Symmetric Patterns of Reaction Diffusion Systems written by Arnd Scheel and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 2003 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes a paper that studies bifurcations of stationary and time-periodic solutions to reaction-diffusion systems. This title develops a center-manifold and normal form theory for radial dynamics which allows for a complete description of radially symmetric patterns.
Download or read book Invariants of Boundary Link Cobordism written by Desmond Sheiham and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 2003 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An $n$-dimensional $\mu$-component boundary link is a codimension $2$ embedding of spheres $L=\sqcup_{\mu}S DEGREESn \subset S DEGREES{n+2}$ such that there exist $\mu$ disjoint oriented embedded $(n+1)$-manifolds which span the components of $L$. This title proceeds to compute the isomorphism class of $C_{
Download or read book Interpolation of Weighted Banach Lattices A Characterization of Relatively Decomposable Banach Lattices written by Michael Cwikel and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 2003 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes a paper that provides necessary and sufficient conditions on a couple of Banach lattices of measurable functions $(X_{0}, X_{1})$ which ensure that, for all weight functions $w_{0}$ and $w_{1}$, the couple of weighted lattices $(X_{0, w_{0}}, X_{1, w_{1}})$ is a Calderon-Mityagin cou
Download or read book Quasianalytic Monogenic Solutions of a Cohomological Equation written by Stefano Marmi and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 2003 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We prove that the solutions of a cohomological equation of complex dimension one and in the analytic category have a monogenic dependence on the parameter. This cohomological equation is the standard linearized conjugacy equation for germs of holomorphic maps in a neighborhood of a fixed point.
Download or read book mathcal R Boundedness Fourier Multipliers and Problems of Elliptic and Parabolic Type written by Robert Denk and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 2003 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The property of maximal $L_p$-regularity for parabolic evolution equations is investigated via the concept of $\mathcal R$-sectorial operators and operator-valued Fourier multipliers. As application, we consider the $L_q$-realization of an elliptic boundary value problem of order $2m$ with operator-valued coefficients subject to general boundary conditions. We show that there is maximal $L_p$-$L_q$-regularity for the solution of the associated Cauchy problem provided the top order coefficients are bounded and uniformly continuous.
Download or read book Positive Definite Functions on Infinite Dimensional Convex Cones written by Helge Glöckner and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 2003 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A memoir that studies positive definite functions on convex subsets of finite- or infinite-dimensional vector spaces. It studies representations of convex cones by positive operators on Hilbert spaces. It also studies the interplay between positive definite functions and representations of convex cones.
Download or read book Dynamics of Topologically Generic Homeomorphisms written by Ethan Akin and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 2003 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The goal of this work is to describe the dynamics of generic homeomorphisms of certain compact metric spaces $X$. Here ``generic'' is used in the topological sense -- a property of homeomorphisms on $X$ is generic if the set of homeomorphisms with the property contains a residual subset (in the sense of Baire category) of the space of all homeomorphisms on $X$. The spaces $X$ we consider are those with enough local homogeneity to allow certain localized perturbations of homeomorphisms; for example, any compact manifold is such a space. We show that the dynamics of a generic homeomorphism is quite complicated, with a number of distinct dynamical behaviors coexisting (some resemble subshifts of finite type, others, which we call `generalized adding machines', appear strictly periodic when viewed to any finite precision, but are not actually periodic). Such a homeomorphism has infinitely many, intricately nested attractors and repellors, and uncountably many distinct dynamically-connected components of the chain recurrent set. We single out several types of these ``chain components'', and show that each type occurs densely (in an appropriate sense) in the chain recurrent set. We also identify one type that occurs generically in the chain recurrent set. We also show that, at least for $X$ a manifold, the chain recurrent set of a generic homeomorphism is a Cantor set, so its complement is open and dense. Somewhat surprisingly, there is a residual subset of $X$ consisting of points whose limit sets are chain components of a type other than the type of chain components that are residual in the space of all chain components. In fact, for each generic homeomorphism on $X$ there is a residual subset of points of $X$ satisfying a stability condition stronger than Lyapunov stability.
Download or read book Mutually Catalytic Super Branching Random Walks Large Finite Systems and Renormalization Analysis written by J. T. Cox and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies the evolution of the large finite spatial systems in size-dependent time scales and compare them with the behavior of the infinite systems, which amounts to establishing the so-called finite system scheme. This title introduces the concept of a continuum limit in the hierarchical mean field limit.
Download or read book Infinite Dimensional Complex Symplectic Spaces written by William Norrie Everitt and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Complex symplectic spaces are non-trivial generalizations of the real symplectic spaces of classical analytical dynamics. This title presents a self-contained investigation of general complex symplectic spaces, and their Lagrangian subspaces, regardless of the finite or infinite dimensionality.
Download or read book v 1 Periodic Homotopy Groups of SO n written by Martin Bendersky and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Computes the 2-primary $v_1$-periodic homotopy groups of the special orthogonal groups $SO(n)$; the method is to calculate the Bendersky-Thompson spectral sequence, a $K_*$-based unstable homotopy spectral sequence, of $\operatorname{Spin}(n)$.
