Morse quasiflats I

This is the first in a series of papers concerned with Morse quasiflats, which are a generalization of Morse quasigeodesics to arbitrary dimension. In this paper we introduce a number of alternative definitions, and under appropriate assumptions on the ambient space we show that they are equivalent and quasi-isometry invariant; we also give a variety of examples. The second paper proves that Morse quasiflats are asymptotically conical and have canonically defined Tits boundaries; it also gives some first applications.

Self-similar solutions to fully nonlinear curvature flows by high powers of curvature

In this paper, we investigate closed strictly convex hypersurfaces in ℝ n + 1 {\mathbb{R}^{n+1}} which shrink self-similarly under a large family of fully nonlinear curvature flows by high powers of curvature. When the speed function is given by powers of a homogeneous of degree 1 and inverse concave function of the principal curvatures with power greater than 1, we prove that the only such hypersurfaces are round spheres. We also prove that slices are the only closed strictly convex self-similar solutions to such curvature flows in the hemisphere 𝕊 + n + 1 {\mathbb{S}^{n+1}_{+}} with power greater than or equal to 1.

Extending torsors on the punctured Spec(A inf)

We prove that torsors under parahoric group schemes on the punctured spectrum of Fontaine’s ring A inf {A_{\mathrm{inf}}} , extend to the whole spectrum. Using descent we can extend a similar result for the ring 𝔖 {\mathfrak{S}} of Kisin and Pappas to full generality. Moreover, we treat similarly the case of equal characteristic. As applications we extend results of Ivanov on exactness of the loop functor and present the construction of a canonical specialization map from the B dR + {B^{+}_{\mathrm{dR}}} -affine Grassmannian to the Witt vector affine flag variety.

Erratum to Profinite rigidity for twisted Alexander polynomials (J. reine angew. Math. 771 (2021), 171–192)

We clarify the definition of the divisorial hull and recollect some basic facts. Then we correct Lemma 4.2 and Theorem 11.2 (1)–(2) in the original article.

Prescribing Ricci curvature on homogeneous spaces

The prescribed Ricci curvature problem in the context of G-invariant metrics on a homogeneous space M = G / K {M=G/K} is studied. We focus on the metrics at which the map g ↦ Rc ⁡ ( g ) {g\mapsto\operatorname{Rc}(g)} is, locally, as injective and surjective as it can be. Our main result is that such property is generic in the compact case. Our main tool is a formula for the Lichnerowicz Laplacian we prove in terms of the moment map for the variety of algebras.

Ricci flow on manifolds with boundary with arbitrary initial metric

In this paper, we study the Ricci flow on manifolds with boundary. In the paper, we substantially improve Shen’s result [Y. Shen, On Ricci deformation of a Riemannian metric on manifold with boundary, Pacific J. Math. 173 1996, 1, 203–221] to manifolds with arbitrary initial metric. We prove short-time existence and uniqueness of the solution, in which the boundary becomes instantaneously totally geodesic for positive time. Moreover, we prove that the flow we constructed preserves natural boundary conditions. More specifically, if the initial metric has a convex boundary, then the flow preserves positive curvature operator and the PIC1, PIC2 conditions. Moreover, if the initial metric has a two-convex boundary, then the flow preserves the PIC condition.

Restriction for general linear groups: The local non-tempered Gan–Gross–Prasad conjecture (non-Archimedean case)

We prove a local Gan–Gross–Prasad conjecture on predicting the branching law for the non-tempered representations of general linear groups in the case of non-Archimedean fields. We also generalize to Bessel and Fourier–Jacobi models and study a possible generalization to Ext-branching laws.

Quasi-isometric rigidity for graphs of virtually free groups with two-ended edge groups

We study the quasi-isometric rigidity of a large family of finitely generated groups that split as graphs of groups with virtually free vertex groups and two-ended edge groups. Let G be a group that is one-ended, hyperbolic relative to virtually abelian subgroups, and has JSJ decomposition over two-ended subgroups containing only virtually free vertex groups that are not quadratically hanging. Our main result is that any group quasi-isometric to G is abstractly commensurable to G. In particular, our result applies to certain “generic” HNN extensions of a free group over cyclic subgroups.

Non-isomorphic 2-groups with isomorphic modular group algebras

We provide non-isomorphic finite 2-groups which have isomorphic group algebras over any field of characteristic 2, thus settling the Modular Isomorphism Problem.