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The generic dimension of the first derived system

Robert P. Buemi (1978)

Annales de l'institut Fourier

Any r -dimensional subbundle of the cotangent bundle on an n -dimensional manifold M partitions M into subsets M 0 , ... , M m ( m being the minimum of r and C ( n - r , 2 ) , the combinations of n - r things taken 2 at a time). M i is the set on which the first derived systems of the subbundle has codimension i .In this paper we prove the following:Theorem. Let s 2 and let Q be a generic C s r -dimensional subbundle...

The geometric complex for algebraic curves with cone-like singularities and admissible Morse functions

Ursula Ludwig (2010)

Annales de l’institut Fourier

In a previous note the author gave a generalisation of Witten’s proof of the Morse inequalities to the model of a complex singular curve X and a stratified Morse function f . In this note a geometric interpretation of the complex of eigenforms of the Witten Laplacian corresponding to small eigenvalues is provided in terms of an appropriate subcomplex of the complex of unstable cells of critical points of f .

The geometry of a closed form

Marisa Fernández, Raúl Ibáñez, Manuel de León (1998)

Banach Center Publications

It is proved that a closed r-form ω on a manifold M defines a cohomology (called ω-coeffective) on M. A general algebraic machinery is developed to extract some topological information contained in the ω-coeffective cohomology. The cases of 1-forms, symplectic forms, fundamental 2-forms on almost contact manifolds, fundamental 3-forms on G 2 -manifolds and fundamental 4-forms in quaternionic manifolds are discussed.

The geometry of Kato Grassmannians

Bogdan Bojarski, Giorgi Khimshiashvili (2005)

Open Mathematics

We discuss Fredholm pairs of subspaces and associated Grassmannians in a Hilbert space. Relations between several existing definitions of Fredholm pairs are established as well as some basic geometric properties of the Kato Grassmannian. It is also shown that the so-called restricted Grassmannian can be endowed with a natural Fredholm structure making it into a Fredholm Hilbert manifold.

The geometry of the space of Cauchy data of nonlinear PDEs

Giovanni Moreno (2013)

Open Mathematics

First-order jet bundles can be put at the foundations of the modern geometric approach to nonlinear PDEs, since higher-order jet bundles can be seen as constrained iterated jet bundles. The definition of first-order jet bundles can be given in many equivalent ways - for instance, by means of Grassmann bundles. In this paper we generalize it by means of flag bundles, and develop the corresponding theory for higher-oder and infinite-order jet bundles. We show that this is a natural geometric framework...

The graded differential geometry of mixed symmetry tensors

Andrew James Bruce, Eduardo Ibarguengoytia (2019)

Archivum Mathematicum

We show how the theory of 2 n -manifolds - which are a non-trivial generalisation of supermanifolds - may be useful in a geometrical approach to mixed symmetry tensors such as the dual graviton. The geometric aspects of such tensor fields on both flat and curved space-times are discussed.

The gradient flow of Higgs pairs

Jiayu Li, Xi Zhang (2011)

Journal of the European Mathematical Society

We consider the gradient flow of the Yang–Mills–Higgs functional of Higgs pairs on a Hermitian vector bundle ( E , H 0 ) over a Kähler surface ( M , ω ) , and study the asymptotic behavior of the heat flow for Higgs pairs at infinity. The main result is that the gradient flow with initial condition ( A 0 , φ 0 ) converges, in an appropriate sense which takes into account bubbling phenomena, to a critical point ( A , φ ) of this functional. We also prove that the limiting Higgs pair ( A , φ ) can be extended smoothly to a vector bundle E over...

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