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Rafe Mazzeo

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arXiv2015

On the asymptotic behavior of minimal surfaces in H${}^2$$\times$R

We consider the asymptotic behavior of properly embedded minimal surfaces in the product of the hyperbolic plane with the line, taking into account the fact that there is more than one natural compactification of this space. This provides a better setting in which to consider the general problem of determining which curves at infinity are the asymptotic boundary of such minimal surfaces. We also construct some new examples of such surfaces and describe the boundary regularity.

math.DG↗
arXiv2015

Ricci flow on surfaces with conic singularities

We establish the short-time existence of the Ricci flow on surfaces with a finite number of conic points, all with cone angle between 0 and $2π$, where the cone angles remain fixed or change in some smooth prescribed way. For the angle-preserving flow we prove long-time existence and convergence. When the Troyanov angle condition is satisfied (equivalently, when the data is logarithmically K-stable), the flow converges to the unique constant curvature metric with the given cone angles; if this condition is not satisfied, the flow converges subsequentially to a soliton. This is the one-dimensional version of the Hamilton--Tian conjecture.

math.DG↗
arXiv2015

Asymptotics of the Weil-Petersson metric

We consider the Riemann moduli space $\mathcal M_γ$ of conformal structures on a compact surface of genus $γ>1$ together with its Weil-Petersson metric $g_{\mathrm{WP}}$. Our main result is that $g_{\mathrm{WP}}$ admits a complete polyhomogeneous expansion in powers of the lengths of the short geodesics up to the singular divisors of the Deligne-Mumford compactification of $\mathcal M_γ$.

math.DG↗
arXiv2015

Higher codimension isoperimetric problems

We consider a variational problem for submanifolds Q $\subset$ M with nonempty boundary $\partial$Q = K. We propose the definition that the boundary K of any critical point Q have constant mean curvature, which seems to be a new perspective when dim Q \textless{} dim M . We then construct small nearly-spherical solutions of this higher codimension CMC prob-lem; these concentrate near the critical points of a certain curvature function.

math.DG↗
arXiv2014

Renormalized volume and the evolution of APEs

We study the evolution of the renormalized volume functional for asymptotically Poincare-Einstein metrics (M,g) which are evolving by normalized Ricci flow. In particular, we prove that the time derivative of the renormalized volume along the flow is the negative integral of scal(g(t)) + n(n-1) over the manifold. This implies that if scal(g(0))+n(n-1) is non-negative at t=0, then the renormalized volume decreases monotonically. We also discuss how, when n=4, our results describe the Hawking-Page phase transition. Differences in renormalized volumes give rigorous meaning to the Hawking-Page difference of actions and describe the free energy liberated in the transition.

math.DG↗
arXiv2014

The moduli space of asymptotically cylindrical Calabi-Yau manifolds

We prove that the deformation theory of compactifiable asymptotically cylindrical Calabi-Yau manifolds is unobstructed. This relies on a detailed study of the Dolbeault-Hodge theory and its description in terms of the cohomology of the compactification. We also show that these Calabi-Yau metrics admit a polyhomogeneous expansion at infinity, a result that we extend to asymptotically conical Calabi-Yau metrics as well. We then study the moduli space of Calabi-Yau deformations that fix the complex structure at infinity. There is a Weil-Petersson metric on this space which we show is Kähler. By proving a local families L^2 index theorem, we exhibit its Kähler form as a multiple of the curvature of a certain determinant line bundle.

math.DG↗
arXiv2014

Hölder regularity of solutions for Schrödinger operators on stratified spaces

We study the regularity properties for solutions of a class of Schrödinger equations $(Δ+ V) u = 0$ on a stratified space $M$ endowed with an iterated edge metric. The focus is on obtaining optimal Hölder regularity of these solutions assuming fairly minimal conditions on the underlying metric and potential.

math.DG↗
arXiv2014

Harnack Inequalities and Heat-kernel Estimates for Degenerate Diffusion Operators Arising in Population Biology

This paper continues the analysis, started in [2, 3], of a class of degenerate elliptic operators defined on manifolds with corners, which arise in Population Biology. Using techniques pioneered by J. Moser, and extended and refined by L. Saloff-Coste, Grigoryan, and Sturm, we show that weak solutions to the parabolic problem defined by a sub-class of these operators, which consists of those that can be defined by Dirichlet forms and have non-vanishing transverse vector field, satisfy a Harnack inequality. This allows us to conclude that the solutions to these equations belong, for positive times, to the natural anisotropic Holder spaces, and also leads to upper and, in some cases, lower bounds for the heat kernels of these operators. These results imply that these operators have a compact resolvent when acting on $C^0$ or $L^2.$ The proof relies upon a scale invariant Poincare inequality that we establish for a large class of weighted Dirichlet forms, as well as estimates to handle certain mildly singular perturbation terms. The weights that we consider are neither Ahlfors regular, nor do they generally belong to the Muckenhaupt class $A_2.$

math.AP↗
arXiv2014

Ends of the moduli space of Higgs bundles

We associate to each stable Higgs pair $(A_0,Φ_0)$ on a compact Riemann surface $X$ a singular limiting configuration $(A_\infty,Φ_\infty)$, assuming that $\det Φ$ has only simple zeroes. We then prove a desingularization theorem by constructing a family of solutions $(A_t,tΦ_t)$ to Hitchin's equations which converge to this limiting configuration as $t \to \infty$. This provides a new proof, via gluing methods, for elements in the ends of the Higgs bundle moduli space and identifies a dense open subset of the boundary of the compactification of this moduli space.

math.DG↗
arXiv2014

Fredholm theory for elliptic operators on quasi-asymptotically conical spaces

We consider the mapping properties of generalized Laplace-type operators ${\mathcal L} = \nabla^* \nabla + {\mathcal R}$ on the class of quasi-asymptotically conical (QAC) spaces, which provide a Riemannian generalization of the QALE manifolds considered by Joyce. Our main result gives conditions under which such operators are Fredholm when between certain weighted Sobolev or weighted Hölder spaces. These are generalizations of well-known theorems in the asymptotically conical (or asymptotically Euclidean) setting, and also sharpen and extend corresponding theorems by Joyce. The methods here are based on heat kernel estimates originating from old ideas of Moser and Nash, as developed further by Grigor'yan and Saloff-Coste. As demonstrated by Joyce's work, the QAC spaces here contain many examples of gravitational instantons, and this work is motivated by various applications to manifolds with special holonomy.

math.DG↗
arXiv2014

L^2-Cohomology and complete Hamiltonian manifolds

A classical theorem of Frankel for compact Kähler manifolds states that a Kähler S^1-action is Hamiltonian if and only if it has fixed points. We prove a metatheorem which says that when Hodge theory holds on non-compact manifolds, then Frankel's theorem still holds. Finally, we present several concrete situations in which the assumptions of the metatheorem hold.

math.SG↗
arXiv2013

The Nahm Pole Boundary Condition

The Nahm pole boundary condition for certain gauge theory equations in four and five dimensions is defined by requiring that a solution should have a specified singularity along the boundary. In the present paper, we show that this boundary condition is elliptic and has regularity properties analogous to more standard elliptic boundary conditions. We also establish a uniqueness theorem for the solution of the relevant equations on a half-space with Nahm pole boundary conditions. These results are expected to have a generalization involving knots, with applications to the Jones polynomial and Khovanov homology.

math.DG↗
arXiv2013

Refined intersection homology on non-Witt spaces

We develop a generalization to non-Witt spaces of the intersection homology theory of Goresky-MacPherson. The second author has described the self-dual sheaves compatible with intersection homology, and the other authors have described a generalization of Cheeger's L2 de Rham cohomology. In this paper we extend both of these cohomologies by describing all sheaf complexes in the derived category of constructible sheaves that are compatible with middle perversity intersection cohomology, though not necessarily self-dual. On Thom-Mather stratified spaces this refined intersection cohomology theory coincides with the analytic de Rham theory.

math.GT↗
arXiv2013

Minimal surfaces with positive genus and finite total curvature in $\mathbb{H}^2 \times \mathbb{R}$

We construct the first examples of complete, properly embedded minimal surfaces in $\mathbb{H}^2 \times \mathbb{R}$ with finite total curvature and positive genus. These are constructed by gluing copies of horizontal catenoids or other nondegenerate summands. We also establish that every horizontal catenoid is nondegenerate. Finally, using the same techniques, we are able to produce properly embedded minimal surfaces with infinitely many ends. Each annular end has finite total curvature and is asymptotic to a vertical totally geodesic plane.

math.DG↗
arXiv2013

Complete Willmore surfaces in H3 with bounded energy: boundary regularity and bubbling

We study various aspects related to boundary regularity of complete properly embedded Willmore surfaces in H3, particularly those related to assumptions on boundedness or smallness of a certain weighted version of the Willmore energy. We prove, in particular, that small energy controls C1 boundary regularity. We examine the possible lack of C1 convergence for sequences of surfaces with bounded Willmore energy and find that the mechanism responsible for this is a bubbling phenomenon, where energy escapes to infinity.

math.DG↗
arXiv2013

Analytic Torsion on Manifolds with Edges

Let (M,g) be an odd-dimensional incomplete compact Riemannian singular space with a simple edge singularity. We study the analytic torsion on M, and in particular consider how it depends on the metric g. If g is an admissible edge metric, we prove that the torsion zeta function is holomorphic near s = 0, hence the torsion is well-defined, but possibly depends on g. In general dimensions, we prove that the analytic torsion depends only on the asymptotic structure of g near the singular stratum of M; when the dimension of the edge is odd, we prove that the analytic torsion is independent of the choice of admissible edge metric. The main tool is the construction, via the methodology of geometric microlocal analysis, of the heat kernel for the Friedrichs extension of the Hodge Laplacian in all degrees. In this way we obtain detailed asymptotics of this heat kernel and its trace.

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