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Yu-Wei Fan

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arXiv2021

Categorical polynomial entropy

For classical dynamical systems, the polynomial entropy serves as a refined invariant of the topological entropy. In the setting of categorical dynamical systems, that is, triangulated categories endowed with an endofunctor, we develop the theory of categorical polynomial entropy, refining the categorical entropy defined by Dimitrov-Haiden-Katzarkov-Kontsevich. We justify this notion by showing that for an automorphism of a smooth projective variety, the categorical polynomial entropy of the pullback functor on the derived category coincides with the polynomial growth rate of the induced action on cohomology. We also establish in general a Yomdin-type lower bound for the categorical polynomial entropy of an endofunctor in terms of the induced endomorphism on the numerical Grothendieck group of the category. As examples, we compute the categorical polynomial entropy for some standard functors like shifts, Serre functors, tensoring line bundles, automorphisms, spherical twists, P-twists, and so on, illustrating clearly how categorical polynomial entropy refines the study of categorical entropy and enables us to study the phenomenon of categorical trichotomy. A parallel theory of polynomial mass growth rate is developed in the presence of Bridgeland stability conditions.

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arXiv2020

Surfaces, braids, Stokes matrices, and points on spheres

Moduli spaces of points on $n$-spheres carry natural actions of braid groups. For $n=0$, $1$, and $3$, we prove that these symmetries extend to actions of mapping class groups of positive genus surfaces, by establishing exceptional isomorphisms with certain moduli of local systems. This relies on the existence of group structure for spheres in these dimensions. We also use the connection to demonstrate that the space of rank 4 Stokes matrices with fixed Coxeter invariant of nonzero discriminant contains only finitely many integral braid group orbits.

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arXiv2020

Asymptotic shifting numbers in triangulated categories

We introduce invariants, called shifting numbers, that measure the asymptotic amount by which an autoequivalence of a triangulated category translates inside the category. The invariants are analogous to Poincare translation numbers that are widely used in dynamical systems. We additionally establish that in some examples the shifting numbers provide a quasimorphism on the group of autoequivalences. Additionally, we relate our shifting numbers to the entropy function introduced by Dimitrov, Haiden, Katzarkov, and Kontsevich.

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arXiv2018

Entropy of an autoequivalence on Calabi-Yau manifolds

We prove that the categorical entropy of the autoequivalence $T_{\mathcal{O}}\circ(-\otimes\mathcal{O}(-1))$ on a Calabi-Yau manifold is the unique positive real number $λ$ satisfying $$ \sum_{k\geq 1}\frac{χ(\mathcal{O}(k))}{e^{kλ}}=e^{(d-1)t}. $$ We then use this result to construct the first counterexamples of a conjecture on categorical entropy by Kikuta and Takahashi.

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arXiv2017

Weil-Petersson geometry on the space of Bridgeland stability conditions

Inspired by mirror symmetry, we investigate some differential geometric aspects of the space of Bridgeland stability conditions on a Calabi-Yau triangulated category. The aim is to develop theory of Weil-Petersson geometry on the stringy Kähler moduli space. A few basic examples are studied. In particular, we identify our Weil-Petersson metric with the Bergman metric on a Siegel modular variety in the case of the self-product of an elliptic curve.

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arXiv2017

Mirror of Atiyah flop in symplectic geometry and stability conditions

We study the mirror operation of the Atiyah flop in symplectic geometry. We formulate the operation for a symplectic manifold with a Lagrangian fibration. Furthermore we construct geometric stability conditions on the derived Fukaya category of the deformed conifold and study the action of the mirror Atiyah flop on these stability conditions.

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