English
Related papers

Related papers: Collapsing and essential coverings

200 papers

We prove the following variant of Helly's classical theorem for Hamming balls with a bounded radius. For $n>t$ and any (finite or infinite) set $X$, if in a family of Hamming balls of radius $t$ in $X^n$, every subfamily of at most…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-06-04 Noga Alon , Zhihan Jin , Benny Sudakov

We prove that if a compact $n$-manifold admits a sequence of residual covers that form a coboundary expander in dimension $n-2$, then the manifold has Gromov-hyperbolic fundamental group. In particular, residual sequences of covers of…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2023-09-13 Dawid Kielak , Piotr W. Nowak

The traditional approach of defining the fundamental group first and then constructing universal coverings works well only for the class of Poincar\' e spaces. For general spaces there were several attempts to define generalized coverings…

General Topology · Mathematics 2011-08-17 Jerzy Dydak

The normal covering number $\gamma(G)$ of a finite, non-cyclic group $G$ is the minimum number of proper subgroups such that each element of $G$ lies in some conjugate of one of these subgroups. We find lower bounds linear in $n$ for…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2020-12-09 Daniela Bubboloni , Cheryl E. Praeger , Pablo Spiga

Inspired by very ampleness of Zariski Geometries, we introduce and study the notion of a very ample family of plane curves in any strongly minimal set, and the corresponding notion of a very ample strongly minimal set (characterized by the…

Logic · Mathematics 2024-07-24 Benjamin Castle , Assaf Hasson

Alexandrov's Soap Bubble theorem dates back to $1958$ and states that a compact embedded hypersurface in $\mathbb{R}^N$ with constant mean curvature must be a sphere. For its proof, A.D. Alexandrov invented his reflection priciple. In…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-04-07 Rolando Magnanini , Giorgio Poggesi

Given a general pseudo-Anosov flow in a three manifold, the orbit space of the lifted flow to the universal cover is homeomorphic to an open disk. We compactify this orbit space with an ideal circle boundary. If there are no perfect fits…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2014-11-11 Sergio R. Fenley

We develop a regularity and compactness theory for stable capillary minimal hypersurfaces in the half-space $\mathbb{H}^{n+1}$ with contact angle $\theta \in (0,\pi)$ and dimension $n \geq 2$. As a consequence, we obtain the generalized…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-05-21 Gaoming Wang , Xuwen Zhang

In this paper, we consider the classification problem for critical points of relative isoperimetric-type problem in the half-space. Under certain regularity assumption, we prove an Alexandrov-type theorem for the singular capillary CMC…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-04-05 Chao Xia , Xuwen Zhang

We prove the Gromov conjecture on the macroscopic dimension of the universal covering of a closed spin manifold with a positive scalar curvature under the following assumptions on the fundamental group: 1. The Strong Novikov Conjecture…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2009-01-29 Dmitry Bolotov , Alexander Dranishnikov

We prove a lower bound for the first Steklov eigenvalue of embedded minimal hypersurfaces with free boundary in a compact $n$-dimensional manifold which has nonnegative Ricci curvature and strictly convex boundary. When $n=3$, this implies…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-01-06 Ailana Fraser , Martin Li

Let (M,g) be a compact Riemannian three-dimensional manifold with boundary. We prove the compactness of the set of scalar-flat metrics which are in the conformal class of g and have the boundary as a constant mean curvature hypersurface.…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-04-24 Sergio Almaraz , Olivaine S. de Queiroz , Shaodong Wang

We prove that a locally compact space with an upper curvature bound is a topological manifold if and only if all of its spaces of directions are homotopy equivalent and not contractible. We discuss applications to homology manifolds, limits…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-09-18 Alexander Lytchak , Koichi Nagano

We show that on every ${\sf RCD}$ spaces it is possible to introduce, by a distributional-like approach, a Riemann curvature tensor. Since after the works of Petrunin and Zhang-Zhu we know that finite dimensional Alexandrov spaces are ${\sf…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-02-07 Nicola Gigli

Alexandrov's theorem asserts that spheres are the only closed embedded constant mean curvature hypersurfaces in space forms. In this paper, we consider Alexandrov's theorem in warped product manifolds and prove a rigidity result in the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-04-24 Giulio Ciraolo , Alberto Roncoroni , Luigi Vezzoni

A $\textit{covering system}$ is a collection of integer congruences such that every integer satisfies at least one congruence in the collection. A covering system is called $\textit{distinct}$ if all of its moduli are distinct. An expansive…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2023-08-24 Raj Agrawal , Prarthana Bhatia , Kratik Gupta , Powers Lamb , Andrew Lott , Alex Rice , Christine Rose Ward

In this paper, we approach the question if some of the separation axioms are equivalent in the class of asymmetric normed spaces. In particular, we make a remark on a known theorem which states that every $T_1$ asymmetric normed space with…

General Topology · Mathematics 2019-05-10 Victor Donjuán , Natalia Jonard-Pérez

This article extends the study of cyclic ramified covers of the projective line defined by Kummer equations. We consider the most general case of such covers, allowing arbitrary orders in the roots of the generating radicant. The primary…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2025-12-16 George Katsimprakis , Aristides Kontogeorgis

We study the limits of sequences of spheres and complex projective spaces with unbounded dimensions. A sequence of spheres (resp. complex projective spaces) either is a Levy family, infinitely dissipates, or converges to (resp. the Hopf…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2014-02-05 Takashi Shioya

The Alexandrov Soap Bubble Theorem asserts that the distance spheres are the only embedded closed connected hypersurfaces in space forms having constant mean curvature. The theorem can be extended to more general functions of the principal…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-12-04 Giulio Ciraolo , Alberto Roncoroni , Luigi Vezzoni