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We classify the pairs $(C,G)$ where $C$ is a seminormal curve over an arbitrary field $k$ and $G$ is a smooth connected algebraic group acting faithfully on $C$ with a dense orbit, and we determine the equivariant Picard group of $C$. We…

A sequence of constant mean curvature surfaces $\Sigma_j$ with mean curvature $H_j \to \infty$ in a three-dimensional manifold $M$ condenses to a compact and connected graph $\Gamma$ consisting of a finite union of curves if $\Sigma_j$ is…

We introduce a coarse analog of the classical Lusternik-Schnirelmann category which we denote by $\text{c-cat}$, defined for metric spaces in the coarse homotopy category. This provides a new tool for studying large-scale topological…

We show that an approximate lattice in a nilpotent Lie group admits a relatively dense subset of central $(1-\epsilon)$-Bragg peaks for every $\epsilon > 0$. For the Heisenberg group we deduce that the union of horizontal and vertical…

We provide a new and elementary proof for the structure of geodesics in the Heisenberg group $\mathbb{H}^n$. The proof is based on a new isoperimetric inequality for closed curves in $\mathbb{R}^{2n}$. We also prove that the…

The cohomology $H^*(\Gamma, E) $ of a torsion-free arithmetic subgroup $\Gamma$ of the special linear $\mathbb{Q}$-group $\mathsf{G} = SL_n$ may be interpreted in terms of the automorphic spectrum of $\Gamma$. Within this framework, there…

We show that length minimizing curves in Carnot-Carath\'eodory spaces possess at any point at least one tangent curve (i.e., a blow-up in the nilpotent approximation) equal to a straight horizontal line. This is the first regularity result…

If $\Gamma$ is any nonuniform lattice in the group ${\rm PU}(2,1)$, let $\overline{\Gamma}$ be the quotient of $\Gamma$ obtained by filling the cusps of $\Gamma$ (i.e. killing the center of parabolic subgroups). Assuming that such a lattice…

The discrete Heisenberg group $\mathbb{H}_{\mathbb{Z}}^{2k+1}$ is the group generated by $a_1,b_1,\ldots,a_k,b_k,c$, subject to the relations $[a_1,b_1]=\ldots=[a_k,b_k]=c$ and $[a_i,a_j]=[b_i,b_j]=[a_i,b_j]=[a_i,c]=[b_i,c]=1$ for every…

We characterize in terms of characteristic sequences the semigroups corresponding to branches at infinity of plane affine curves $\Gamma$ for which there exists a polynomial automorphism mapping $\Gamma$ onto the axis $x=0$.

We define harmonic maps between sub-Riemannian manifolds by generalizing known definitions for Riemannian manifolds. We establish conditions for when a horizontal map into a Lie group with a left-invariant metric structure is a harmonic…

We compare two families of left-invariant metrics on a surface group $\Gamma=\pi_1(\Sigma)$ in the context of course-geometry. One family comes from Riemannian metrics of negative curvature on the the surface $\Sigma$, and another from…

Let $\Lambda$ be a set of lines in $\mathbb{R}^2$ that intersect at the origin. For $\Gamma\subset\mathbb{R}^2$ a smooth curve, we denote by $\mathcal{A}\mathcal{C}(\Gamma)$ the subset of finite measures on $\Gamma$ that are absolutely…

Let $\Gamma $ be a $C^\infty $ curve in $\Bbb{C}$ containing 0; it becomes $\Gamma_\theta $ after rotation by angle $\theta $ about 0. Suppose a $C^\infty $ function $f$ can be extended holomorphically to a neighborhood of each element of…

Let $\rho_\Sigma=h(|z|^2)$ be a metric in a Riemann surface $\Sigma$, where $h$ is a positive real function. Let $\mathcal H_{r_1}=\{w=f(z)\}$ be the family of univalent $\rho_\Sigma$ harmonic mapping of the Euclidean annulus…

We establish the following theorem of Bernstein type for the first Heisenberg group: Let S be a C^2 connected H-minimal surface which is a graph over some plane P, then S is either a non-characteristic vertical plane, or its generalized…

This paper is part of an undergraduate research project. We discuss the Heisenberg group H1, the three-dimensional space R3 equipped with one of two equivalent metrics, the Koranyi- and Carnot- Caratheodory metric. We show that the notion…

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