Scalar Curvature Question [?65]: Is the regular Euclidean $3$-simplex mean-convexly extremal
v1.3 research notesIs the regular Euclidean $3$-simplex mean-convexly extremal? Equivalently, can a simplex mapped facewise to it without decreasing distances have nonne...
Scalar Curvature Question [?66]: Probably, these equalities imply thatP is isometric to a Euclidean rectangular solidbut the approximation/smoo
v1.3 research notesProbably, these equalities imply thatP is isometric to a Euclidean rectangular solidbut the approximation/smoothing is no good for proving this kind o...
Scalar Curvature Question [?67]: This suggests a possibility of definingSc(X) ≥0 for some singular spaces, X, e
v1.3 research notesThis suggests a possibility of definingSc(X) ≥0 for some singular spaces, X, e.g. for manifolds with continuous (bounded measurable?...
Scalar Curvature Question [?71]: [a] Are the diameters diamc(Lip1(Bn(R)→S))) bounded for a large fixedc and R →∞if Hi(S, R) = 0 for i = 1, 2,
v1.3 research notes[a] Are the diameters diamc(Lip1(Bn(R)→S))) bounded for a large fixedc and R →∞if Hi(S, R) = 0 for i = 1, 2,...,n....
Scalar Curvature Question [?72]: [b] What is the asymptotics of the diameters diamc(Lip1(Bn H(R)→S))) for the hyperbolic ballsBn H(R) and R→∞
v1.3 research notes[b] What is the asymptotics of the diameters diamc(Lip1(Bn H(R)→S))) for the hyperbolic ballsBn H(R) and R→∞?...
Scalar Curvature Question [?73]: [c] LetS be a Riemannian manifold homeomorphic to the connected sum of twenty copies ofS2× S2
v1.3 research notes[c] LetS be a Riemannian manifold homeomorphic to the connected sum of twenty copies ofS2× S2. Are there 1-Lipschitz maps fR ∶B4(R)→S, R→∞, such thath...
Scalar Curvature Question [?77]: Describe "Remnants of Collapse" of Hypersurfaces with Scalar Curvatures Blowing-up to+∞
v1.3 research notesProblem. Describe "Remnants of Collapse" of Hypersurfaces with Scalar Curvatures Blowing-up to+∞. Namely, decide when a closed subsetY in aC2-smooth R...
Scalar Curvature Question [?78]: Subsets with Low Hausdorff Dimensions are Remains of Scalar Curvature Blow-ups
v1.3 research notesConjecture. Subsets with Low Hausdorff Dimensions are Remains of Scalar Curvature Blow-ups.All closed subset Y ⊂W with dimHau(Y ) <n−1=dim(W)−2, are in...
Scalar Curvature Question [?79]: InvarianceandNon-invarianceof Sc∩(Y ) = +∞
v1.3 research notesConjecture. InvarianceandNon-invarianceof Sc∩(Y ) = +∞. The inequalitySc[n] g∩(Y ) =+∞is independent of the Riemannian metric g in W ⊃Y Moreover it is...
Scalar Curvature Question [?80]: Stabilisation under Cartesian Products
v1.3 research notesConjecture. Stabilisation under Cartesian Products. [Sc[n] g∩(Y ) =+∞]⇔[Sc[n+k] g⊕gk∩(Y × Xk) =+∞], where Xk = (Xk,gk) is a compact Riemannian manifol...
Scalar Curvature Question [?80]: C2-Smoothing of Continuous Metrics with Volumically Positive Scalar Curvatures
v1.3 research notesConjecture. C2-Smoothing of Continuous Metrics with Volumically Positive Scalar Curvatures.All continuous Riemannian metricsg on a smoothn-dimensional...
Scalar Curvature Question [?81]: Topological Equivalence of Different Scalar Curvatures
v1.3 research notesConjecture. Topological Equivalence of Different Scalar Curvatures. If a smoothn-manifold admits acontinuous metricg1 withScvoln(g1) > 0 then it also a...
Scalar Curvature Question [?84]: Non-Riemannianε-Llarull
v1.3 research notesConjecture Non-Riemannianε-Llarull. Let a compact n-dimensionalpseudomanifoldhastheHilbertvolumesofallitsballs of radii≤ε0 smaller than the volumes of...
Can you hear an orbifold singularity?
v1.3 research notesCan one hear the presence of an orbifold singularity, i.e. whether or not there exists a pair of isospectral orbifolds, one of which has singular poin...
Riemannian manifolds with curvature bounds
v1.3 research notesFor every $\ell,k>0$, there exist $C,L,K>0$ with the following effect. Let $(M,g)$ be a complete Riemannian manifold with injectivity radius $inj(M,g)...
Reducibility of the holonomy of flat manifolds
v1.3 research notesGive an alternative, geometric proof that the holonomy representation of a closed flat manifold is reducible....
Biorthogonal curvature
v1.3 research notesDoes $S^2\times T^2$ admit a Riemannian metric with positive biorthogonal curvature?...
Branch points of area-minimizing surfaces
v1.3 research notes1. Does ${\rm Sing}_b (T)$ have zero $(m-1)$-dimensional Hausdorff measure? 2. If yes, does ${\rm Sing}_b (T)$ have (Hausdorff) dimension at most $m-2...
Manifolds modelled on flag manifolds
v1.3 research notesWhich manifolds can be modeled on an orbit of a real form in a space of flags?...
Manifolds modelled on flag manifolds — Question 2
v1.3 research notesWhat is the homotopy classification of totally real immersions of real $3$-manifolds in the complex full flag manifold $F_{12}$?...
Area minimizing projective spaces in the projective space with the Berger metric
v1.3 research notesFor ${2n+1}>3$ and $0<k<{2n+1}$, are projective subspaces obtained by projection of the $k$-dimensional equatorial spheres minimal submanifolds of the...
Bi-invariant metrics and multiplicity of conjugate points
v1.3 research notesAssume that a left-invariant Riemannian metric is given on a compact connected Lie group $G$ such that the index of any geodesic segment is even. Must...
Toral manifolds and positive scalar curvature
v1.3 research notesLet $M$ be a connected closed manifold with finite fundamental group of odd order. Assume that the universal cover of $M$ admits a metric of positive ...
Toral manifolds and positive scalar curvature — Question 2
v1.3 research notesLet $M$ be a connected closed manifold admitting a metric of positive scalar curvature. Does this imply that $M$ is $p$-atoral for all odd $p$?...
Coarse embeddings
v1.3 research notesFind more numerical invariants of metric spaces that are nondecreasing under coarse embeddings....
Coarse embeddings — Question 2
v1.3 research notesFind applications of the harmonic map approximation of coarse embeddings....
Ricci pinching on solvable Lie groups
v1.3 research notesFor solvable Lie groups $G$, show that solvsolitons are the only local maxima of the Ricci pinching functional $g\mapsto F(g)=\frac{Scal(g)^2}{|Ric(g)...
Classification problems and Poisson structures
v1.3 research notesExplain the existence and the role of the symplectic nature of the groupoid/algebroid and its relevance for the geometry of the moduli spaces of geome...
Morse index of embedded minimal surfaces
v1.3 research notes; Do there exist embedded minimal surfaces with finite genus and Morse index $4$?; More focussed: in the $1$-parameter deformation of Costa's surface,...
On the Hodge spectra of lens spaces
v1.3 research notes- Construct congruence lattices which are norm$_1$ and norm$_1*$- isospectral in all dimensions (see ). - Are there families of $p$-isospectral lens s...
Isoperimetric Problem in $\mathbb{C} P^2$
v1.3 research notesProve that geodesic spheres provide the least-perimeter way to enclose prescribed volume in $CP^2$....
Triple Bubble in $\mathbb{R}^3$
v1.3 research notesProve that the pictured standard triple soap bubble is the least-perimeter way to enclose and separate three given volumes in $\mathbb{R}^3$....
Homogeneous Riemannian manifolds with nontrivial nullity
v1.3 research notes1. If the normal holonomy group of an irreducible and full homogeneous submanifold $M^n$ of the sphere with $n \geq 2$ does not act transitively, then...
Constant mean curvature in homogeneous $3$-manifolds
v1.3 research notes; Do CMC spheres about a point $x$ in such a space form a foliation of $X-\{x\}$?; Could this be a way of proving embeddedness of CMC spheres in gener...
Constant mean curvature in homogeneous $3$-manifolds — Question 2
v1.3 research notes; Calabi-Yau problem. For an embedded minimal surface in $\mathbb{R}^3$, does complete imply proper?; Hoffman-Meeks conjecture. For a complete embedde...
Spherical submetries
v1.3 research notesIs every Laplacian algebra of polynomials maximal?...
Minimax minimal surfaces
v1.3 research notesProve the lower bound \[ d\le \mbox{Index}(\Phi_{\mathcal A})+\mbox{Null}(\Phi_{\mathcal A}), \] where $\mbox{Null}(\Phi_{\mathcal A})$ is the {\it nu...
Minimax minimal surfaces — Question 2
v1.3 research notesProve that there exists infinitely many distinct minimal branched 2-dimensional immersions in $N^n$....
Gromov-Hausdorff convergence of K\"ahler Ricci flow
v1.3 research notesDoes the normalized Ricci flow converge in Gromov-Hausdorff sense to a generalized K\"ahler-Einstein space?...
Totally geodesic submanifolds and positive curvature
v1.3 research notesDoes Frankel's theorem hold for symmetric Finsler metrics?...
Closed geodesics
v1.3 research notesIs this true without the bumpy assumption?...
Configuration Spaces of Tensegrities — Problem 1
v1.3 research notesDescribe the combinatorics of B2(K6); B3(K4) and B3(K5)....
Configuration Spaces of Tensegrities — Problem 2
v1.3 research notesDescribe all the possible different types of strata for 10 points....
Configuration Spaces of Tensegrities — Problem 3
v1.3 research notesCompute the number of different types of strata for n points with arbitrary n. 4 OLEG KARPENKOV v1 v2 v3v4 v5 v6 K3;3 q1 q2 q3 p1 p2 p3 p4 p5 p6 q3 q2 ...
Configuration Spaces of Tensegrities — Problem 4
v1.3 research notesWhich subgraphs of Kn define the same stratifications?...
Configuration Spaces of Tensegrities — Problem 5
v1.3 research notesFind all strata of codimension more than 1 that are not defined as an intersection of the closure of several codimension 1 strata....
Configuration Spaces of Tensegrities — Problem 6
v1.3 research notesWhich Cayley algebra systems define the same strata?...
Geometry of Curves and Surfaces — Problem 1.3
v1.3 research notesAre negatively curved annuli bounded by a pair of fixed convex planar curves rigid?...
Geometry of Curves and Surfaces — Problem 1.4
v1.3 research notesLet Γ be a smooth closed curve immersed in R3. Suppose that Γ has a continuous binormal vector field B which is one-to-one. Does it follow then that th...
Geometry of Curves and Surfaces — Problem 1.6
v1.3 research notesDoes every curve bounding a surface of positive curvature in 3-space have (at least) four points where the torsion vanishes?...