In this paper we continue our program of extending the methods of geometric scattering theory to encompass the analysis of the Laplacian on symmetric spaces of rank greater than one and their geometric perturbations. In our previous work [9] we described the resolvent, and specifically the asymptotic behavior of the Green’s function, on SL(3)/ SO(3) using methods from three-particle scattering....

Project Summary: Some mathematical notions can be described in both algebraic and geometric ways. The geometric descriptions are sometimes richer and can reveal hidden symmetries. K-theory is an example of a theory that has both and algebraic and geometric description. It links algebraic topology with geometry on curved spaces, to the mutual benefit of both disciplines. We believe that the noti...

This survey is about homotopy types of spaces of automorphisms of topological and smooth manifolds. Most of the results available are relative, i.e., they compare different types of automorphisms. In chapter 1, which motivates the later chapters, we introduce our favorite types of manifold automorphisms and make a comparison by (mostly elementary) geometric methods. Chapters 2, 3, and 4 describ...

This paper presents a geometric approach to the problem of modelling the relationship between words and concepts, focusing in particular on analogical phenomena in language and cognition. Grounded in recent theories regarding geometric conceptual spaces, we begin with an analysis of existing static distributional semantic models and move on to an exploration of a dynamic approach to using high ...

Geometric rigidity states that a gradient field which is L-close to the set of proper rotations is necessarily L-close to a fixed rotation, and is one key estimate in nonlinear elasticity. In several applications, as for example in the theory of plasticity, energy densities with mixed growth appear. We show here that geometric rigidity holds also in L + L and in L interpolation spaces. As a fir...

We study affine maps between CAT(0) spaces with geometric actions, and show that they essentially split as products of dilations and linear maps (on the Euclidean factor). This extends known results from the Riemannian case. Furthermore, we prove a splitting lemma for the Tits boundary of a CAT(0) space with geometric action, a variant of a splitting lemma for geodesically complete CAT(1) space...

In this paper we continue our program of extending the methods of geometric scattering theory to encompass the analysis of the Laplacian on symmetric spaces of rank greater than one and their geometric perturbations. In our previous work [9] we described the resolvent, and specifically the asymptotic behavior of the Green’s function, on SL(3)/ SO(3) using methods from three-particle scattering....

In this paper we continue our program of extending the methods of geometric scattering theory to encompass the analysis of the Laplacian on symmetric spaces of rank greater than one and their geometric perturbations. In our previous work [9] we described the resolvent, and specifically the asymptotic behavior of the Green’s function, on SL(3)/ SO(3) using methods from three-particle scattering....

We formulate an approach to the geometry of Riemann–Cartan spaces provided with nonholonomic distributions defined by generic off-diagonal and nonsymmetric metrics inducing effective nonlinear and affine connections. Such geometries can be modelled by moving nonholonomic frames on (pseudo) Riemannian manifolds and describe various types of nonholonomic Einstein, Eisenhart–Moffat and Finsler–Lag...