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Over the last 30 years, a number of possible definitions of Sobolev and BV spaces in the metric setting have been proposed by various authors, and a priori it is not known whether they are equivalent. In this monograph, we decided to work with the definition of Newtonian spaces proposed by Shanmugalingam. In this appendix, we present several other approaches present in the literature and comment on their relationship and dependence on the exponent. The first general result concerning the equivalence of the most common definitions of Sobolev spaces was proved by Ambrosio, Gigli, and Savaré in the case p > 1; similar results were subsequently shown for the BV spaces and for the Sobolev space with exponent equal to one. To give a complete historical overview, we present here several variants of definitions and several equivalence results. We also discuss the dependence of the minimal p-weak upper gradient on the exponent. Throughout this appendix, as in the whole monograph, we assume that the metric space is complete, separable, and equipped with a non-negative Borel measure which is finite on bounded subsets.
Our next aim is to extend the results of Chapter 2 and introduce a notion of weak solution to gradient flows in metric measure spaces in a fairly general setting. Our main assumption is that the functional only depends on the differential of a function. In particular, this setting covers the case when the functional only depends on the function through its minimal p-weak upper gradient. In this entire chapter, we assume that p > 1 and that we work with a convex and lower semicontinuous functional defined on L2, which is given by a composition of the differential and a non-negative, continuous, convex, and coercive functional defined on the cotangent space. We first present the general framework under the minimal structural assumptions described above. Then, we apply the newly developed techniques to study a specific functional with inhomogeneous growth, which is the sum of two Cheeger energies for different exponents.
We now study the total variation flow on bounded domains in metric measure spaces. In Section 6.1, we consider the Neumann problem; using the techniques developed in Chapters 4 and 5, we give a definition of weak solution to the Neumann problem for initial data in L2 based on the Gigli differential structure adapted to a bounded domain and prove their existence and uniqueness. We also introduce the notion of entropy solution for initial data in L1. In Section 6.2, we consider the Dirichlet problem for initial data in L2 and boundary data in L1. We prove lower semicontinuity of the associated functional, give a definition of weak solution, and prove their existence and uniqueness.
This chapter is primarily a preparation for the study of the total variation flow. This is due to the fact that in order for the 1-Cheeger energy to be lower semicontinuous, it needs to be defined on the space of functions of bounded variation and not on the Sobolev space with exponent equal to one. Thus, we need to extend parts of the linear differential structure to the BV case, and to this end, we will require that we can approximate BV functions with Lipschitz functions in a suitable way. Our strategy will be to present a metric version of the Anzellotti pairings between a vector field with integrable divergence and a BV function due to Anzellotti and prove a generalised integration by parts formula. To be precise, we will prove the existence of two such pairings, separately for the case of the whole space and for a bounded domain with a sufficiently regular boundary. They are defined slightly differently, in particular, in the second case, the Gauss-Green formula takes into account the boundary effects.
In this appendix, we outline some of the results of the theory of convex analysis that we need throughout the book; two principal examples of such tools are the Brezis–Komura theorem and the Fenchel–Rockafellar duality theorem.
We study the class of functions on Lipschitz-graph domains satisfying a differential-oscillation condition and show that such functions are $\varepsilon$-approximable. As a consequence, we obtain the quantitative Fatou theorem in the spirit of works, for example, by Garnett [6] and Bortz–Hofmann [1]. Such a class contains harmonic functions, as well as non-harmonic ones, for example, nonnegative subharmonic functions whose gradient norm is quasi-nearly subharmonic, as illustrated by our discussion.
We analyse the Maxwell’s spectrum on thin tubular neighbourhoods of embedded surfaces of $\mathbb R^3$. We show that the Maxwell’s eigenvalues converge to the Laplacian eigenvalues of the surface as the thin parameter tends to zero. To achieve this, we reformulate the problem in terms of the spectrum of the Hodge Laplacian with relative conditions acting on co-closed differential $1$-forms. The result leads to new examples of domains where the Faber–Krahn inequality for Maxwell’s eigenvalues fails, examples of domains with any number of arbitrarily small eigenvalues, and underlines the failure of spectral stability under singular perturbations changing the topology of the domain. Additionally, we explicitly produce Maxwell’s eigenfunctions on product domains with the product metric, extending previous constructions valid in the Euclidean case.
We classify almost Ricci–Bourguignon solitons on three-dimensional almost $\alpha$-cosymplectic manifolds. We study almost Ricci-Bourguignon solitons on almost $\alpha$-cosymplectic manifolds, with an emphasis on their classification and geometric properties. Key results include soliton type characterization (shrinking, steady, expanding) via the parameter $\rho$ and conditions under which these solitons become Einstein. We also show that Ricci semi-symmetric manifolds with $\eta$-parallel tensors reduce to almost cosymplectic structures. A five-dimensional example of an almost contact manifold admitting a Ricci-Bourguignon soliton has been constructed. Also, Lie-group classifications in dimension three are obtained, which are almost RB transversal solitons on almost $\alpha$-cosymplectic manifolds.
In recent years, b-symplectic manifolds have emerged as important objects in symplectic geometry. These manifolds are Poisson manifolds that exhibit symplectic behaviour away from a distinguished hypersurface, where the symplectic form degenerates in a controlled manner. Inspired by this rich landscape, E-structures were introduced by Nest and Tsygan in [NT01] as a comprehensive framework for exploring generalizations of b-structures. This paper initiates a deeper investigation into their Poisson facets, building on foundational work by [MS21]. We also examine the closely related concept of almost regular Poisson manifolds, as studied in [AZ17], which reveals a natural Poisson groupoid associated with these structures.
In this article, we investigate the intricate relationship between E-structures and almost regular Poisson structures. Our comparative analysis not only scrutinizes their Poisson properties but also offers explicit formulae for the Poisson structure on the Poisson groupoid associated to the E-structures as both Poisson manifolds and singular foliations. In doing so, we reveal an interesting link between the existence of commutative frames and Darboux-Carathéodory-type expressions for the relevant structures.
We establish several new properties of the p-adic Jacquet-Langlands functor defined by Scholze in terms of the cohomology of the Lubin-Tate tower. In particular, we reprove Scholze’s basic finiteness theorems, prove a duality theorem, and show a kind of partial Künneth formula. Using these results, we deduce bounds on Gelfand-Kirillov dimension, together with some new vanishing and nonvanishing results.
Our key new tool is the six functor formalism with solid almost $\mathcal {O}^+/p$-coefficients developed recently by the second author [Man22]. One major point of this paper is to extend the domain of validity of the $!$-functor formalism developed in [Man22] to allow certain ‘stacky’ maps. In the language of this extended formalism, we show that if G is a p-adic Lie group, the structure map of the classifying small v-stack $B\underline {G}$ is p-cohomologically smooth.
A closed Riemannian three-manifold $(Y,g)$ equipped with a torsion spin$^c$ structure determines a family of Dirac operators $\{D_B\}$ parametrized by a $b_1(Y)$-dimensional torus $\mathbb {T}_Y$. In this paper, we develop techniques to study how the topology of the locus $\mathsf {K}\subset \mathbb {T}_Y$ corresponding to operators with non-trivial kernel (the three-dimensional analogue of the theta divisor of a Riemann surface) depends on the geometry of the metric. As a concrete example of our methods, we show that for any metric on the three-torus $Y=T^3$ for which the spectral gap $\lambda _1^*$ on coexact $1$-forms is large, after a small perturbation of the family, the locus $\mathsf {K}$ is a two-sphere.
While the result only involves linear operators, its proof relies on the non-linear analysis of the Seiberg-Witten equations. It follows from a more general understanding of transversality in the context of the monopole Floer homology of a torsion spin$^c$ three-manifold $(Y,\mathfrak {s})$ with a large $\lambda _1^*$. When $b_1>0$, this gives rise to a very rich setup and we discuss a framework to describe explicitly in certain situations the Floer homology groups of $(Y,\mathfrak {s})$ in terms of the topology of the family of Dirac operators $\{D_B\}$.
Filling a gap in the literature, this book explores the theory of gradient flows of convex functionals in metric measure spaces, with an emphasis on weak solutions. It is largely self-contained and assumes only a basic understanding of functional analysis and partial differential equations. With appendices on convex analysis and the basics of analysis in metric spaces, it provides a clear introduction to the topic for graduate students and non-specialist researchers, and a useful reference for anyone working in analysis and PDEs. The text focuses on several key recent developments and advances in the field, paying careful attention to technical detail. These include how to use a first-order differential structure to construct weak solutions to the p-Laplacian evolution equation and the total variation flow in metric spaces, how to show a Euler–Lagrange characterisation of least gradient functions in this setting, and how to study metric counterparts of Cheeger problems.
Given a collection $\mathcal{D} =\{D_1,D_2,\ldots ,D_m\}$ of digraphs on the common vertex set $V$, an $m$-edge digraph $H$ with vertices in $V$ is transversal in $\mathcal{D}$ if there exists a bijection $\varphi \,:\,E(H)\rightarrow [m]$ such that $e \in E(D_{\varphi (e)})$ for all $e\in E(H)$. Ghouila-Houri proved that any $n$-vertex digraph with minimum semi-degree at least $\frac {n}{2}$ contains a directed Hamilton cycle. In this paper, we provide a transversal generalisation of Ghouila-Houri’s theorem, thereby solving a problem proposed by Chakraborti, Kim, Lee, and Seo. Our proof utilises the absorption method for transversals, the regularity method for digraph collections, as well as the transversal blow-up lemma and the related machinery. As an application, when $n$ is sufficiently large, our result implies the transversal version of Dirac’s theorem, which was proved by Joos and Kim.