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{"title":"Geometrically and topologically random surfaces in a closed hyperbolic 3-manifold","authors":"Jeremy Kahn, Vladimir Marković, Ilia Smilga","doi":"10.1112/topo.70068","DOIUrl":"10.1112/topo.70068","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We study the distribution of geometrically and topologically nearly geodesic random surfaces in a closed hyperbolic 3-manifold <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mi>M</mi>\u0000 <annotation>${bf {M}}$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math>. In particular, we describe <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mi>PSL</mi>\u0000 <mo>(</mo>\u0000 <mn>2</mn>\u0000 <mo>,</mo>\u0000 <mi>R</mi>\u0000 <mo>)</mo>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <annotation>${bf {PSL}}(2,mathbb {R})$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math> invariant measures on the Grassmann bundle <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <msub>\u0000 <mi>G</mi>\u0000 <mn>2</mn>\u0000 </msub>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mo>(</mo>\u0000 <mi>M</mi>\u0000 <mo>)</mo>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <annotation>${mathcal {G}}_2({bf {M}})$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math> which arise as limits of random minimal surfaces. We show that if <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mi>M</mi>\u0000 <annotation>${bf {M}}$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math> contains at least one totally geodesic subsurface then every topological limiting measure is totally scarring (i.e., supported on the totally geodesic locus), while we prove that geometrical limiting measures are never totally scarring.</p>","PeriodicalId":56114,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Topology","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2026-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147566271","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Obstructions to homotopy invariance of loop coproduct via parameterized fixed-point theory","authors":"Lea Kenigsberg, Noah Porcelli","doi":"10.1112/topo.70066","DOIUrl":"10.1112/topo.70066","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Given <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mi>f</mi>\u0000 <mo>:</mo>\u0000 <mi>M</mi>\u0000 <mo>→</mo>\u0000 <mi>N</mi>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <annotation>$f:M rightarrow N$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math> a homotopy equivalence of compact manifolds with boundary, we use a construction of Geoghegan and Nicas to define its Reidemeister trace <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mo>[</mo>\u0000 <mi>T</mi>\u0000 <mo>]</mo>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <mo>∈</mo>\u0000 <msubsup>\u0000 <mi>π</mi>\u0000 <mn>1</mn>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mi>s</mi>\u0000 <mi>t</mi>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 </msubsup>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mo>(</mo>\u0000 <mi>L</mi>\u0000 <mi>N</mi>\u0000 <mo>,</mo>\u0000 <mi>N</mi>\u0000 <mo>)</mo>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <annotation>$[T] in pi _1^{st}(mathcal {L}N, N)$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math>. We realize the Goresky–Hingston coproduct as a map of spectra, and show that the failure of <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mi>f</mi>\u0000 <annotation>$f$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math> to entwine the spectral coproducts can be characterized by Chas–Sullivan multiplication with <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mo>[</mo>\u0000 <mi>T</mi>\u0000 <mo>]</mo>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <annotation>$[T]$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math>. In particular, when <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mi>f</mi>\u0000 <annotation>$f$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math> is a simple homotopy equivalence, the spectral coproducts of <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mi>M</mi>\u0000 <annotation>$M$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math> and <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mi>N</mi>\u0000 <annotation>$N$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math> agree.</p>","PeriodicalId":56114,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Topology","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2026-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://londmathsoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1112/topo.70066","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147637149","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Umberto Hryniewicz, Michael Hutchings, Vinicius G. B. Ramos
{"title":"Hopf orbits and the first ECH capacity","authors":"Umberto Hryniewicz, Michael Hutchings, Vinicius G. B. Ramos","doi":"10.1112/topo.70055","DOIUrl":"10.1112/topo.70055","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We consider dynamically convex star-shaped domains in a symplectic vector space of dimension 4. For such a domain, a “Hopf orbit” is a closed characteristic in the boundary which is unknotted and has self-linking number <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mo>−</mo>\u0000 <mn>1</mn>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <annotation>$-1$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math>. We show that the minimum action among Hopf orbits exists and defines a symplectic capacity for dynamically convex star-shaped domains. We further show that this capacity agrees with the first embedded contact homology (ECH) capacity for such domains. Combined with a result of Edtmair, this implies that for dynamically convex star-shaped domains in four dimensions, the first ECH capacity agrees with the cylinder capacity. This also provides a method to show that the first ECH capacity of a dynamically convex star-shaped domain satisfies the axioms of a normalized symplectic capacity without any need for Seiberg–Witten theory.</p>","PeriodicalId":56114,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Topology","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2026-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146197027","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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