Vicente Muñoz

Coherent systems and Brill-Noether theory

Let X be a curve of genus g. A coherent system on X consists of a pair (E,V), where E is an algebraic vector bundle over X of rank n and degree d and V is a subspace of dimension k of the space of sections of E. The stability of the coherent system depends on a parameter α. We study the variation of the moduli space of coherent systems when we move the parameter. As an application, we analyze the cases k=1,2,3 and n=2 explicitly. For small values of α, the moduli spaces of coherent systems are related to the Brill–Noether loci, the subschemes of the moduli spaces of stable bundles consisting of those bundles with at least a prescribed number of independent sections. The study of coherent systems is applied to find the dimension, prove the irreducibility, and in some cases calculate the Picard groups of the Brill–Noether loci with k≤3.

Nearly hypo structures and compact nearly Kähler 6-manifolds with conical singularities

We prove that any totally geodesic hypersurface N5 of a 6-dimensional nearly K¨ahler manifold M6 is a Sasaki–Einstein manifold, and so it has a hypo structure in the sense of Conti and Salamon [Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 359 (2007) 5319–5343]. We show that any Sasaki–Einstein 5-manifold defines a nearly K¨ahler structure on the sin-cone N5 × R, and a compact nearly Kahler structure with conical singularities on N5 × [0, π] when N5 is compact, thus providing a link between the Calabi–Yau structure on the cone N5 × [0, π] and the nearly K¨ahler structure on the sin-cone N5 × [0, π]. We define the notion of nearly hypo structure, which leads to a general construction of nearly K¨ahler structure on N5 × R. We characterize double hypo structure as the intersection of hypo and nearly hypo structures and classify double hypo structures on 5-dimensional Lie algebras with non-zero first Betti number. An extension of the concept of nearly Kahler structure is introduced, which we refer to as nearly half-flat SU(3)-structure,and which leads us to generalize the construction of nearly parallel G2-structures on M6 × R given by Bilal and Metzger [Nuclear Phys. B 663 (2003) 343–364]. For N5 = S5 ⊂ S6 and for N5 = S2 × S3 ⊂ S3 × S3, we describe explicitly a Sasaki–Einstein hypo structure as well as the corresponding nearly K¨ahler structures on N5 × R and N5 × [0, π], and the nearly parallel G2-structures on N5 × R2 and (N5 × [0, π]) × [0, π].

Symplectic resolutions, Lefschetz property and formality

We introduce a method to resolve a symplectic orbifold (M, omega) into a smooth symplectic manifold ((M) over tilde,(omega) over tilde). Then we study how the formality and the Lefschetz property of ((M) over tilde,(omega) over tilde) are compared with that of (M, omega). We also study the formality of the symplectic blow-up of (M, omega) along symplectic submanifolds disjoint from the orbifold singularities. This allows us to construct the first example of a simply connected compact symplectic manifold of dimension 8 which satisfies the Lefschetz property but is not formal, therefore giving a counter-example to a conjecture of Babenko and Taimanov.

Non-formal co-symplectic manifolds

We study the formality of the mapping torus of an orientation-preserving diffeomorphism of a manifold. In particular, we give conditions under which a mapping torus has a non-zero Massey product. As an application we prove that there are non-formal compact co-symplectic manifolds of dimension m and with first Betti number b if and only if m = 3 and b >= 2, or m >= 5 and b >= 1. Explicit examples for each one of these cases are given.

On non-formal simply connected manifolds

Abstract We construct examples of non-formal simply connected and compact manifolds of any dimension bigger than or equal to 7.

COHOMOLOGICALLY KÄHLER MANIFOLDS WITH NO KÄHLER METRICS

We show some examples of compact symplectic solvmanifolds, of dimension greater than four, which are cohomologically Kahler and do not admit Kahler metric since their fundamental groups cannot be the fundamental group of any compact Kahler manifold. Some of the examples that we study were considered by Benson and Gordon (1990). However, whether such manifolds have Kahler metrics was an open question. The formality and the hard Lefschetz property are studied for the symplectic submanifolds constructed by Auroux (1997) and some consequences are discussed.

On formality of Sasakian manifolds

We investigate some topological properties, in particular formality, of compact Sasakian manifolds. Answering some questions raised by Boyer and Galicki, we prove that all higher (than three) Massey products on any compact Sasakian manifold vanish. Hence, higher Massey products do obstruct Sasakian structures. Using this, we produce a method of constructing simply connected K-contact non-Sasakian manifolds. On the other hand, for every n > 3, we exhibit the first examples of simply connected compact Sasakian manifolds of dimension 2n + 1 that are non-formal. They are non-formal because they have a non-zero triple Massey product. We also prove that arithmetic lattices in some simple Lie groups cannot be the fundamental group of a compact Sasakian manifold.

Simply connected K-contact and Sasakian manifolds of dimension 7

We construct a compact simply connected 7-dimensional manifold admitting a K-contact structure but not a Sasakian structure. We also study rational homotopy properties of such manifolds, proving in particular that a simply connected 7-dimensional Sasakian manifold has vanishing cup product

E-polynomial of the SL(3,C)-character variety of free groups.

H^2 \times H^2 \rightarrow H^4