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11 Modification of the sheaf π’ͺc​a​n{\cal O}^{can}

11.1 Pieces of lines and convergence regions

Definition 13

A neighborhood UU of a point x∈Yx\in Y is convex if there exists an open convex U1∈Tx​Y,0∈U1U_{1}\in T_{x}Y,0\in U_{1} which is isomorphic to UU by means of the exponential map expx:Tx​Yβ†’Y\exp_{x}:T_{x}Y\to Y associated with the affine structure on YY.

For x∈Yx\in Y let UβŠ‚Uβ€²U\subset U^{\prime} be convex neighborhoods of xx such that UU is relatively compact in Uβ€²U^{\prime}. Let lβˆˆβ„’l\in{\cal L}. Then there is a natural embedding flβˆ’1​(U)β†’flβˆ’1​(Uβ€²)f_{l}^{-1}(U)\to f_{l}^{-1}(U^{\prime}).

Definition 14

A piece of ll defined by the pair (U,Uβ€²)(U,U^{\prime}) is an element of the image of the set of connected components Ο€0​(flβˆ’1​(U))\pi_{0}(f_{l}^{-1}(U)) into Ο€0​(flβˆ’1​(Uβ€²))\pi_{0}(f_{l}^{-1}(U^{\prime})) under the above embedding.

In plain words a piece LL of ll is an equivalence class of a connected interval of l∩Ul\cap U. Two connected intervals are equivalent if they are contained in a larger connected interval of l∩Uβ€²l\cap U^{\prime}. The sole purpose of the introduction of the notion of a piece is to avoid some pathology. Namely, for any pair (U,Uβ€²)(U,U^{\prime}) as above, any lβˆˆβ„’l\in{\cal L} and any Tβˆˆπ‘>0T\in{\bf R}_{>0}, there is only a finite number of pieces of ll in (U,Uβ€²)(U,U^{\prime}) which have points with time parameter t∈(0,T)t\in(0,T).

Let LL be a piece of ll defined by a pair (U,Uβ€²)(U,U^{\prime}). Then one can define an affine function o​r​dL∈A​f​f𝐙,Y​(Uβ€²)ord_{L}\in Aff_{{\bf Z},Y}(U^{\prime}) in the following way. Let t>0t>0 be such that fl​(t)f_{l}(t) belongs to LL. Since Uβ€²U^{\prime} is convex, there is a unique continuation of o​r​dl​(t)ord_{l}(t) to Uβ€²U^{\prime}. This is an affine function which does not depend on the choice of tt. We will denote it by o​r​dLord_{L}.

For any germ of a symplectomorphism Ο†βˆˆS​y​m​pp\varphi\in Symp_{p} at a point p∈Yp\in Y we define its convergence region as the maximal convex subset Ω⁑(Ο†)βŠ‚Tp​Y\Omega(\varphi)\subset T_{p}Y such that the pullback exppβˆ—β‘(Ο†)\exp_{p}^{\ast}(\varphi) extends to Ω⁑(Ο†)\Omega(\varphi). Since the definition of Ο†l\varphi_{l} (and hence its convergence region) is covariant with respect to the affine connection we have the following result:

Proposition 5

Let p=fl​(t)p=f_{l}(t) belongs to a line ll. Then the convergence region of Ο†l​(t)\varphi_{l}(t) at pp contains an open half-plane Pl,tP_{l,t}.

It is clear that one can define convergence regions for symplectomorphisms associated with pieces of lines, and a similar property holds for them.

11.2 Main assumptions, and an apology

Let us suppose that our collection of lines satisfies the following assumptions:

Assumption A1

There is a smooth metric g=gBg=g_{B} and a collection of balls D⁑(s,rs)D(s,r_{s}) with centers at s∈Bs​i​n​gs\in B^{sing} such that each ball D⁑(s,rs)D(s,r_{s}) contains exactly two lines lΒ±βˆˆβ„’i​nl_{\pm}\in{\cal L}_{in} outcoming of ss.

Assumption A2

There exists Ξ΅>0\varepsilon>0 such that for any p=fl(t)∈Yβ€²:=Bβˆ–βˆͺs∈Bs​i​n​gD(s,rs)p=f_{l}(t)\in Y^{\prime}:=B\setminus\cup_{s\in B^{sing}}D(s,r_{s}) the distance in Tp​YT_{p}Y between 0∈Tp​Y0\in T_{p}Y and the boundary of Pl,tP_{l,t} is greater or equal to Ξ΅\varepsilon.

We are going to show that such a collection does exist in Section 11.

Assumptions A1 and A2 are very artificial, they do not hold in physical picture which is the main motivation for the construction. It is quite possible that they can be weakened or even omitted. The main purpose of introducing them here is the possibility to define the sheaf of analytic functions by simple gluing. In complex geometry it is similar to the gluing of closed Riemann surfaces with boundaries by the mean of real-analytic identifications of the boundaries. It is well-known that one can replace real-analytic maps by smooth ones (or even by quasi-symmetric continuous maps). Maybe the rest of this section is unnecessary, and unpleasant technical arguments in Section 11.5 can be avoided.

11.3 Infinite product and its convergence

Denote by Wβ„’:=βˆͺlβˆˆβ„’fl([0,+∞))W_{\cal L}:=\cup_{l\in{\cal L}}f_{l}([0,+\infty)) the set of all points of all lines. It has measure zero. Let pp be a point of YY. We consider two convex neighborhoods UβŠ‚Uβ€²U\subset U^{\prime} of pp such that UU is relatively compact in Uβ€²U^{\prime}.

For any two points x,yx,y belonging to Uβˆ–Wβ„’U\setminus W_{\cal L}, and a path Ξ³\gamma joining xx and yy in UU, we would like to define an infinite ordered product ix,yΞ³i_{x,y}^{\gamma} of transformations Ο†LΒ±1\varphi_{L}^{\pm 1}, where factors correspond to the intersection points of Ξ³\gamma with all possible pieces LL relative to (U,Uβ€²)(U,U^{\prime}). Factors in the infinite product are ordered according to the time parameter of Ξ³\gamma, the sign corresponds to the mutual position of orientations of Ξ³\gamma and a piece LL at the intersection point.

In order to give a precise meaning to the infinite product the neighborhood UU of pp should be sufficiently small. Then we will have an analytic continuation of symplectomorphisms Ο†L\varphi_{L} to UU, and the convergence of the infinite product. We are also going to prove that the product is independent of the choice of path Ξ³\gamma. In order to achieve these goals it suffices to assume:

C1

for any l,tl,t such fl​(t)∈Uf_{l}(t)\in U the set (expfl​(t))βˆ’1​(U)(\exp_{f_{l}(t)})^{-1}(U) is contained in Pl,tP_{l,t}\,;

C2

for any Cβˆˆπ‘C\in{\bf R} there is only a finite number of pieces LL of lines in UU such that infx∈Uo​r​dL​(x)<C\inf_{x\in U}ord_{L}(x)<C.

Theorem 7

Assume two above conditions. Then the product defining ix,yΞ³i_{x,y}^{\gamma} converges at every point of UU and in fact gives an element of S​y​m​p​(U)Symp(U). Moreover, the product does not depend on the choice of path Ξ³\gamma, and for any x,y,z∈Uβˆ–Wβ„’x,y,z\in U\setminus W_{\cal L} satisfies the relation ix,y​iy,z=ix,zi_{x,y}i_{y,z}=i_{x,z}.

Proof. Condition C1 implies that all transformations Ο†L\varphi_{L} admit an analytic continuation to UU. Let us introduce a decreasing filtration by positive real numbers S​y​m​pβ‰₯r​(U),rβˆˆπ‘,rβ‰₯0Symp^{\geq r}(U),\,\,r\in{\bf R},r\geq 0 on group S​y​m​p​(U)Symp(U) by the formula

{g∈Symp(U)|log|ΞΎβ€²/ΞΎβˆ’1|,log|Ξ·β€²/Ξ·βˆ’1|<βˆ’rΒ whereΒ (ΞΎβ€²,Ξ·β€²)=g((ΞΎ,Ξ·))}\left\{g\in Symp(U)\,|\,\,\log|\xi^{\prime}/\xi-1|,\log|\eta^{\prime}/\eta-1|<-r\,\mbox{ where }(\xi^{\prime},\eta^{\prime})=g((\xi,\eta))\,\right\}

This is a complete filtration, and condition C2 implies that in any quotient S​y​m​p​(U)/S​y​m​pβ‰₯r​(U)Symp(U)/Symp^{\geq r}(U) only a finite number of elements Ο†L\varphi_{L} are non-trivial. Therefore we can define the product in the quotient group.

In order to prove independence of Ξ³\gamma, we consider the quotient group S​y​m​p​(U)/S​y​m​pβ‰₯r​(U)Symp(U)/Symp^{\geq r}(U), and the finite 11-dimensional CW-complex (graph) consisting of finitely many pieces LL, such that Ο†Lβ‰ 1\varphi_{L}\neq 1 in the quotient. For each vertex vv of the graph there is a natural cyclic order on the edges incident to vv. The product Ο†v=∏LΟ†LΒ±1\varphi_{v}=\prod_{L}\varphi_{L}^{\pm 1} taken in the cyclic order over the set of edges incident to vv is equal to i​did (this follows from the construction of Ο†l\varphi_{l} via factorizations). Since UU is simply-connected, we conclude that the image of ix,yΞ³i_{x,y}^{\gamma} in S​y​m​p​(U)/S​y​m​pβ‰₯r​(U)Symp(U)/Symp^{\geq r}(U) does not depend on Ξ³\gamma. Using completeness of the filtration we see that ix,y:=ix,yΞ³i_{x,y}:=i_{x,y}^{\gamma} does not depend on Ξ³\gamma. Proof of the identity ix,y​iy,z=ix,zi_{x,y}i_{y,z}=i_{x,z} is similar. β– \blacksquare

Theorem 8

Assumptions A1 and A2 imply that for any p∈Yp\in Y there exist neighborhood UU (and also Uβ€²U^{\prime}) satisfying conditions C1 and C2.

Proof. Assumption A1 implies that the result near any singular point s∈Bs​i​n​gs\in B^{sing}\,, as there are only two lines near ss. If we are far from Bs​i​n​gB^{sing} then obviously A2 implies C1.

In order to check C2 we prove the following lemma

Lemma 5

Under Assumptions A1 and A2, for any C>0C>0 the set

{(l,t)|o​r​dl​(t)​(fl​(t))<C}βŠ‚β„’Γ—(0,+∞)\{(l,t)|\,\,ord_{l}(t)(f_{l}(t))<C\,\}\subset{\cal L}\times(0,+\infty)

consists of a finite number of intervals.

Proof: We proceed by induction in β€œcomplexity of the line”. Let Ξ΄βˆˆπ‘>0\delta\in{\bf R}_{>0} be the infimum of o​r​dl​(t)​(fl​(t))ord_{l}(t)(f_{l}(t)) where lβˆˆβ„’i​nl\in{\cal L}_{in} has a collision at time tt. This number is strictly positive because the number of initial lines is finite, and by A1 there is no collisions at small times. Observe that the value of o​r​dl​(0)ord_{l}(0) at the beginning of any composite line ll is greater or equal to the sum o​r​dl1​(t1)+o​r​dl2​(t2)ord_{l_{1}}(t_{1})+ord_{l_{2}}(t_{2}). Therefore the inequality in the lemma implies that the number of collisions is bounded from above by C/Ξ΄C/\delta. Also we have an upper bound on integer coefficients (n1,n2)(n_{1},n_{2}) in each collision (see Axiom OPENπŸ‘β€‹π›)\bf 3b) in Section 9.2). Let us observe that the length of each edge of the ansector tree of ll is also bounded from above by A​o​r​dlA\,ord_{l}, for some absolute constant A>0A>0. Hence we have only finitely many possibilities for intersections. β– \blacksquare

For point p∈Yp\in Y which is far from Bs​i​n​gB^{sing} we chose as UU a neighborhood of radius Ο΅β€²β‰ͺΟ΅\epsilon^{\prime}\ll\epsilon where Ο΅>0\epsilon>0 is constant from Assumption A2. Then for any point of a line fl​(t)∈Uf_{l}(t)\in U we will have the inclusion

UβŠ‚expfl​(t)⁑(12​Pl,t).U\subset\exp_{f_{l}(t)}\left(\frac{1}{2}P_{l,t}\right)\,\,.

This implies that o​r​dLord_{L} in UU for the corresponding piece LL is bounded below by

12​o​r​dl​(t)​(fl​(t)).\frac{1}{2}ord_{l}(t)(f_{l}(t))\,\,.

Since (by the last lemma) there exists only a finite number of pieces LL intersecting such UU, we obtain convergence condition C2. β– \blacksquare

11.4 Construction of the modified sheaf π’ͺBm​o​d​i​f{\cal O}^{modif}_{B}

For any point p∈Yp\in Y and a neighborhood UU satisfying conditions C1 and C2 we define the sheaf π’ͺUm​o​d​i​f{\cal O}^{modif}_{U} as the result of the identification of copies of the sheaf (π’ͺYc​a​n)|U\left({\cal O}^{can}_{Y}\right)_{|U} labeled by points x∈Uβˆ–Wβ„’x\in U\setminus W_{\cal L}, by isomorphisms ix,yi_{x,y}. It follows from formulas in Section 8 that near singular points one can identify canonically this sheaf with the restriction of the sheaf π’ͺ𝐑2m​o​d​e​l{\cal O}^{model}_{{\bf R}^{2}} to a punctured neighborhood of (0,0)βˆˆπ‘2(0,0)\in{\bf R}^{2}.

Proposition 6

For the modified sheaf π’ͺm​o​d​i​f{\cal O}^{modif} one has a canonical nowhere vanishing section Ξ©\Omega of the associated sheaf of KK-analytic 22-forms.

The KK-affine structure A​f​fK,YΞ©Aff^{\Omega}_{K,Y} on YY associated with Ξ©\Omega coincides with the initial one A​f​fK,YAff_{K,Y}.

Proof. Existence of Ξ©\Omega follows from the fact that all modifications associated with lines are symplectomorphisms. In order to finish the proof it suffices to check that the modification associated with a line does not change the KK-affine structure on YY. In local coordinates we may assume that Ξ©=dβ€‹ΞΎΞΎβˆ§d​ηη\Omega={d\xi\over\xi}\wedge{d\eta\over\eta} and the modification is of the form φ⁑(ΞΎ,Ξ·)=(ξ​f​(Ξ·βˆ’1),Ξ·)\varphi(\xi,\eta)=(\xi f(\eta^{-1}),\eta), where f⁑(z)=1+βˆ‘nβ‰₯1cn​zn∈K⁑[[z]]f(z)=1+\sum_{n\geq 1}c_{n}z^{n}\in K[[z]] is convergent in an appropriate domain. We need to check that the automorphism Ο†\varphi acts trivially on the quotient sheaf Ο€βˆ—β€‹(π’ͺXΓ—)/ker⁑pΞ©\pi_{\ast}({\cal O}_{X}^{\times})/\ker\,p_{\Omega} (see Section 7.2 for the notation). This check reduces to the calculation of

pΩ​(ξ​f​(Ξ·)ΞΎ)=exp⁑(OPENR​e​s​(Ω​log⁑(ξ​f​(Ξ·)/ΞΎ)))R​e​s​(Ξ©)).p_{\Omega}\left({\xi f(\eta)\over\xi}\right)=\exp\left({Res(\Omega\log(\xi f(\eta)/\xi)))\over Res(\Omega)}\right)\,\,.

The latter is equal to exp⁑(R​e​s​(Ω​log⁑(f⁑(Ξ·))))=1\exp\left(Res(\Omega\log(f(\eta)))\right)=1 because log⁑(f⁑(Ξ·βˆ’1))\log(f(\eta^{-1})) belongs to Ξ·βˆ’1​K​[[Ξ·βˆ’1]]\eta^{-1}K[[\eta^{-1}]] and therefore has no constant term. β– \blacksquare

Thus, we have a solution of the Lifting Problem under Assumptions A1 and A2.

11.5 Construction of the collection of lines

We would like to show that there exists a smooth metric gg and a collection of lines satisfying the Assumptions A1 and A2.

Let g0g_{0} be an arbitrary smooth metric, flat near singular points. We define germs of lines lβˆˆβ„’i​nl\in{\cal L}_{in} in such a way that for each s∈Bs​i​n​gs\in B^{sing} in local coordinates these lines are given by {(0,y)|y>0}\{(0,y)|y>0\} and {(0,y)|y<0}\{(0,y)|y<0\}. The metric gg will coincide with g0g_{0} in a sufficiently small neighborhood U=βˆͺs∈Bs​i​n​gD(s,rs)U=\cup_{s\in B^{sing}}D(s,r_{s}) of the singular set. Hence Assumption A1 will be satisfied.

In order to construct the whole family of lines we introduce a 33-dimensional manifold β„³{\cal M} consisting of pairs (x,P)(x,P) where x∈Bβˆ–UΒ―1x\in B\setminus\overline{U}_{1} and PP is a half-plane in Tx​BT_{x}B whose boundary contains zero. Here U1:=βˆͺs∈Bs​i​n​gD(s,2rs)U_{1}:=\cup_{s\in B^{sing}}D(s,2r_{s}) is a larger neighborhood of Bs​i​n​gB^{sing}.

We would like to construct a smooth section v:(x,P)↦v(x,P)∈Tx​Bv:(x,P)\mapsto v_{(x,P)}\in T_{x}B of the pull-back to β„³{\cal M} of the tangent bundle T​BTB satisfying the following conditions:

  1. 1.

    for any (x,P)βˆˆβ„³(x,P)\in{\cal M} one has v(x,P)∈i​n​t​(P)v_{(x,P)}\in int(P)\,\,;

  2. 2.

    for any x∈Bβˆ–UΒ―1x\in B\setminus\overline{U}_{1} the map (x,P)↦𝐑>0Γ—β‹…v(x,P)(x,P)\mapsto{{\bf R}}_{>0}^{\times}\cdot v_{(x,P)} is an orientation-preserving diffeomorphism

    S1≃(Tx​Bβˆ—βˆ–{0})/𝐑>0Γ—β†’S1≃(Tx​Bβˆ–{0})/𝐑>0Γ—;S^{1}\simeq(T_{x}B^{\ast}\setminus\{0\})/{{\bf R}}_{>0}^{\times}\to S^{1}\simeq(T_{x}B\setminus\{0\})/{{\bf R}}_{>0}^{\times}\,\,\,;
  3. 3.

    for every lβˆˆβ„’i​nl\in{\cal L}_{in} there exists a smooth extension of the piece of ll in U1U_{1} to a larger piece intersecting βˆ‚U1\partial U_{1} such that

    fΛ™l​(t)βˆˆπ‘>0Γ—β‹…v(fl​(t),Pl,t),\dot{f}_{l}(t)\in{{\bf R}}_{>0}^{\times}\cdot v_{(f_{l}(t),P_{l,t})}\,\,,

    for such t>0t>0 that fl​(t)∈Bβˆ–UΒ―1f_{l}(t)\in B\setminus\overline{U}_{1}\,\,;

Let us associate with the section vv a nowhere vanishing vector field v^\hat{v} on Tβˆ—β€‹(Bβˆ–UΒ―1)βˆ–(Z​e​r​o​S​e​c​t​i​o​n)T^{\ast}(B\setminus\overline{U}_{1})\setminus(Zero\,\,\,Section) in the following way:

  • β€’

    For each (x,Ξ±)∈Txβˆ—β€‹B(x,\alpha)\in T_{x}^{\ast}B the vector v^​(x,Ξ±)\hat{v}(x,\alpha) is tangent to the horizontal distribution associated with the flat connection βˆ‡\nabla (the one which defines the affine structure on Bβˆ–Bs​i​n​gB\setminus B^{sing}).

  • β€’

    Projection of v^​(x,Ξ±)\hat{v}(x,\alpha) to BB coincides with v(x,PΞ±)v_{(x,P_{\alpha})}, where PΞ±={Ξ³|(Ξ±,Ξ³)>0}P_{\alpha}=\{\gamma|(\alpha,\gamma)>0\}.

Clearly these conditions determines v^\hat{v} uniquely. Now we formulate last condition:

  1. 4.

    there exits rsβ€²>2​rsr_{s}^{\prime}>2r_{s} such that for almost all (in the sense of Baire category) initial values (x0,P0)βˆˆβ„³(x_{0},P_{0})\in{\cal M} the integral curve of v^\hat{v} starting at (x0,P0)(x_{0},P_{0}) reaches the pullback of Bβˆ–βˆͺs∈Bs​i​n​gD(s,rsβ€²)B\setminus\cup_{s\in B^{sing}}D(s,r_{s}^{\prime}) in finite time.

Using the vector field v^\hat{v} we will construct (under certain genericity assumptions) a set β„’{\cal L} of lines satisfying Assumption A1. Namely, the data consisting of a line ll and an integer-valued 11-form Ξ±l\alpha_{l} (see Section 9) will be an integral line of v^\hat{v}.

We are going to construct lines by induction by the number of collisions. Lines lβˆˆβ„’i​nl\in{\cal L}_{in} will be constructed using condition 3. The genericity assumption mentioned after the condition 4 is the assumption that no more than two lines collide and that initial values for newborn lines will be sufficiently generic. Conditions 1 and 4 plus genericity imply that one can parametrize any line lβˆˆβ„’l\in{\cal L} by the new β€œtime” t>0t>0 such that the Axiom 2 is satisfied. Axiom 6 follows from the condition 2. Other axioms and the Assumption A1 will be satisfied automatically.

Now we would like to discuss Assumption A2.

Proposition 7

Suppose that the metric gg and field vv described above are such that for any (x,P)βˆˆβ„³(x,P)\in{\cal M} there exists C>0C>0 such that

(βˆ‡v(x,P)g)​(nP,nP)≀C​g​(nP,v(x,P)),(\nabla_{v_{(x,P)}}\,g)(n_{P},n_{P})\leq C\,g(n_{P},v_{(x,P)})\,\,,

where nPn_{P} is the normal unit vector to PP directed inside and βˆ‡v(x,P)g\nabla_{v_{(x,P)}}\,g is the covariant derivative of the metric gg considered as a symmetric tensor on the cotangent bundle.

Then the Assumption A2 is satisfied.

Proof. In order to satisfy Assumption A2 it suffices to find such Ξ΅>0\varepsilon>0 that for any x∈Bβˆ–UΒ―1x\in B\setminus\overline{U}_{1} and any half-plane PxβŠ‚Tx​B,  0∈i​n​t​(Px)P_{x}\subset T_{x}B,\,\,0\in int(P_{x}) with the distance d​i​s​tgx​(0,βˆ‚Px)=Ξ΅dist_{g_{x}}(0,\partial P_{x})=\varepsilon, and another half-plane Pxβ€²βŠ‚Tx​BP_{x}^{\prime}\subset T_{x}B parallel to PxP_{x} such that 0βˆˆβˆ‚Pxβ€²0\in\partial P_{x}^{\prime}, one has the following property: if Px+δ​t​v(x,Pxβ€²)P_{x+\delta tv_{(x,P_{x}^{\prime})}} is the half-plane obtained from PxP_{x} by a small covariant (with respect to the affine connection βˆ‡a​f​f\nabla^{aff}) shift δ​t\delta t in the direction of v(x,Pxβ€²)v_{(x,P_{x}^{\prime})}, then

d​i​s​tgx+δ​t​v(x,Pxβ€²)​(0,Px+δ​t​v(x,Pxβ€²))β‰₯d​i​s​tgx​(0,βˆ‚Px).dist_{g_{x+\delta tv_{(x,P_{x}^{\prime})}}}(0,P_{x+\delta tv_{(x,P_{x}^{\prime})}})\geq dist_{g_{x}}(0,\partial P_{x})\,\,.

Here gxg_{x} etc. denotes the induced flat metric on the tangent space Tx​BT_{x}B. This property guarantees that the condition d​i​s​tgx​(0,βˆ‚Pl,t)β‰₯Ξ΅dist_{g_{x}}(0,\partial P_{l,t})\geq\varepsilon will propagate along the line. For a new line obtained as a result of collision of l1l_{1} and l2l_{2} at the times t1t_{1} and t2t_{2} respectively one has

d​i​s​tgx​(0,βˆ‚Pl,0)β‰₯min⁑{d​i​s​tgx​(0,βˆ‚Pl1,t1),d​i​s​tgx​(0,βˆ‚Pl2,t2)}dist_{g_{x}}(0,\partial P_{l,0})\geq\min\{dist_{g_{x}}(0,\partial P_{l_{1},t_{1}}),dist_{g_{x}}(0,\partial P_{l_{2},t_{2}})\}

since βˆ‚Pl,0\partial P_{l,0} contains the intersection point βˆ‚Pl1,t1βˆ©βˆ‚Pl2,t2\partial P_{l_{1},t_{1}}\cap\partial P_{l_{2},t_{2}}, see Figure 7.

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Figure 7: Three half-planes containing zero.

One can easily see that the infinitesimal inequality from above is equivalent to

δ​t​gx​(v(x,Pxβ€²),nPxβ€²)+Ξ΅/2​(gx+δ​t​v(x,Pxβ€²)βˆ’gx)​(nPxβ€²,nPxβ€²)β‰₯0\delta tg_{x}(v_{(x,P_{x}^{\prime})},n_{P_{x}^{\prime}})+\varepsilon/2(g_{x+\delta tv_{(x,P_{x}^{\prime})}}-g_{x})(n_{P_{x}^{\prime}},n_{P_{x}^{\prime}})\geq 0

(the change of the distance consists of two summands: one corresponds to the shift along δ​t​v(x,Px)\delta tv_{(x,P_{x})} with the fixed metric, and the other one corresponds to the change of the metric). Taking the limit δ​tβ†’0\delta t\to 0 we arrive to the inequality for the covariant derivative of the metric with C=2/Ξ΅C=2/\varepsilon. β– \blacksquare

Now our goal is to construct the field of directions vv and the metric gg satisfying the conditions 1–4 and the inequality from the last Propostion. This will conclude the construction of the set β„’{\cal L} of lines satisfying the Assumptions A1 and A2.

Since βˆ‚U1\partial U_{1} is a boundary of the convex set, we can locally model it by the graph of function y=f⁑(x)y=f(x) such that f′′​(x)>0f^{\prime\prime}(x)>0, f′​(x0)=0f^{\prime}(x_{0})=0. We may assume that P=P0P=P_{0} is the upper half-plane. Then we take

v((x,y),P)=βˆ‚/βˆ‚y+(f⁑(x)βˆ’f⁑(x0))/f′​(x)f⁑(x)βˆ’f⁑(x0)+f⁑(x)βˆ’yβˆ‚/βˆ‚x.v_{\left((x,y),P\right)}=\partial/\partial y+{(f(x)-f(x_{0}))/f^{\prime}(x)\over{f(x)-f(x_{0})+f(x)-y}}\,\,\partial/\partial x\,\,.

We extend this local model of vv near βˆ‚U1\partial U_{1} to Bβˆ–UΒ―1B\setminus\overline{U}_{1} in such a way that conditions 1 and 2 are satisfied. It is clear that we can satisfy conditions 3,4 as well by taking a small perturbation of vv. On Figure 8 there is a picture of the field (x,y)↦v((x,y),P0)(x,y)\mapsto v_{\left((x,y),P_{0}\right)}.

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Figure 8: Vector field near βˆ‚U1\partial U_{1} for P=Β the upper half-planeP=\mbox{ the upper half-plane}.

For an arbitrary choice of the metric gg we have g⁑(nP,vz,P)>0g(n_{P},v_{z,P})>0 for all (z,P)βˆˆβ„³(z,P)\in{\cal M}. The problem with inequality

(βˆ‡v(z,P)g)​(nP,nP)≀C​g​(nP,v(z,P))(\nabla_{v_{(z,P)}}\,g)(n_{P},n_{P})\leq Cg(n_{P},v_{(z,P)})

arises only as the point zz approaches βˆ‚U1\partial U_{1}. Indeed, in this case the vector v(z,P)v_{(z,P)} can be very close to the tangent vector to βˆ‚PzβŠ‚Tz​B\partial P_{z}\subset T_{z}B.

Lemma 6

With the above choice of vv assume that the metric satisfies for any zβˆˆβˆ‚U1z\in\partial U_{1} the condition

(βˆ‡ezg)​(nz,nz)=0,(\nabla_{e_{z}}\,g)(n_{z},n_{z})=0\,\,,

where ez∈Tz​Be_{z}\in T_{z}B is the unit tangent vector to βˆ‚U1\partial U_{1} and nzn_{z} is the normal vector to βˆ‚U1\partial U_{1} (all scalar products and lengths are taken with respect to the metric gg).

Then there exists C>0C>0 such that

(βˆ‡v(z,P)g)​(nP,nP)≀C​g​(nP,v(z,P))(\nabla_{v_{(z,P)}}\,g)(n_{P},n_{P})\leq Cg(n_{P},v_{(z,P)})

for all (z,P)βˆˆβ„³(z,P)\in{\cal M}.

Proof. We need to check that the ratio

(βˆ‡v(z,P)g)​(nP,nP)g⁑(nP,v(z,P)){(\nabla_{v_{(z,P)}}\,g)(n_{P},n_{P})}\over{g(n_{P},v_{(z,P)})}

is bounded for (z,P)βˆˆβ„³(z,P)\in{\cal M}.

It suffices to prove the Lemma assuming that U1U_{1} is the parabolic domain {(x,y)βˆˆπ‘2|y>x2}\{(x,y)\in{{\bf R}}^{2}|y>x^{2}\} and PP is the upper half-plane. The vector field v(z,P)v_{(z,P)} is given for z=(x,y)z=(x,y) by the formulas

v(z,P)=βˆ‚/βˆ‚y+x4​x2βˆ’2​yβˆ‚/βˆ‚x.v_{(z,P)}=\partial/\partial y+{x\over{4x^{2}-2y}}\,\partial/\partial x\,\,.

The denominator is equal to g⁑(nP,v(z,P))=⟨d​y,v(z,P)βŸ©β‹…g⁑(βˆ‚/βˆ‚y,βˆ‚/βˆ‚y)=g⁑(βˆ‚/βˆ‚y,βˆ‚/βˆ‚y)=exp⁑(O⁑(1))g(n_{P},v_{(z,P)})=\langle dy,v_{(z,P)}\rangle\cdot\sqrt{g(\partial/\partial y,\partial/\partial y)}=\sqrt{g(\partial/\partial y,\partial/\partial y)}=\exp(O(1)) near (0,0)(0,0).

The numerator is equal to

x4​x2βˆ’2​y​f1​(x,y)+f2​(x,y),{x\over{4x^{2}-2y}}f_{1}(x,y)+f_{2}(x,y)\,\,,

where f1​(x,y)=(βˆ‡βˆ‚/βˆ‚xg)​(nP,nP)f_{1}(x,y)=(\nabla_{\partial/\partial x}\,g)(n_{P},n_{P}) and f2​(x,y)=(βˆ‡βˆ‚/βˆ‚yg)​(nP,nP)f_{2}(x,y)=(\nabla_{\partial/\partial y}\,g)(n_{P},n_{P}) are two C∞C^{\infty}-functions.

By assumption of the Lemma we have f1​(0,0)=0f_{1}(0,0)=0. Therefore |f1​(x,y)|≀c​o​n​s​t​max⁑{|x|,|w|}|f_{1}(x,y)|\leq const\,\max\{|x|,|w|\} where w=x2βˆ’yw=x^{2}-y is a convenient local coordinate near the point (0,0)(0,0). Notice also that f2​(x,y)=O​(1)f_{2}(x,y)=O(1).

Now we can estimate first summand of the numerator assuming that |x||x| and |w||w| are sufficiently small. As we have seen, it is bounded by

I:=xx2+w​O​(max⁑{|x|,|w|}CLOSE.I:={x\over{x^{2}+w}}O(\max\{|x|,|w|\}\,\,.

There are three cases which we need to consider.

a) If 0<w<x20<w<x^{2} then I=xx2​O​(|x|)=O⁑(1)I={x\over{x^{2}}}O(|x|)=O(1).

b) if x2≀w<xx^{2}\leq w<x then I=xw​O​(|x|)=O⁑(1)I={x\over w}O(|x|)=O(1).

c) If x≀w≀1x\leq w\leq 1 the I=xw​O​(|w|)=O⁑(1)I={x\over w}O(|w|)=O(1).

We see that the numerator is bounded. This concludes the proof of Lemma. β– \blacksquare

Finally, we have the following result.

Lemma 7

There exists metric gg satisfying the conditions of Lemma 6.

Proof: First of all, the condition on gg from Lemma 6 is the condition on a loop g|TzBg_{|T_{z}B} of scalar products on 2-dimensional spaces, here zβˆˆβˆ‚U1≃S1z\in\partial U_{1}\simeq S^{1}. We can write g=exp⁑(ψ)​g0g=\exp(\psi)g_{0} where det(g0)=1\det(g_{0})=1 and ψ\psi is a smooth function. Then we have

βˆ‡ez(expβ‘Οˆβ€‹g0)=exp⁑(ψ)β€‹βˆ‡ezg0+exp⁑(ψ)β€‹βˆ‚ez(ψ)​g0.\nabla_{e_{z}}(\exp{\psi}g_{0})=\exp({\psi})\nabla_{e_{z}}g_{0}+\exp(\psi)\partial_{e_{z}}(\psi)\,g_{0}\,\,.

The equation of Lemma 6 gives βˆ‚ezψ=βˆ’(βˆ‡ezg0)(nz,nz)/g0(nz,nz)\partial_{e_{z}}\psi=-(\nabla_{e_{z}}g_{0})(n_{z},n_{z})/g_{0}(n_{z},n_{z}). The RHS of this expression is known as long as we know g0g_{0}. Hence we can say that dβ€‹Οˆ=Ξ²g0d\psi=\beta_{g_{0}}, where Ξ²g0\beta_{g_{0}} is a 1-form depending on the restriction (g0)|βˆ‚U1(g_{0})_{|\partial U_{1}}. We see that it suffices to find such g0g_{0} that βˆ«βˆ‚U1Ξ²g0=0\int_{\partial U_{1}}\beta_{g_{0}}=0 (then ψ\psi and hence gg does exist).

Let us consider the functional I⁑(g0)=∫S1Ξ²g0I(g_{0})=\int_{S^{1}}\beta_{g_{0}}. We can interpret a metric g0g_{0} as a point in the Lobachevsky plane β„‹=S​L​(2,𝐑)/S​O​(2){\cal H}=SL(2,{\bf R})/SO(2). More precisely, let us consider the space SS of pairs (g0,P)(g_{0},P) where g0g_{0} is a positive quadratic form on 𝐑2{\bf R}^{2} such that det(g0)=1\det(g_{0})=1 and PP is a half-plane in 𝐑2{\bf R}^{2} (the meaning of PP is the inward oriented tangent half-plane to βˆ‚U1\partial U_{1} at point zβˆˆβˆ‚U1z\in\partial U_{1}). This space is naturally diffeomorphic to Sβˆ—β€‹(𝐑2)Γ—β„‹S^{\ast}({\bf R}^{2})\times{\cal H}. The latter manifold can be identified in S​L​(2,𝐑)SL(2,{\bf R})-equivariant way with the manifold consisting of pairs (x,y)(x,y), where xβˆˆβ„‹x\in{\cal H} and yy belongs to the absolute. Hence (g0)|βˆ‚U1(g_{0})_{|\partial U_{1}} is (locally) a non-parametrized path in SS (it would be a global path, if the bundle over S1S^{1} given by the all metrics on S1S^{1} with the determinant 11 was trivial).

Next we observe that the variation δ​I​(g0)=∫NΟ‰\delta I(g_{0})=\int_{N}\omega, where NN is a 22-dimensional surface bounded by the paths defined by g0g_{0} and g0+δ​g0g_{0}+\delta g_{0}, and Ο‰\omega is a canonical S​L​(2,𝐑)SL(2,{\bf R})-invariant 22-form on SS. One can show that even by a small variation of the path defined by g0g_{0} we can make I⁑(g0)I(g_{0}) an arbitrary real number. In particular, we can find g0g_{0} such that I⁑(g0)=0I(g_{0})=0. This concludes the proof of Lemma 6. β– \blacksquare

Summarizing, we have constructed a set of lines satisfying the Assumptions A1 and A2. This concludes the proof of Theorem 5. Thus we have obtained a solution of the Lifting Problem, which is a KK-analytic K3 surface.

11.6 Independence and uniqueness

It is natural to ask how the above construction of the KK-analytic K3 surface (Xa​n,Ξ©)(X^{an},\Omega) depends on the choice of the set β„’{\cal L} of lines. We know that the β€œperiods” of Ξ©\Omega (they are encoded in the initial KK-affine structure) do not depend on β„’{\cal L} (see Sections 7.3, 10.4). In the light of Torelli theorem (see Appendix B) it is natural to formulate the following conjecture.

Conjecture 11

The isomorphism class of the pair (Xa​n,Ξ©)(X^{an},\Omega) does not depend on the choice of the set β„’{\cal L} of lines.

More precisely, the change of β„’{\cal L} corresponds to the change of the projection Ο€:=Ο€β„’:Xa​nβ†’B\pi:=\pi_{\cal L}:X^{an}\to B (see Section 7.3).

Remark 4

For B=S2B=S^{2} and Bs​i​n​g={x1,…,x24}B^{sing}=\{x_{1},\dots,x_{24}\} with the standard singular 𝐙{\bf Z}-affine structure we have constructed a KK-analytic K3 surface depending on 2020 parameters in KΓ—K^{\times}. More precisely, we have a 2020-dimensional KK-analytic space of conjugacy classes of representations

Ο€1​(S2βˆ–Bs​i​n​g)β†’S​L​(2,𝐙)⋉(KΓ—)2\pi_{1}(S^{2}\setminus B^{sing})\to SL(2,{{\bf Z}})\ltimes(K^{\times})^{2}

such that the monodromy around each singular point is conjugate to the pair (A,(1,1))(A,(1,1)) where A∈S​L​(2,𝐙)A\in SL(2,{{\bf Z}}) is equal to

(1101).\left(\begin{array}[]{cc}1&1\\ 0&1\end{array}\right)\,\,.

(compare with Section 3.3).

11.7 Remark on the case of positive and mixed characteristic

Our construction of (Xa​n,Ξ©)(X^{an},\Omega) works even without the assumption c​h​a​r​k=0char\,k=0 where kk is the residue field of KK. This can be explained from the point of view of factorization theorem (see Section 10.4). It turns out that symplectomorphisms which appear in the infinite product in the RHS of the factorization theorem are infinite series whose coefficients are integer polynomials in the coefficients of the β€œparent” symplectomorphisms.

For example, let f0​(z)=1+βˆ‘nβ‰₯1cn​znf_{0}(z)=1+\sum_{n\geq 1}c_{n}z^{n} and fβˆžβ€‹(z)=1+βˆ‘nβ‰₯1dn​znf_{\infty}(z)=1+\sum_{n\geq 1}d_{n}z^{n} be two power series convergent when |z|<1|z|<1. Let us consider two symplectomorphisms: F0​(ΞΎ,Ξ·)=(ΞΎ,η​f0​(ΞΎβˆ’1))F_{0}(\xi,\eta)=(\xi,\eta f_{0}(\xi^{-1})) and Fβˆžβ€‹(ΞΎ,Ξ·)=(ξ​fβˆžβ€‹(Ξ·βˆ’1),Ξ·)F_{\infty}(\xi,\eta)=(\xi f_{\infty}(\eta^{-1}),\eta) and decompose F∞∘F0F_{\infty}\circ F_{0} into the infinite ordered product βˆβ†’(FΞ»)\prod_{\to}(F_{\lambda}). Here

Fp/q​(ΞΎ,Ξ·)=(ξ​fp/q​(ΞΎβˆ’pβ€‹Ξ·βˆ’q)q,η​fp/q​(ΞΎβˆ’pβ€‹Ξ·βˆ’q)βˆ’p)F_{p/q}(\xi,\eta)=(\xi f_{p/q}(\xi^{-p}\eta^{-q})^{q},\eta f_{p/q}(\xi^{-p}\eta^{-q})^{-p})

where fp/q​(z)=1+βˆ‘nβ‰₯1cnp/q​znf_{p/q}(z)=1+\sum_{n\geq 1}c_{n}^{p/q}z^{n}. Then one can check that for any coprime p,qβˆˆπ™>0p,q\in{\bf Z}_{>0} and any nβ‰₯1n\geq 1 one has

cnp/qβˆˆπ™β‘[c1,c2,…,d1,d2,…].c_{n}^{p/q}\in{{\bf Z}}[c_{1},c_{2},\dots,d_{1},d_{2},\dots]\,\,.

This implies that our construction works when one replaces KK by arbitrary commutative ring RR endowed with a complete non-trivial valuation val:Rβ†’(βˆ’βˆž,+∞]val:R\to(-\infty,+\infty].

11.8 Further generalizations

First of all, one can introduce a small parameter β„βˆˆK,|ℏ|<1\hbar\in K,|\hbar|<1 of noncommutativity in the picture, coordinates ΞΎ,Ξ·\xi,\eta will not commute but instead satisfy the relation

η​ξ=ξ​η​exp⁑(ℏ).\eta\xi=\xi\eta\exp(\hbar)\,\,.

For such a noncommutative analytic torus one can still define sheaf π’ͺℏc​a​n{\cal O}^{can}_{\hbar} on 𝐑2{\bf R}^{2} by the β€œsame” formula as in the commutative case:

π’ͺℏc​a​n​(U)={βˆ‘n,mβˆˆπ™cn,m​ξn​ηm|βˆ€(x,y)∈U​supn,m(log⁑|cn,m|+n​x+m​y)<∞}{\cal O}^{can}_{\hbar}(U)=\left\{\sum_{n,m\in{\bf Z}}c_{n,m}\xi^{n}\eta^{m}\,|\,\forall(x,y)\in U\,\,\,\sup_{n,m}\left(\log|c_{n,m}|+nx+my\right)<\infty\right\}

where UβŠ‚π‘2U\subset{\bf R}^{2} is connected. Also one can construct a non-commutative deformation of the model sheaf near the singular point. All arguments with the groups work as well. In this way we will obtain a kind of quantized K3 surface over a non-archimeden field.

Secondly, we believe that one can generalize our construction to higher dimensions. Instead of lines there will be codimension one walls which should be flat hypersurfaces with respect to 𝐙{\bf Z}-affine structure and carry foliations by parallel lines. Generically on the intersection of two such foliated hypersurfaces one can β€œseparate” variables into the product of a purely 2-dimensional situation studied in the present paper, and nβˆ’2n-2 dummy variables. Presumably everywhere except a countable union of codimension 2 subsets one can use 2-dimensional factorization and define gluing volume preserving maps. One can hope that by a kind of Hartogs principle the sheaf will have a canonical extension to the whole space BB.

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