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   https://doi.org/10.1007/s11005-023-01636-4  

   Carlen, Eric; Müller-Hermes, Alexander (February 2023, Letters in Mathematical Physics)

   Abstract Let$$\phi $$ $\varphi$be a positive map from the$$n\times n$$ $n\times n$matrices$$\mathcal {M}_n$$ $M_n$to the$$m\times m$$ $m\times m$matrices$$\mathcal {M}_m$$ $M_m$. It is known that$$\phi $$ $\varphi$is 2-positive if and only if for all$$K\in \mathcal {M}_n$$ $K\in M_n$and all strictly positive$$X\in \mathcal {M}_n$$ $X\in M_n$,$$\phi (K^*X^{-1}K) \geqslant \phi (K)^*\phi (X)^{-1}\phi (K)$$ $\varphi \left(K^{\ast }{X}^{-1}K\right)⩾\varphi {\left(K\right)}^{\ast }\varphi {\left(X\right)}^{-1}\varphi \left(K\right)$. This inequality is not generally true if$$\phi $$ $\varphi$is merely a Schwarz map. We show that the corresponding tracial inequality$${{\,\textrm{Tr}\,}}[\phi (K^*X^{-1}K)] \geqslant {{\,\textrm{Tr}\,}}[\phi (K)^*\phi (X)^{-1}\phi (K)]$$ $\text{Tr}\left[\varphi \left(K^{\ast }{X}^{-1}K\right)\right]⩾\text{Tr}\left[\varphi {\left(K\right)}^{\ast }\varphi {\left(X\right)}^{-1}\varphi \left(K\right)\right]$holds for a wider class of positive maps that is specified here. We also comment on the connections of this inequality with various monotonicity statements that have found wide use in mathematical physics, and apply it, and a close relative, to obtain some new, definitive results. 

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2. Transversality of holomorphic maps into hyperquadrics

   https://doi.org/10.1007/s00208-025-03134-5  

   Huang, Xiaojun; Zhu, Weixia (March 2025, Mathematische Annalen)

   Abstract We study holomorphic mapsFfrom a smooth Levi non-degenerate real hypersurface$$ M_{\ell }\subset {\mathbb {C}}^n $$ $M_{\ell }\subset C^n$into a hyperquadric$$ {\mathbb {H}}_{\ell '}^N $$ $H_{{\ell }^{\prime }}^N$with signatures$$ \ell \le (n-1)/2 $$ $\ell \le (n-1)/2$and$$ \ell '\le (N-1)/2,$$ ${\ell }^{\prime }\le (N-1)/2,$respectively. Assuming that$$ N - n < n - 1,$$ $N-n<n-1,$we prove that if$$ \ell = \ell ',$$ $\ell ={\ell }^{\prime },$thenFis either CR transversal to$$ {\mathbb {H}}_{\ell }^N $$ $H_{\ell }^N$at every point of$$ M_{\ell },$$ $M_{\ell },$or it maps a neighborhood of$$ M_{\ell } $$ $M_{\ell }$in$$ {\mathbb {C}}^n $$ $C^n$into$$ {\mathbb {H}}_{\ell }^N.$$ $H_{\ell }^N.$Furthermore, in the case where$$ \ell ' > \ell ,$$ ${\ell }^{\prime }>\ell ,$we show that ifFis not CR transversal at$$0\in M_\ell ,$$ $0\in M_{\ell },$then it must be transversally flat. The latter is best possible. 

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3. Lower bounds for incidences

   https://doi.org/10.1007/s00222-025-01331-2  

   Cohen, Alex; Pohoata, Cosmin; Zakharov, Dmitrii (March 2025, Inventiones mathematicae)

   Abstract Let$$p_{1},\ldots ,p_{n}$$ $p_1,\dots ,p_n$be a set of points in the unit square and let$$T_{1},\ldots ,T_{n}$$ $T_1,\dots ,T_n$be a set of$$\delta $$ $\delta$-tubes such that$$T_{j}$$ $T_j$passes through$$p_{j}$$ $p_j$. We prove a lower bound for the number of incidences between the points and tubes under a natural regularity condition (similar to Frostman regularity). As a consequence, we show that in any configuration of points$$p_{1},\ldots , p_{n} \in [0,1]^{2}$$ $p_1,\dots ,p_n\in {[0,1]}^2$along with a line$$\ell _{j}$$ ${\ell }_j$through each point$$p_{j}$$ $p_j$, there exist$$j\neq k$$ $j\ne k$for which$$d(p_{j}, \ell _{k}) \lesssim n^{-2/3+o(1)}$$ $d(p_j,{\ell }_k)\lesssim n^{-2/3+o\left(1\right)}$. It follows from the latter result that any set of$$n$$ $n$points in the unit square contains three points forming a triangle of area at most$$n^{-7/6+o(1)}$$ $n^{-7/6+o\left(1\right)}$. This new upper bound for Heilbronn’s triangle problem attains the high-low limit established in our previous work arXiv:2305.18253. 

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   https://doi.org/10.1017/etds.2018.133  

   LIU, WENCAI (July 2020, Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems)

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   https://doi.org/10.1017/fms.2019.49  

   ARANA-HERRERA, FRANCISCO; ATHREYA, JAYADEV S. (January 2020, Forum of Mathematics, Sigma)

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   Given integers $$g,n\geqslant 0$$ satisfying $2-2g-n<0$ , let $${\mathcal{M}}_{g,n}$$ be the moduli space of connected, oriented, complete, finite area hyperbolic surfaces of genus $$g$$ with $$n$$ cusps. We study the global behavior of the Mirzakhani function $$B:{\mathcal{M}}_{g,n}\rightarrow \mathbf{R}_{{\geqslant}0}$$ which assigns to $$X\in {\mathcal{M}}_{g,n}$$ the Thurston measure of the set of measured geodesic laminations on $$X$$ of hyperbolic length $${\leqslant}1$$ . We improve bounds of Mirzakhani describing the behavior of this function near the cusp of $${\mathcal{M}}_{g,n}$$ and deduce that $$B$$ is square-integrable with respect to the Weil–Petersson volume form. We relate this knowledge of $$B$$ to statistics of counting problems for simple closed hyperbolic geodesics. 

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