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20202026
most citedDistortion coefficients of the -Grushin plane

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math.DG2026

The measure contraction property on Grushin spaces

Michael Albert, Samuël Borza

We determine the sharp measure contraction exponents of two families of Grushin-type metric measure spaces. The radial Grushin space is $\mathbb{R}^{n}\times\mat…

math.DG2026

Ollivier-Ricci curvature for causal sets

Joe Barton, Samuël Borza, Jona Röhrig

We introduce a novel notion of Ollivier-Ricci curvature for causal sets using Lorentzian optimal transport. The construction is motivated by a new Lorentzian asymptotic formula of…

math.DG2026

Constant mean curvature surfaces in the sub-Lorentzian Heisenberg group

Samuël Borza, Andrea Pinamonti, Omar Zoghlami

We study constant horizontal mean curvature surfaces in the sub-Lorentzian Heisenberg group. We derive the first-variation formula for horizontal area under volume-preserving radia…

math.DG2025

Hausdorff dimension and failure of synthetic curvature bounds in the sub-Lorentzian Heisenberg group

Samuël Borza, Chiara Rigoni, Omar Zoghlami

We study the geodesics, Hausdorff dimension, and curvature bounds of the sub-Lorentzian Heisenberg group. Through an elementary variational approach, we provide a new proof of the…

math.DG2025

Geodesics on Grushin spaces

Michael Albert, Samuël Borza, Maria Gordina

We consider higher-dimensional generalizations of the -Grushin plane, focusing on the problem of classification of geodesics that minimize length, also known as optimal synthesi…

math.DG2025

Failure of the measure contraction property via quotients in higher-step sub-Riemannian structures

Samuël Borza, Luca Rizzi

We prove that the synthetic Ricci curvature lower bound known as the measure contraction property (MCP) can fail in sub-Riemannian geometry. This may happen beyond step two, if the…

math.MG2025

Optimal transport on the sub-Lorentzian Heisenberg group

Samuël Borza, Wilhelm Klingenberg, Patrick Wood

We investigate the synthetic metric spacetime structure of the sub-Lorentzian Heisenberg group and we study the optimal transport problem in this space. The sub-Lorentzian version…

math.MG2024

Curvature-dimension condition of sub-Riemannian -Grushin half-spaces

Samuël Borza, Kenshiro Tashiro

We provide new examples of sub-Riemannian manifolds with boundary equipped with a smooth measure that satisfy the condition. They are constructed by equipping…

math.MG2024★ 2 cited

Curvature exponent of sub-Finsler Heisenberg groups

Samuël Borza, Mattia Magnabosco, Tommaso Rossi +1

The curvature exponent of a metric measure space is the smallest number for which the measure contraction property holds. In this paper,…

math.MG2024★ 2 cited

Measure contraction property and curvature-dimension condition on sub-Finsler Heisenberg groups

Samuël Borza, Mattia Magnabosco, Tommaso Rossi +1

In this paper, we investigate the validity of synthetic curvature-dimension bounds in the sub-Finsler Heisenberg group, equipped with a positive smooth measure. Firstly, we study t…

math.MG2023★ 2 cited

Measure contraction property, curvature exponent and geodesic dimension of sub-Finsler -Heisenberg groups

Samuël Borza, Kenshiro Tashiro

We initiate the study of synthetic curvature-dimension bounds in sub-Finsler geometry. More specifically, we investigate the measure contraction property , and…

math.DG2023

Normal forms for the sub-Riemannian exponential map of , , and

Samuël Borza

The goal of this paper is to use singularity theory to find normal forms near the critical points of the sub-Riemannian exponential map. Three cases are studied: the -Grushin pl…

math.DG2022

Local non-injectivity of the exponential map at critical points in sub-Riemannian geometry

Samuël Borza, Wilhelm Klingenberg

We prove that the sub-Riemannian exponential map is not injective in any neighbourhood of certain critical points. Namely that it does not behave like the injective map of reals gi…

math.DG2021★ 3 cited

Regularity and Continuity properties of the sub-Riemannian exponential map

Samuël Borza, Wilhelm Klingenberg

We prove a version of Warner's regularity and continuity properties for the sub-Riemannian exponential map. The regularity property is established by considering sub-Riemannian Jac…

math.MG2020★ 4 cited

Distortion coefficients of the -Grushin plane

Samuël Borza

We compute the distortion coefficients of the -Grushin plane. They are expressed in terms of generalised trigonometric functions. Estimates for the distortion coefficients are t…