Locally symmetric minimal affine Lagrangian surfaces in C2

One of the basic facts known in the theory of minimal Lagrangian surfaces is that a minimal Lagrangian surface of constant curvature in C ² must be totally geodesic. In affine geometry the constancy of curvature corresponds to the local symmetry of a connection. In Opozda (Geom. Dedic. 121:155–166, 2006), we proposed an affine version of the theory of minimal Lagrangian submanifolds. In this paper we give a local classification of locally symmetric minimal affine Lagrangian surfaces in C ². Only very few of surfaces obtained in the classification theorems are Lagrangian in the sense of metric (pseudo-Riemannian) geometry.     

Locally symmetric minimal affine Lagrangian surfaces in C<Superscript>2</Superscript>

One of the basic facts known in the theory of minimal Lagrangian surfaces is that a minimal Lagrangian surface of constant curvature in C ² must be totally geodesic. In affine geometry the constancy of curvature corresponds to the local symmetry of a connection. In Opozda (Geom. Dedic. 121:155–166, 2006), we proposed an affine version of the theory of minimal Lagrangian submanifolds. In this paper we give a local classification of locally symmetric minimal affine Lagrangian surfaces in C ². Only very few of surfaces obtained in the classification theorems are Lagrangian in the sense of metric (pseudo-Riemannian) geometry. The research supported by the KBN grant 1 PO3A 034 26.     

Affine rotational surfaces with vanishing affine curvature

We give a classification of affine rotational surfaces in affine 3-space with vanishing affine Gauss-Kronecker curvature. Non-degenerated surfaces in three dimensional affine space with affine rotational symmetry have been studied by a number of authors (I.C. Lee. [3], P. Lehebel [4], P.A. Schirokow [10], B. Su [12], W. Süss [13]). In the present paper we study these surfaces with the additional property of vanishing affine Gauss-Kronecker curvature, that means the determinant of the affine shape operator is zero. We give a complete classification of these surfaces, which are the affine analogues to the cylinders and cones of rotation in euclidean geometry. These surfaces are examples of surfaces with diagonalizable rank one (affine) shape operator (cf. B. Opozda [8] and B. Opozda, T. Sasaki [7]). The affine normal images are curves.     

Geodesics for Dual Connections and Means on Symmetric Cones

Means on self-dual and homogeneous cones (, i.e., symmetric cones) are discussed from a viewpoint of differential geometry with affine connections. We first define means on symmetric cones in an axiomatic way following [8]. Next we consider dualistic differential geometry (, i.e., Riemannian metric and affine connections) [1] naturally introduced on symmetric cones. Elucidating the relation between the geodesics defined by each affine connection, and operator monotone functions that generate means, we show an important class of means are expressed by the (mid)points on geodesics. Related results on the means and submanifolds in a symmetric cone are also presented.     

Complex affine distributions

Geometry of affine immersions is the study of hypersurfaces that are invariant under affine transformations. As with the hypersurface theory on the Euclidean space, an affine immersion can induce a torsion-free affine connection and a (pseudo)-Riemannian metric on the hypersurface. Moreover, an affine immersion can induce a statistical manifold, which plays a central role in information geometry. Recently, a statistical manifold with a complex structure is actively studied since it connects information geometry and Kähler geometry. However, a holomorphic complex affine immersion cannot induce such a statistical manifold with a Kähler structure. In this paper, we introduce complex affine distributions, which are non-integrable generalizations of complex affine immersions. We then present the fundamental theorem for a complex affine distribution, and show that a complex affine distribution can induce a statistical manifold with a Kähler structure.     

等参函数及相关问题研究

著名的Yau 猜想断言单位球面中的紧致嵌入极小超曲面的Laplace 算子的第一特征值等于其维数. 近年来有许多几何学家致力于对Yau 猜想的研究, 但是到目前为止, 已有的结论只是一些关于第一特征值估计的不等式. 作为本文的一个主要结果, 本文证明了对于单位球面中的等参极小超曲面,Yau 猜想是正确的. 进一步地, 对于等参超曲面的焦流形(实际上是球面的极小子流形), 本文还证明了在一定维数条件下, 它的第一特征值也是其维数.
作为本文的第二个主要结果, 以著名的Schoen-Yau-Gromov-Lawson 的关于数量曲率的手术理论为出发点, 本文在一个Riemann 流形的嵌入超曲面处作手术, 构造了一个新的具有丰富几何性质的流形, 称为double 流形. 特别地, 本文在单位球面的极小等参超曲面处实行了这一手术, 发现得到的double 流形不仅有很复杂的拓扑(但其示性类有精确描述), 还存在数量曲率为正的度量, 更重要的是保持了等参叶状结构.
比Willmore 曲面更广泛的定义是Willmore 子流形, 即Willmore 泛函在球面中的的极值子流形.单位球面中的Willmore 子流形的例子在已有文献中是非常罕见的. 作为本文的另外两个主要结果, 通过深入挖掘单位球面上的OT-FKM- 型等参函数的焦流形的性质, 本文发现其极大值对应的焦流形是单位球面的一系列Willmore 子流形; 之后, 本文用几何办法统一证明了单位球面中具有4 个不同主曲率的等参超曲面的焦流形都是单位球面的Willmore 子流形. 这些新的Willmore 子流形是极小的,但一般不是Einstein 的.     

Affine Kähler hypersurfaces satisfying certain conditions on the curvature tensor

The notion of affine Kähler immersions has been recently introduced by Nomizu-Pinkall-Podestà ([N-Pi-Po]). This work is aimed at giving some results towards the classification of non degenerate affine Kähler hypersurfaces with symmetric and parallel Ricci tensor; this problem generalizes the classical results due to Nomizu-Smyth ([N-S]) in the theory of Kählerian hypersurfaces. In a second section we deal with the case of “semisymmetric” affine Kähler immersions, when the curvature tensor R satisfies R · R = 0 and the Ricci tensor is symmetric, providing a complete classification; for affine Kähler curves we prove that the conditions above are actually equivalent to saying that the immersion is isometric for a suitable Kähler metric in C².     

Affine complete locally convex hypersurfaces

An open problem in affine geometry is whether an affine complete locally uniformly convex hypersurface in Euclidean (n+1)-space is Euclidean complete for n≥2. In this paper we give the affirmative answer. As an application, it follows that an affine complete, affine maximal surface in R ³ must be an elliptic paraboloid. Oblatum 16-VI-2001 & 27-II-2002?Published online: 29 April 2002     

A characterization of the complex paraboloid

In this paper we classify in a global way the umbilical affine definite surfaces in R⁴ with respect to the Nomizu-Vrancken affine normalization introduced in [NV]. We prove that an affine complete affine definite surface in R⁴ is umbilical if and only if it is affine equivalent to the complex paraboloid.     

Erratum to “Affine surfaces in R4 with planar geodesics with respect to the affine metric”

In this work a mistake in the paper is corrected. There is also a new proof of the main theorem which classifies the non-degenerate affine surfaces in R ⁴ having planar geodesics with respect to the affine metric.     

Riemann extensions and affine differential geometry

In order to define an affine immersion of manifolds in affine differential geometry, it is necessary to choose a set of normal planes to the immersed manifold. The theory is then developed after this choice has been made. However, it was shown by A.G.Walker [WA1] that a torsion-free affine connexion on a manifold determines canonically a pseudo-Riemannian metric on the cotangent bundle, called the Riemann-extension of the affine connexion. By making use of this pseudo-Riemannian metric it is possible to define an affine immersion without making a suitable choice of normal planes.     

Geometry of curves and surfaces through the contact map

We introduce a new approach to the study of affine equidistants and centre symmetry sets via a family of maps obtained by reflexion in the midpoints of chords of a submanifold of affine space. We apply this to surfaces in R³, previously studied by Giblin and Zakalyukin, and then apply the same ideas to surfaces in R⁴, elucidating some of the connexions between their geometry and the family of reflexion maps. We also point out some connexions with symplectic topology.     

Kreisflächen im zweifach isotropen Raum

In this paper we consider cyclic surfaces in an isotropic space of degree two, i.e. a three dimensional real affine space with the metric ds²=dx². The local differential geometry of the first and second order of there surfaces is developed. An invariant moving frame is constructed by means of which some interesting questions of the extensive theory are solved.

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Herrn Professor Dr. WERNER BURAU zum 70. Geburtstag     

Moebius geometry of submanifolds in ? n

In this paper we define a Moebius invariant metric and a Moebius invariant second fundamental form for submanifolds in ? ⁿ and show that in case of a hypersurface with n≥ 4 they determine the hypersurface up to Moebius transformations. Using these Moebius invariants we calculate the first variation of the moebius volume functional. We show that any minimal surface in ? ⁿ is also Moebius minimal and that the image in ? ⁿ of any minimal surface in ℝ ⁿ unter the inverse of a stereographic projection is also Moebius minimal. Finally we use the relations between Moebius invariants to classify all surfaces in ?³ with vanishing Moebius form. Received: 18 November 1997     

Lightlike Hypersurfaces on Manifolds Endowed with a Conformal Structure of Lorentzian Signature

The authors study the geometry of lightlike hypersurfaces on manifolds (M, c) endowed with a pseudoconformal structure c = CO(n – 1, 1) of Lorentzian signature. Such hypersurfaces are of interest in general relativity since they can be models of different types of physical horizons. On a lightlike hypersurface, the authors consider the fibration of isotropic geodesics and investigate their singular points and singular submanifolds. They construct a conformally invariant normalization of a lightlike hypersurface intrinsically connected with its geometry and investigate affine connections induced by this normalization. The authors also consider special classes of lightlike hypersurfaces. In particular, they investigate lightlike hypersurfaces for which the elements of the constructed normalization are integrable.     

Another Rigidity Theorem for Affine Immersions

The theorem of Beez-Killing in Euclidean differential geometry states as follows [KN, p.46]. Let f: M ⁿ → Rⁿ⁺¹ be an isometric immersion of an n-dimensional Riemannian manifold into a Euclidean (n + l)-space. If the rank of the second fundamental form of f is greater than 2 at every point, then any isometric immersion of M ⁿ into R ^{n +} 1 is congruent to f. A generalization of this classical theorem to affine differential geometry has been given in [O] (see Theorem 1.5). We shall give in this paper another version of rigidity theorem for affine immersions.     

On geometric vector fields of Minkowski spaces and their applications

As it is well-known, a Minkowski space is a finite dimensional real vector space equipped with a Minkowski functional F. By the help of its second order partial derivatives we can introduce a Riemannian metric on the vector space and the indicatrix hypersurface S:=F⁻¹(1) can be investigated as a Riemannian submanifold in the usual sense.Our aim is to study affine vector fields on the vector space which are, at the same time, affine with respect to the Funk metric associated with the indicatrix hypersurface. We give an upper bound for the dimension of their (real) Lie algebra and it is proved that equality holds if and only if the Minkowski space is Euclidean. Criteria of the existence is also given in lower dimensional cases. Note that in case of a Euclidean vector space the Funk metric reduces to the standard Cayley-Klein metric perturbed with a nonzero 1-form.As an application of our results we present the general solution of Matsumoto's problem on conformal equivalent Berwald and locally Minkowski manifolds. The reasoning is based on the theory of harmonic vector fields on the tangent spaces as Riemannian manifolds or, in an equivalent way, as Minkowski spaces. Our main result states that the conformal equivalence between two Berwald manifolds must be trivial unless the manifolds are Riemannian.     

Affine geometry of special real submanifolds of Cn

In this paper we propose an affine analogue and generalization of the geometry of special Lagrangian submanifolds of Cⁿ.      

On a comparison method for pulse systems in the space Rn

A method for the study of differential equations with pulse influence on the surfaces, which was realized in [1] for a bounded domain in the phase space, is now extended to the entire spaceR ⁿ. We prove theorems on the existence of integral surfaces in the critical case and justify the reduction principle for these equations.Translated from Ukrainskii Matematicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 45, No. 6, pp. 753–762, June, 1993.     

Submanifolds in de sitter space-time satisfying ΔH=λH

In [3] the author initiated the study of submanifolds whose mean curvature vectorH is an eigenvector of the Laplacian Δ and proved that such submanifolds are either biharmonic or of 1-type or of null 2-type. The classification of surfaces with ΔH=λH in a Euclidean 3-space was done by the author in 1988. Moreover, in [4] the author classified such submanifolds in hyperbolic spaces. In this article we study this problem for space-like submanifolds of the Minkowski space-timeE ₁ ^m when the submanifolds lie in a de Sitter space-time. As a result, we characterize and classify such submanifolds in de Sitter space-times.