Holomorphic Cartan geometries on complex tori

In [6], it was asked whether all flat holomorphic Cartan geometries $(G,H)$ on a complex torus are translation invariant. We answer this affirmatively under the assumption that the complex Lie group G is affine. More precisely, we show that every holomorphic Cartan geometry of type $(G,H)$, with G a complex affine Lie group, on any complex torus is translation invariant.     

Killing fields of holomorphic Cartan geometries

We study local automorphisms of holomorphic Cartan geometries. This leads to classification results for compact complex manifolds admitting holomorphic Cartan geometries. We prove that a compact Kähler Calabi–Yau manifold bearing a holomorphic Cartan geometry of algebraic type admits a finite unramified cover which is a complex torus.     

Some curvature properties of Cartan spaces with mth root metrics

In this paper, we define some non-Riemannian curvature properties for Cartan spaces. We consider a Cartan space with the mth root metric. We prove that every mth root Cartan space of isotropic Landsberg curvature, or isotropic mean Landsberg curvature, or isotropic mean Berwald curvature reduces to a Landsberg, weakly Landsberg, and weakly Berwald spaces, respectively. Then we show that the mth root Cartan space of almost vanishing H-curvature satisfies H?=?0.     

Cartan Geometries and Dynamics

We show how some basic dynamical ideas can be brought to bear on the study of Cartan geometries. In our main results, we give conditions for certain types of Cartan geometries to have constant curvature. We also consider ergodic actions of `higher-rank' semisimple groups on bundles supporting (not necessarily invariant) Cartan connections and show that these are `standard locally homogeneous' actions provided that some noncompact 1-parameter subgroup `preserves' a Cartan geometry.     

The Cartan ring of a finite group

We determine the structure of the Cartan ring of a finite group G, defined as the Grothendieck ring of G modulo its ideal generated by projective modules, and we identify the ideal of the Cartan ring arising from all relatively Q-projective modules for a p-subgroup Q of G.     

Minimal sets of Cartan foliations

A foliation that admits a Cartan geometry as its transversal structure is called a Cartan foliation. We prove that on a manifold M with a complete Cartan foliation ?, there exists one more foliation (M, \(\mathcal{O}\)), which is generally singular and is called an aureole foliation; moreover, the foliations ? and \(\mathcal{O}\) have common minimal sets. By using an aureole foliation, we prove that for complete Cartan foliations of the type ?/? with a compactly embedded Lie subalgebra ? in ?, the closure of each leaf forms a minimal set such that the restriction of the foliation onto this set is a transversally locally homogeneous Riemannian foliation. We describe the structure of complete transversally similar foliations (M, ?). We prove that for such foliations, there exists a unique minimal set ?, and ? is contained in the closure of any leaf. If the foliation (M, ?) is proper, then ? is a unique closed leaf of this foliation.     

The number of simple modules of a cellular algebra

Let n be a natural number, and let A be an indecomposable cellular algebra such that the spectrum of its Cartan matrix C is of the form {n, 1, …., 1}. In general, not every natural number could be the number of non-isomorphic simple modules over such a cellular algebra. Thus, two natural questions arise: (1) which numbers could be the number of non-isomorphic simple modules over such a cellular algebra A ? (2) Given such a number, is there a cellular algebra such that its Cartan matrix has the desired property ? In this paper, we shall completely answer the first question, and give a partial answer to the second question by constructing cellular algebras with the pre-described Cartan matrix.     

Balanced metrics on Cartan and Cartan–Hartogs domains

This paper consists of two results dealing with balanced metrics (in Donaldson terminology) on noncompact complex manifolds. In the first one we describe all balanced metrics on Cartan domains. In the second one we show that the only Cartan–Hartogs domain which admits a balanced metric is the complex hyperbolic space. By combining these results with those obtained in Loi and Zedda (Mathematische Annalen, 2011, to appear) we also provide the first example of complete, Kähler-Einstein and projectively induced metric g such that α g is not balanced for all α > 0.     

Clifford systems,Cartan hypersurfaces and Riemannian submersions

Cartan hypersurfaces are minimal isoparametric hypersurfaces with 3 distinct constant principal curvatures in unit spheres. In this article, we firstly build a relationship between the focal submanifolds of Cartan hypersurfaces and the Hopf fiberations and give a new proof of the classification result on Cartan hypersurfaces. Nextly, we show that there exists a Riemannian submersion with totally geodesic fibers from each Cartan hypersurface M^3m to the projective planes \({{\mathbb{F}}P^2}\) (\({{\mathbb{F}}={\mathbb{R}},{\mathbb{C}},{\mathbb{H}},{\mathbb{O}}}\) for m = 1, 2, 4, 8, respectively) endowed with the canonical metrics. As an application, we give several interesting examples of Riemannian submersions satisfying a basic equality due to Chen (Proc Jpn Acad Ser A Math Sci 81:162–167, 2005).     

Structurable superalgebras of Cartan type

We describe the simple Lie superalgebras arising from the unital structurable superalgebras of characteristic 0 and construct four series of the unital simple structurable superalgebras of Cartan type. We give a classification of simple structurable superalgebras of Cartan type over an algebraically closed field F of characteristic 0. Together with the Faulkner theorem on the classification of classical such superalgebras, it gives a classification of the simple structurable superalgebras over F.     

CARTAN DECOMPOSITION FOR COMPLEX LOOP GROUPS

In this note we formulate and prove a version of Cartan decomposition for holomorphic loop groups, similar to Cartan decomposition for p-adic loop groups, discussed in [3], [6]. The main technical tool that we use is the (well-known) interpretation of twisted conjugacy classes in the holomorphic loop group in terms of principal holomorphic bundles on an elliptic curve.     

Integral Bases for the Universal Enveloping Algebras of Cartan Map Superalgebras

Let ?? be a finite dimensional complex simple Lie superalgebra of Cartan type and A be a commutative, associative algebra with unity over ?. We refer to the Lie superalgebras of the form ?? ? A as Cartan map superalgebras. In this paper, following Bagci and Chamberlin (J. of Pure and Applied Algebra 218(8), 1563–1576, 2014), we define an integral form for the universal enveloping algebra of the Cartan map superalgebras, and exhibit an explicit integral basis for this integral form.     

The absolute continuity of convolution products of orbital measures in exceptional symmetric spaces

Let G be a non-compact group, K the compact subgroup fixed by a Cartan involution and assume G / K is an exceptional, symmetric space, one of Cartan type E, F or G. We find the minimal integer, L(G),  such that any convolution product of L(G) continuous, K-bi-invariant measures on G is absolutely continuous with respect to Haar measure. Further, any product of L(G) double cosets has non-empty interior. The number L(G) is either 2 or 3, depending on the Cartan type, and in most cases is strictly less than the rank of G.     

On variational approach to differential invariants of rank two distributions

We construct differential invariants for generic rank 2 vector distributions on n-dimensional manifolds, where n?5. Our method for the construction of invariants is completely different from the Cartan reduction-prolongation procedure. It is based on the dynamics of the field of so-called abnormal extremals (singular curves) of rank 2 distribution and on the theory of unparameterized curves in the Lagrange Grassmannian, developed in [A. Agrachev, I. Zelenko, Geometry of Jacobi curves I, J. Dynam. Control Syst. 8 (1) (2002) 93-140; II, 8 (2) (2002) 167-215]. In this way we construct the fundamental form and the projective Ricci curvature of rank 2 vector distributions for arbitrary n?5. In the next paper [I. Zelenko, Fundamental form and Cartan's tensor of (2,5)-distributions coincide, J. Dynam. Control. Syst., in press, SISSA preprint, Ref. 13/2004/M, February 2004, math.DG/0402195] we show that in the case n=5 our fundamental form coincides with the Cartan covariant biquadratic binary form, constructed in 1910 in [E. Cartan, Les systemes de Pfaff a cinque variables et les equations aux derivees partielles du second ordre, Ann. Sci. Ecole Normale 27 (3) (1910) 109-192; reprinted in: Oeuvres completes, Partie II, vol. 2, Gautier-Villars, Paris, 1953, pp. 927-1010]. Therefore first our approach gives a new geometric explanation for the existence of the Cartan form in terms of an invariant degree four differential on an unparameterized curve in Lagrange Grassmannians. Secondly, our fundamental form provides a natural generalization of the Cartan form to the cases n>5. Somewhat surprisingly, this generalization yields a rational function on the fibers of the appropriate vector bundle, as opposed to the polynomial function occurring when n=5. For n=5 we give an explicit method for computing our invariants and demonstrate the method on several examples.     

The Chern–Osserman inequality for minimal surfaces in a Cartan–Hadamard manifold with strictly negative sectional curvatures

We state and prove a Chern–Osserman-type inequality in terms of the volume growth for minimal surfaces S which have finite total extrinsic curvature and are properly immersed in a Cartan–Hadamard manifold N with sectional curvatures bounded from above by a negative quantity K _N ≤b<0 and such that they are not too curved (on average) with respect to the hyperbolic space with constant sectional curvature given by the upper bound b. We also prove the same Chern–Osserman-type inequality for minimal surfaces with finite total extrinsic curvature and properly immersed in an asymptotically hyperbolic Cartan–Hadamard manifold N with sectional curvatures bounded from above by a negative quantity K _N ≤b<0.     

Reducing Homological Conjectures by <Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis>-Recollements

n-recollements of triangulated categories and n-derived-simple algebras are introduced. The relations between the n-recollements of derived categories of algebras and the Cartan determinants, homological smoothness and Gorensteinness of algebras respectively are clarified. As applications, the Cartan determinant conjecture is reduced to 1-derived-simple algebras, and the Gorenstein symmetry conjecture is reduced to 2-derived-simple algebras.     

On special types of nonholonomic contact elements

Our starting point has been a recent clarification of the role of semiholonomic contact elements in the theory of submanifolds of Cartan geometries, Kolá? and Vitolo (2010) [5]. We deduce some further properties of the iterated contact elements by using the general concept of contact (n,F)-element for a regular subcategory F of the category of nonholonomic r-jets. Special attention is paid to the incidence relation of contact F-elements of different dimensions.