On contact metric statistical manifolds

A notion of almost contact metric statistical structure is introduced and thereby contact metric and K-contact statistical structures are defined. Furthermore a necessary and sufficient condition for a contact metric statistical manifold to admit K-contact statistical structure is given. Finally, the condition for an odd-dimensional statistical manifold to have K-contact statistical structure is expressed.     

3-Quasi-Sasakian manifolds

In the present article we carry on a systematic study of 3-quasi-Sasakian manifolds. In particular, we prove that the three Reeb vector fields generate an involutive distribution determining a canonical totally geodesic and Riemannian foliation. Locally, the leaves of this foliation turn out to be Lie groups: either the orthogonal group or an abelian one. We show that 3-quasi-Sasakian manifolds have a well-defined rank, obtaining a rank-based classification. Furthermore, we prove a splitting theorem for these manifolds assuming the integrability of one of the almost product structures. Finally, we show that the vertical distribution is a minimum of the corrected energy.      

An existence theorem for stationary discs in almost complex manifolds

An existence theorem for stationary discs of strongly pseudo-convex domains in almost complex manifolds is proved. More precisely, it is shown that, for all points of a suitable neighborhood of the boundary and for any vector belonging to certain open subsets of the tangent spaces, there exists a unique stationary disc passing through that point and tangent to the given vector. This result gives a generalization of a theorem of B. Coupet, H. Gaussier and the second author, originally proved only for almost complex structures which are small deformations of an integrable one.     

Distributions on almost contact manifolds

It is known that any hypersurface in an almost complex space admits an almost contact manifold [11, 14]. In this article we show that a hyperplane in an almost contact manifold has an almost complex structure. Along with this result, we explain how to determine when an almost contact structure induces a contact structure, followed by examples of a manifold with a closed G₂-structure.     

Fano contact manifolds and nilpotent orbits

A contact structure on a complex manifold M is a corank 1 subbundle F of T_M such that the bilinear form on F with values in the quotient line bundle L = T_M/F deduced from the Lie bracket of vector fields is everywhere non-degenerate. In this paper we consider the case where M is a Fano manifold; this implies that L is ample.?If is a simple Lie algebra, the unique closed orbit in (for the adjoint action) is a Fano contact manifold; it is conjectured that every Fano contact manifold is obtained in this way. A positive answer would imply an analogous result for compact quaternion-Kahler manifolds with positive scalar curvature, a longstanding question in Riemannian geometry.?In this paper we solve the conjecture under the additional assumptions that the group of contact automorphisms of M is reductive, and that the image of the rational map M P(H ₀(M, L)*) sociated to L has maximum dimension. The proof relies on the properties of the nilpotent orbits in a semi-simple Lie algebra, in particular on the work of R. Brylinski and B. Kostant. Received: July 28, 1997     

Generalized Contact Manifolds

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环流形上的极值度量——存在性和K-稳定性

本文主要研究环流形上的极值度量的存在性和K-稳定性.本文将Donaldson关于环流形上有关常数量曲率度量的稳定性概念的约化推广到一般的极值度量的情形.通过这个约化,本文证明环流形上极值度量的存在性可以推出流形对于环形变的相对K-稳定性.在不知道是否存在极值度量的情形下,本文还给出环流形相对K-稳定的一个充分性条件.对环曲面的情形,基于Arrezo-Pacard-Singer的工作,本文证明任意一个环曲面上存在含有极值度量的Ka¨hler类,并给出一些环曲面上有不存在极值度量的K¨ahler类的例子.关于一般的环流形上的极值度量的存在性,本文用变分方法研究其弱解,证明在能量泛函逆紧性假设下,存在弱极小化子.     

Geometric properties of almost contact metric 3-submersions

Summary In this paper, we discuss some geometric properties of three types of Riemannian submersions whose total space is an almost contact metric manifold with 3-structure. The study is focused on the transference of structures.     

On the upper-semicontinuity of automorphism groups of model domains in almost complex manifolds

We will prove that the automorphism groups of the strongly pseudoconvex model domains in almost complex manifolds are isomorphically embedded into the automorphism group of the unit ball.     

Classification of homogeneous CR-manifolds in dimension 4

Locally homogeneous CR-manifolds in dimension 3 were classified, up to local CR-equivalence, by E. Cartan. We classify, up to local CR-equivalence, all locally homogeneous CR-manifolds in dimension 4. The classification theorem enables us also to classify all symmetric CR-manifolds in dimension 4, up to local CR-equivalence.     

About the geometry of almost para-quaternionic manifolds

We provide a general criterion for the integrability of the almost para-quaternionic structure of an almost para-quaternionic manifold of dimension 4m8 in terms of the integrability of two or three sections of the defining rank three vector bundle . We relate it with the integrability of the canonical almost complex structure of the twistor space and with the integrability of the canonical almost para-complex structure of the reflector space of . We deduce that has plenty of locally defined, compatible, complex and para-complex structures, provided that is integrable.     

Generalized Cauchy--Riemann lightlike submanifolds of Kaehler manifolds

Summary We introduce a class of submanifolds, namely, Generalized Cauchy--Riemann (GCR) lightlike submanifolds of indefinite Kaehler manifolds. We show that this new class is an umbrella of invariant (complex), screen real [8] and CR lightlike [6] submanifolds. We study the existence (or non-existence) of this new class in an indefinite space form. Then, we prove characterization theorems on the existence of totally umbilical, irrotational screen real, complex and CR minimal lightlike submanifolds. We also give one example each of a non totally geodesic proper minimal GCR and CR lightlike submanifolds.     

Some classes of Kenmotsu manifolds with respect to semi-symmetric metric connection

In this paper, we study conharmonic curvature tensor in Kenmotsu manifolds with respect to semi-symmetric metric connection and also characterize conharmonically flat, conharmonically semi-symmetric and φ-conharmonically flat Kenmotsu manifolds with respect to semi-symmetric metric connection.     

Harmonic Almost Contact Structures

An almost contact metric structure is parametrized by a section σ of an associated homogeneous fibre bundle, and conditions for σ to be a harmonic section, and a harmonic map, are studied. These involve the characteristic vector field ξ, and the almost complex structure in the contact subbundle. Several examples are given where the harmonic section equations for σ reduce to those for ξ, regarded as a section of the unit tangent bundle. These include trans-Sasakian structures. On the other hand, there are examples where ξ is harmonic but σ is not a harmonic section. Many examples arise by considering hypersurfaces of almost Hermitian manifolds, with the induced almost contact structure, and comparing the harmonic section equations for both structures.      

The zero curvature equation for rigid CR-manifolds

In this paper, we present the general analytic solution to the zero curvature equation for rigid three-dimensional CR-manifolds. The solutions are uniquely determined by one function and four real parameters.     

Invariant manifolds, global attractors, almost automorphic and almost periodic solutions of non-autonomous differential equations

The paper is devoted to the study of non-autonomous evolution equations: invariant manifolds, compact global attractors, almost periodic and almost automorphic solutions. We study this problem in the framework of general non-autonomous (cocycle) dynamical systems. First, we prove that under some conditions such systems admit an invariant continuous section (an invariant manifold). Then, we obtain the conditions for the existence of a compact global attractor and characterize its structure. Third, we derive a criterion for the existence of almost periodic and almost automorphic solutions of different classes of non-autonomous differential equations (both ODEs (in finite and infinite spaces) and PDEs).     

Generalized gradients and characterization of epi-Lipschitz sets in Riemannian manifolds

In this paper, a notion of generalized gradient on Riemannian manifolds is considered and a subdifferential calculus related to this subdifferential is presented. A characterization of the tangent cone to a nonempty subset S of a Riemannian manifold M at a point x is obtained. Then, these results are applied to characterize epi-Lipschitz subsets of complete Riemannian manifolds.     

Some classes of almost contact metric manifolds and contact Riemannian submersions

Locally conformal almost quasi-Sasakian manifolds are related to the Chinea--Gonzales classification of almost contact metric manifolds. It follows that these manifolds set up a wide class of almost contact metric manifolds containing several interesting subclasses. Contact Riemannian submersions whose total space belongs to each of the considered classes are then investigated. The explicit expression of the integrability tensor and of the mean curvature vector field of each fibre are given. This allows us to state the integrability of the horizontal distribution and/or the minimality of the fibres in particular cases. The classes of the base space and of the fibres are also determined, so extending several well-known results.