Transformations and non-degenerate maps

We shall prove the equivalences of a non-degenerate circle-preserving map and a Mobius transformation in Rn, of a non-degenerate geodesic-preserving map and an isometry in Hn, of a non-degenerate line-preserving map and an affine transformation in Rn. That a map is non-degenerate means that the image of the whole space under the map is not a circle, or geodesic or line respectively. These results hold without either injective or surjective, or even continuous assumptions, which are new and of a fundamental nature in geometry.     

Regularity of harmonic maps with the potential

The aim of this work is to prove the partial regularity of the harmonic maps with potential. The main difficulty caused by the potential is how to find the equation satisfied by the scaling function. Under the assumption on the potential we can obtain the equation, however, for a general potential, even if it is smooth, the partial regularity is still open.     

Harmonic maps from Kähler manifolds

Some Liouville type theorems for harmonic maps from Kähler manifolds are obtained. The main result is to prove that a harmonic map from a bounded symmetric domain (exceptR _IV(2)) to any Riemannian manifold with finite energy has to be constant.     

Gelfand–Zeitlin actions and rational maps

We observe that the analogue of the Gelfand–Zeitlin action on , which exists on any symplectic manifold M with an Hamiltonian action of , has a natural interpretation as a residual action, after we identify M with a symplectic quotient of . We also show that the Gelfand–Zeitlin actions on and on the regular part of can be identified with natural Hamiltonian actions on spaces of rational maps into full flag manifolds, while the Gelfand–Zeitlin action on the whole corresponds to a natural action on a space of rational maps into the manifold of half-full flags in . The research of the first author is supported by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.     

On Hölder maps of cubes

A map of metric spaces f: X → Y satisfying the inequality $$ \left| {f(x) - f(y)} \right| \leqslant C\left| {x - y} \right|^\alpha $$ for some C and α and all x, y ∈ X is called a Hölder map with exponent α. V. I. Arnold posed the following problem: Does there exist a Höldermap from the square onto the cube with exponent 2/3? The firstmain theorem of this paper gives a general method for constructing Höldermaps of compact metric spaces. This construction yields, in particular, a dimension-raising map f: I ⁿ → I ^m with Hölder exponent arbitrarily close to m/n for m > n > 1 and a map I ¹ → I ^m with Hölder exponent 1/m. The second main theorem states the nonexistence of a regular fractal map f: I ⁿ → I ^m with Hölder exponent n/m from the n-cube onto the m-cube for m < 2n.     

Stable ℱ-harmonic maps between Finsler manifolds

In this paper, we derive the first and second variation formulas for JC-harmonic maps between Finsler manifolds, and when F″≤ 0 and n ≥ 3, we prove that there is no nondegenerate stable F-harmonic map between a Riemannian unit sphere Sn and any compact Finsler manifold.     

On the core entropy of Newton maps

In this paper, we define the core entropy for postcritically-finite Newton maps and study its continuity within this family. We show that the entropy function is not continuous in this family, which is different from the polynomial case, and describe completely the continuity of the entropy function at the generic parameters.     

Construction of covering maps between orientable surfaces

Consider the following problem. Can a set of numbers be realized as boundary covering indices of a covering map between surfaces? How to realize them? A set of equivalent criteria for this problem are found, which can be checked by a finite algorithm. Furthermore, the algorithm will also construct a solution if such one exists. As an application, a well_known group of necessary conditions are shown to be not sufficient in infinitely many cases, while in most cases, numbers satisfying them are realizable.     

Heat flow of harmonic maps from noncompact manifolds

The global existence of the heat flow for harmonic maps from noncompact manifolds is considered. When L^m norm of the gradient of initial data is small, the existence of a global solution is proved.     

Property (β) and uniform quotient maps

In 1999, Bates, Johnson, Lindenstrauss, Preiss and Schechtman asked whether a Banach space that is a uniform quotient of ? _p , 1 < p ≠ 2 < ∞, must be isomorphic to a linear quotient of ? _p . We apply the geometric property (β) of Rolewicz to the study of uniform and Lipschitz quotient maps, and answer the above question positively for the case 1 < p < 2. We also give a necessary condition for a Banach space to have c ₀ as a uniform quotient.     

Itô maps and analysis on path spaces

We consider versions of Malliavin calculus on path spaces of compact manifolds with diffusion measures, defining Gross–Sobolev spaces of differentiable functions and proving their intertwining with solution maps, , of certain stochastic differential equations. This is shown to shed light on fundamental uniqueness questions for this calculus including uniqueness of the closed derivative operator d and Markov uniqueness of the associated Dirichlet form. A continuity result for the divergence operator by Kree and Kree is extended to this situation. The regularity of conditional expectations of smooth functionals of classical Wiener space, given , is considered and shown to have strong implications for these questions. A major role is played by the (possibly sub-Riemannian) connections induced by stochastic differential equations: Damped Markovian connections are used for the covariant derivatives.     

Amenability,Poincaré series and quasiconformal maps

Summary Any coveringYX of a hyperbolic Riemann surfaceX of finite area determines an inclusion of Teichmüller spaces Teich(X)Teich(Y). We show this map is an isometry for the Teichmüller metric if the covering isamenable, and contracting otherwise. In particular, we establish <1 for classical Poincaré series (Kra's Theta conjecture).The appendix develops the theory of geometric limits of quadratic differentials, used in this paper and a sequel.Research partially supported by an NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship     

Bézoutians and injectivity of polynomial maps

We prove that an endomorphism f of affine space is injective on rational points if its Bézoutian is constant. Similarly, f is injective at a given rational point if its reduced Bézoutian is constant. We also show that if the Jacobian determinant of f is invertible, then f is injective at a given rational point if and only if its reduced Bézoutian is constant.     

Rigidity for rational maps with Cantor Julia sets

In this paper, we prove that two rational maps with the Cantor Julia sets are quasicon- formally conjugate if they are topologically conjugate.     

Forgetful maps between Deligne–Mostow ball quotients

We study forgetful maps between Deligne–Mostow moduli spaces of weighted points on \mathbbP¹{\mathbb{P}^1} , and classify the forgetful maps that extend to a map of orbifolds between the stable completions. The cases where this happens include the Livné fibrations and the Mostow/Toledo maps between complex hyperbolic surfaces. They also include a retraction of a 3-dimensional ball quotient onto one of its 1-dimensional totally geodesic complex submanifolds.