Growth of Betti numbers

We discuss growth rates of Betti numbers in a family of coverings of a compact cell complex X, when the corresponding L² Betti number of X is zero. We show that the Betti numbers are bounded by a function, sub-linear in the order of the covering. If the appropriate Novikov-Shubin invariant of X is positive, the rate bounds are improved. For well behaved families (such as congruence covers of symmetric spaces), if the L² spectrum of X? has a gap at zero then the growth rate is bounded by the order of the covering raised to a power less than one.     

Le problème de Yamabe avec singularités

Let (Mn,g) be a compact riemannian manifold of dimension n?3. Under some assumptions, we prove that there exists a positive function φ solution of the Yamabe equation

     

Dirichlet spectrum and heat content

Let M be a complete Riemannian manifold and D⊂M a smoothly bounded domain with compact closure. We use Brownian motion to study the relationship between the Dirichlet spectrum of D and the heat content asymptotics of D. Central to our investigation is a sequence of invariants associated to D defined using exit time moments. We prove that our invariants determine that part of the spectrum corresponding to eigenspaces which are not orthogonal to constant functions, that our invariants determine the heat content asymptotics associated to the manifold, and that when the manifold is a generic domain in Euclidean space, the invariants determine the Dirichlet spectrum.     

Complex Monge-Ampère equations and totally real submanifolds

We study the Dirichlet problem for complex Monge-Ampère equations in Hermitian manifolds with general (non-pseudoconvex) boundary. Our main result (Theorem 1.1) extends the classical theorem of Caffarelli, Kohn, Nirenberg and Spruck in Cn. We also consider the equation on compact manifolds without boundary, attempting to generalize Yau's theorems in the Kähler case. As applications of the main result we study some connections between the homogeneous complex Monge-Ampère (HCMA) equation and totally real submanifolds, and a special Dirichlet problem for the HCMA equation related to Donaldson's conjecture on geodesics in the space of Kähler metrics.     

Solutions to a gradient system with resonance at both zero and infinity

In this paper, we study the existence and multiplicity of nontrivial solutions for a gradient system with resonance at both zero and infinity via Morse theory.     

The wave equation on asymptotically de Sitter-like spaces

In this paper we obtain the asymptotic behavior of solutions of the Klein-Gordon equation on Lorentzian manifolds (X^○,g) which are de Sitter-like at infinity. Such manifolds are Lorentzian analogues of the so-called Riemannian conformally compact (or asymptotically hyperbolic) spaces. Under global assumptions on the (null)bicharacteristic flow, namely that the boundary of the compactification X is a union of two disjoint manifolds, Y_±, and each bicharacteristic converges to one of these two manifolds as the parameter along the bicharacteristic goes to +∞, and to the other manifold as the parameter goes to −∞, we also define the scattering operator, and show that it is a Fourier integral operator associated to the bicharacteristic flow from Y₊ to Y₋.     

Heat kernel expansions in vector bundles

Let M be a complete connected smooth (compact) Riemannian manifold of dimension n. Let Π:V→M be a smooth vector bundle over M. Let be a second order differential operator on M, where Δ is a Laplace-Type operator on the sections of the vector bundle V and b a smooth vector field on M. Let k_t(−,−) be the heat kernel of V relative to L. In this paper we will derive an exact and an asymptotic expansion for k_t(x,y₀) where y₀ is the center of normal coordinates defined on M, x is a point in the normal neighborhood centered at y₀. The leading coefficients of the expansion are then computed at x=y₀ in terms of the linear and quadratic Riemannian curvature invariants of the Riemannian manifold M, of the vector bundle V, and of the vector bundle section ? and its derivatives.We end by comparing our results with those of previous authors (I. Avramidi, P. Gilkey, and McKean-Singer).     

Smoothing estimates for the Schrödinger equation with unbounded potentials

We prove a local in time smoothing estimate for a magnetic Schrödinger equation with coefficients growing polynomially at spatial infinity. The assumptions on the magnetic field are gauge invariant and involve only the first two derivatives. The proof is based on the multiplier method and no pseudodifferential techniques are required.     

On the spectrum of the twisted Dolbeault Laplacian over Kähler manifolds

We use Dirac operator techniques to a establish sharp lower bound for the first eigenvalue of the Dolbeault Laplacian twisted by Hermitian-Einstein connections on vector bundles of negative degree over compact Kähler manifolds.     

Autour du théorème de Roth

On Roth's theorem. The celebrated theorem of Roth, together with its generalizations given by Mahler and Ridout, gives a lower bound for the degree of approximation of one or more algebraic numbers with respect to a fixed set of valuations by elements of a fixed number field. An analogous result holds for function fields in characteristic zero. In this paper we do the following: (1) generalize Roth's theorem to the case of fields with a product formula in characteristic zero, removing any technical hypothesis from a previous result of Lang: (2) give a unified proof of Roth's theorem in the number field and function field cases; (3) provide a quantitative version of the general Roth's theorem, extending, even in the number field case, previous results of Bombieri and Van Der Poorten.

     

Hyperbolic mean curvature flow

In this paper we introduce the hyperbolic mean curvature flow and prove that the corresponding system of partial differential equations is strictly hyperbolic, and based on this, we show that this flow admits a unique short-time smooth solution and possesses the nonlinear stability defined on the Euclidean space with dimension larger than 4. We derive nonlinear wave equations satisfied by some geometric quantities related to the hyperbolic mean curvature flow. Moreover, we also discuss the relation between the equations for hyperbolic mean curvature flow and the equations for extremal surfaces in the Minkowski space-time.     

Strict approximate solutions in set-valued optimization with applications to the approximate Ekeland variational principle

This work deals with strict solutions of set-valued optimization problems under the set optimality criterion. In this context, we introduce a new approximate solution concept and we obtain several properties of these solutions when the error is fixed and also for their limit behavior when the error tends to zero. Then we prove a general existence result, which is applied to obtain approximate Ekeland variational principles.     

A renormalized index theorem for some complete asymptotically regular metrics: The Gauss-Bonnet theorem

We study the Gauss-Bonnet theorem as a renormalized index theorem for edge metrics. These metrics include the Poincaré-Einstein metrics of the AdS/CFT correspondence and the asymptotically cylindrical metrics of the Atiyah-Patodi-Singer index theorem. We use renormalization to make sense of the curvature integral and the dimensions of the L²-cohomology spaces as well as to carry out the heat equation proof of the index theorem. For conformally compact metrics even mod xm, we show that the finite time supertrace of the heat kernel on conformally compact manifolds renormalizes independently of the choice of special boundary defining function.     

The first <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis><Superscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis></Superscript>-cohomology of some groups with one end

Let p be a real number greater than one. In this paper we study the vanishing and nonvanishing of the first L ^p -cohomology space of some groups that have one end. We also make a connection between the first L ^p -cohomolgy space and the Floyd boundary of the Cayley graph of a group. We apply the result about Floyd boundaries to show that there exists a real number p such that the first L ^p -cohomology space of a nonelementary hyperbolic group does not vanish. Received: 4 August 2006 Revised: 2 November 2006     

Geometric BVPs, Hardy spaces, and the Cauchy integral and transform on regions with corners

In this paper we give a new perspective on the Cauchy integral and transform and Hardy spaces for Dirac-type operators on manifolds with corners of codimension two. Instead of considering Banach or Hilbert spaces, we use polyhomogeneous functions on a geometrically “blown-up” version of the manifold called the total boundary blow-up introduced by Mazzeo and Melrose [R.R. Mazzeo, R.B. Melrose, Analytic surgery and the eta invariant, Geom. Funct. Anal. 5 (1) (1995) 14-75]. These polyhomogeneous functions are smooth everywhere on the original manifold except at the corners where they have a “Taylor series” (with possible log terms) in polar coordinates. The main application of our analysis is a complete Fredholm theory for boundary value problems of Dirac operators on manifolds with corners of codimension two.     

Sign-changing saddle point

In this paper, the Saddle-point theorems are generalized to a new version by showing that there exists a “sign-changing” saddle point besides zero. The abstract result is applied to the semilinear elliptic boundary value problem

     

An extended Cheeger-Müller theorem for covering spaces

We generalize a theorem of Bismut-Zhang, which extends the Cheeger-Müller theorem on Ray-Singer torsion and Reidemeister torsion, to the case of infinite Galois covering spaces. Our result is stated in the framework of extended cohomology, and generalizes in this case a recent result of Braverman-Carey-Farber-Mathai. It does not use the determinant class condition and thus also (potentially) generalizes several results on L²-torsions due to Burghelea, Friedlander, Kappeler and McDonald. We combine the framework developed by Braverman-Carey-Farber-Mathai on the determinant of extended cohomology with the heat kernel method developed in the original paper of Bismut-Zhang to prove our result.     

Periodic solutions for an asymptotically linear wave equation with resonance

In this paper, we study the existence and multiplicity of nontrivial periodic solutions for an asymptotically linear wave equation with resonance, both at infinity and at zero. The main features are using Morse theory for the strongly indefinite functional and the precise computation of critical groups under conditions which are more general.     

On holomorphic families of Schrödinger-type operators with singular potentials on manifolds of bounded geometry

We consider a family of Schrödinger-type differential expressions L(κ)=D²+V+κV(1), where κ∈C, and D is the Dirac operator associated with a Clifford bundle (E,∇E) of bounded geometry over a manifold of bounded geometry (M,g) with metric g, and V and V(1) are self-adjoint locally integrable sections of EndE. We also consider the family I(κ)=^*(∇F)∇F+V+κV(1), where κ∈C, and ∇F is a Hermitian connection on a Hermitian vector bundle F of bonded geometry over a manifold of bounded geometry (M,g), and V and V(1) are self-adjoint locally integrable sections of EndF. We give sufficient conditions for L(κ) and I(κ) to have a realization in L²(E) and L²(F), respectively, as self-adjoint holomorphic families of type (B). In the proofs we use Kato's inequality for Bochner Laplacian operator and Weitzenböck formula.