A formally Kähler structure on a knot space of a G 2-manifold

A knot space in a manifold M is a space of oriented immersions ${S^{1} \hookrightarrow M}$ up to Diff(S ¹). J.-L. Brylinski has shown that a knot space of a Riemannian threefold is formally Kähler. We prove that a space of knots in a holonomy G ₂ manifold is formally Kähler.     

Positive\partial \bar \partial - closed currents and non-Kähler geometrycurrents and non-Kähler geometry

In this paper some new results on positive \(\partial \bar \partial - closed\) currents are applied to modifications \(f:\bar M \to M\) . The main result in this topic is that every smooth proper modification of a compact Kähler manifoldM is balanced. Moreover, under suitable hypotheses on the map, the Kähler degrees of \(\bar M\) corresponds to homological properties of the exceptional set of the modification. More examples ofp-Kähler manifolds are discussed in the last section of the paper.     

Deformation of extremal metrics, complex manifolds and the relative Futaki invariant

Let ${(\mathcal {X},\Omega)}$ be a closed polarized complex manifold, g be an extremal metric on ${\mathcal {X}}$ that represents the Kähler class Ω, and G be a compact connected subgroup of the isometry group Isom ${(\mathcal {X}, g)}$ . Assume that the Futaki invariant relative to G is nondegenerate at g. Consider a smooth family ${(\mathcal {M}\to B)}$ of polarized complex deformations of ${(\mathcal {X},\Omega)\simeq (\mathcal {M}_0,\Theta_0)}$ provided with a holomorphic action of G which is trivial on B. Then for every ${t\in B}$ sufficiently small, there exists an ${h^{1,1}(\mathcal {X})}$ -dimensional family of extremal Kähler metrics on ${\mathcal {M}_t}$ whose Kähler classes are arbitrarily close to Θ _t . We apply this deformation theory to show that certain complex deformations of the Mukai–Umemura 3-fold admit Kähler–Einstein metrics.     

Locally conformally Kähler manifolds admitting a holomorphic conformal flow

A manifold M is locally conformally Kähler (LCK) if it admits a Kähler covering ${\tilde{M}}$ with monodromy acting by holomorphic homotheties. Let M be an LCK manifold admitting a holomorphic conformal flow of diffeomorphisms, lifted to a non-isometric homothetic flow on ${\tilde{M}}$ . We show that M admits an automorphic potential, and the monodromy group of its conformal weight bundle is ${\mathbb{Z}}$ .     

Holomorphic submersions of locally conformally Kähler manifolds

A locally conformally Kähler (LCK) manifold is a complex manifold covered by a Kähler manifold, with the covering group acting by homotheties. We show that if such a compact manifold \(X\) admits a holomorphic submersion with positive-dimensional fibers at least one of which is of Kähler type, then \(X\) is globally conformally Kähler or biholomorphic, up to finite covers, to a small deformation of a Vaisman manifold (i.e., a mapping torus over a circle, with Sasakian fiber). As a consequence, we show that the product of a compact non-Kähler LCK and a compact Kähler manifold cannot carry a LCK metric.     

Totally geodesic immersions of Kähler manifolds and Kähler Frenet curves

In a given Kähler manifold (M,J) we introduce the notion of Kähler Frenet curves, which is closely related to the complex structure J of M. Using the notion of such curves, we characterize totally geodesic Kähler immersions of M into an ambient Kähler manifold and totally geodesic immersions of M into an ambient real space form of constant sectional curvature .     

Convolutions of random measures on compact groups

LetG be a compact group andM ₁(G) be the convolution semigroup of all Borel probability measures onG with the weak topology. We consider a stationary sequence {μ _n } _n=?∞ ^+∞ of random measures μ _n =μ _n (ω) inM ₁(G) and the convolutions $$v_{m,n} (\omega ) = \mu _m (\omega )* \cdots *\mu _{n - 1} (\omega ), m< n$$ and $$\alpha _n^{( + k)} (\omega ) = \frac{1}{k}\sum\limits_{i = 1}^k {v_{n,n + i} (\omega ),} \alpha _n^{( - k)} (\omega ) = \frac{1}{k}\sum\limits_{i = 1}^k {v_{n - i,n} (\omega )} $$ We describe the setsA _m ⁺ (ω) andA _n ⁺ (ω) of all limit points ofv _m,n(ω) asm→?∞ orn→+∞ and the setA _∞(ω) of its two-sided limit points for typical realizations of {μ _n (ω)} _n=?∞ ^+∞ . Using an appropriate random ergodic theorem we study the limit random measures ρ _n ^(±) (ω)=lim _k→∞ α _n ^(±k) (ω).     

Quasiconformally instable disc bundles with complex structures

We discuss deformations and the quasiconformal instability of the Kähler geometry of disc bundles that are locally modeled on symmetric rank-one manifolds. The Kähler geometry of these manifolds is associated with natural complex or hypercomplex structures of pinched negative sectional curvature and infinite volume. Their fundamental groups are isomorphic to discrete subgroups of PU(n, 1), PSp(n, 1), or F ₄ ^?20 .     

Über das Schwarzsche Lemma und Verwandte Sätze

Upper bounds for the Jacobian determinant by holomorphic mappings of bounded domainsD into itself were given first more then thirty years ago by Stefan Bergman by means of his theory of the kernel function ofD. In this paper a different method shall be developed and distortion theorems for holomorphic mappings of bounded domains of a Kähler manifoldM ⁿ into a Kähler manifoldM ₀ ⁿ shall be proved. The special casesM ⁿ =C _n (unit sphere of C ⁿ ) andM ⁿ =M ₀ ⁿ =|C _n shall also be considered. The proof depends essentially on the two Hermitian quadratic forms corresponding to the metric and to the Ricci tensor. The manifolds must be of negative Ricci curvature and fulfil two conditions given in section 4.     

Identities of symmetric and skew-symmetric matrices in characteristicp

It is well known how the Kostant-Rowen Theorem extends the validity of the famous Amitsur-Levitzki identity to skew-symmetric matrices. Here we give a general method, based on a graph theoretic approach, for deriving extensions of known permanental-type identities to skew-symmetric and symmetric matrices over a commutative ring of prime characteristic. Our main result has a typical Kostant-Rowen flavour: IfM≥p[n+1/2] then $C_M (X,Y) = \sum\limits_{\alpha ,\beta \in Sym(M)} {x_{\alpha (1)} y_{\beta (1)} x_{\alpha (2)} y_{\beta (2)} } ...x_{\alpha (M)} y_{\beta (M)} = 0$ is an identity onM _n ^? (Ω), the set ofnxn skew-symmetric matrices over a commutative ring Ω withp1_Ω=0 (provided that $P > \sqrt {[n + 1/2)} $ ). Otherwise, the stronger conditionM≥pn implies thatC _M(X,Y)=0 is an identity on the full matrix ringM _n(Ω).     

Jacobians and differents of projective varieties

Let X be a reduced and irreducible projective variety of dimension d. Let π:X→Y be a separable noetherian normalization of X and ? the canonical morphism Ω^d _X/k→Ω^d _L/k. From our main result: $$J_X \varphi (\pi ^* \Omega ^d _{Y/k} ) = \theta _k (X/Y)\varphi (\Omega ^d _{X/k} )$$ we deduce relations among: complementary module C(X/Y), Kähler different θ_k(X/Y), Dedekind different θ_D(X/Y), jacobian ideal J_K and ω-jacobian ideal \(\tilde J_X\) .     

Chern forms,chern numbers and curvature conditions on a Kähler-Einstein surface

In this paper we considered curvature conditions on a Kähler-Einstein surface of general type. In particular we showed that it has negative holomorphic sectional curvature if theL ²-norm of (3C ₂ ?C ₁ ² )/C ₁ ² is sufficiently small, whereC ₁ andC ₂ are the first and second Chern classes of the surfaces. This generalizes a result of Yau on the uniformization of Kähler-Einstein surfaces of general type and with 3C ₂ ?C ₁ ² = 0. Also in the process, we obtain a necessary condition in terms of an inequality between Chern numbers for a Kähler-Einstein metric to have negative holomorphic sectional curvature.     

K?hler Manifolds with Almost Non-negative Ricci Curvature

Compact Kähler manifolds with semi-positive Ricci curvature have been investigated by various authors. From Peternell’s work, if M is a compact Kähler n-manifold with semi-positive Ricci curvature and finite fundamental group, then the universal cover has a decomposition \( \ifmmode\expandafter\tilde\else\expandafter\~\fi{M} \cong X_{1} \times \cdots \times X_{m} \), where X _j is a Calabi-Yau manifold, or a hyperKähler manifold, or X _j satisfies H ⁰(X _j , Ω ^p ) = 0. The purpose of this paper is to generalize this theorem to almost non-negative Ricci curvature Kähler manifolds by using the Gromov-Hausdorff convergence. Let M be a compact complex n-manifold with non-vanishing Euler number. If for any ∈ > 0, there exists a Kähler structure (J _∈, g _∈) on M such that the volume \({\text{Vol}}_{{g_{ \in } }} {\left( M \right)} < V\), the sectional curvature |K(g _∈)| < Λ², and the Ricci-tensor Ric(g _∈)> ?∈g _∈, where V and Λ are two constants independent of ∈. Then the fundamental group of M is finite, and M is diffeomorphic to a complex manifold X such that the universal covering of X has a decomposition, \( \ifmmode\expandafter\tilde\else\expandafter\~\fi{X} \cong X_{1} \times \cdots \times X_{s} \), where X _i is a Calabi-Yau manifold, or a hyperKähler manifold, or X _i satisfies H ⁰(X _i , Ω ^p ) = {0}, p > 0.     

Examples of asymptotically conical Ricci-flat Kähler manifolds

Previously the author has proved that a crepant resolution π : Y → X of a Ricci-flat Kähler cone X admits a complete Ricci-flat Kähler metric asymptotic to the cone metric in every Kähler class in ${H^2_c(Y,\mathbb R)}$ . These manifolds can be considered to be generalizations of the Ricci-flat ALE Kähler spaces known by the work of P. Kronheimer, D. Joyce and others. This article considers further the problem of constructing examples. We show that every 3-dimensional Gorenstein toric Kähler cone admits a crepant resolution for which the above theorem applies. This gives infinitely many examples of asymptotically conical Ricci-flat manifolds. Then other examples are given of which are crepant resolutions hypersurface singularities which are known to admit Ricci-flat Kähler cone metrics by the work of C. Boyer, K. Galicki, J. Kollár, and others. We concentrate on 3-dimensional examples. Two families of hypersurface examples are given which are distinguished by the condition b ₃(Y) = 0 or b ₃(Y) ≠ 0.     

Hermitian-einstein metrics on parabolic stable bundles

Let $\overline M $ be a compact complex manifold of complex dimension two with a smooth Kähler metric and D a smooth divisor on $\overline M $ . If E is a rank 2 holomorphic vector bundle on $\overline M $ with a stable parabolic structure along D, we prove the existence of a metric on $E'{\text{ = }}E|_{\overline M \backslash D} $ (compatible with the parabolic structure) which is Hermitian-Einstein with respect to the restriction of the Kähler metric to $\overline M $ ěD. A converse is also proved.     

On the volume of the projectivized tangent bundle in a complex Finsler manifold

We prove that the volume of PT _z ^{1, 0} M, calculated with respect to a Kähler metric induced by a complex Finsler structure, is a constant. This contrasts sharply with the situation in real Finsler geometry, where the volume of unit tangent sphere at each point x in a real Finsler manifold is in general a function of x. Furthermore, we point out that different metrics have different constants in general.     

Solutions of second order degenerate integro-differential equations in vector-valued function spaces

We study the well-posedness of the second order degenerate integro-differential equations(P2):(Mu)(t)+α(Mu)(t) = Au(t)+ft-∞ a(ts)Au(s)ds + f(t),0t2π,with periodic boundary conditions M u(0)=Mu(2π),(Mu)(0) =(M u)(2π),in periodic Lebesgue-Bochner spaces Lp(T,X),periodic Besov spaces B s p,q(T,X) and periodic Triebel-Lizorkin spaces F s p,q(T,X),where A and M are closed linear operators on a Banach space X satisfying D(A) D(M),a∈L1(R+) and α is a scalar number.Using known operatorvalued Fourier multiplier theorems,we completely characterize the well-posedness of(P2) in the above three function spaces.     

Poincaré polynomial and {SL(2, \mathbb{C})} -representation on Kähler manifolds

The cohomology ring of any compact Kähler manifold gives rise to an ${SL(2, \mathbb{C})}$ -representation. In this short note, we show that the character of this representation essentially is the Poincaré polynomial of this Kähler manifold, which gives a natural interpretation of the Poincaré polynomial for Kähler manifolds. Our result is an analogue to an interpretation of the χ _y genus for holomorphic symplectic manifolds due to George Thompson.     

Wavelet estimations for density derivatives

Donoho et al. in 1996 have made almost perfect achievements in wavelet estimation for a density function f in Besov spaces Bsr,q(R). Motivated by their work, we define new linear and nonlinear wavelet estimators flin,nm, fnonn,m for density derivatives f(m). It turns out that the linear estimation E(‖flinn,m-f(m)‖p) for f(m) ∈ Bsr,q(R) attains the optimal when r≥ p, and the nonlinear one E(‖fnonn,m-f(m)‖p) does the same if r≤p/2(s+m)+1 . In addition, our method is applied to Sobolev spaces with non-negative integer exponents as well.     

Polynomial approximation inL p(S) forp>0

For a simple polytopeS inR ^d andp>0 we show that the best polynomial approximationE _n(f)_p≡E_n(f)L_p(S) satisfies $$E_n \left( f \right)_p \leqslant C\omega _S^r \left( {f,\frac{1}{n}} \right)p,$$ where ω _S ^r is a measure of smoothness off. This result is the best possible in the sense that a weak-type converse inequality is shown and a realization of ω _S ^r (f,t)_p via polynomial approximation is proved.