Finding the Complement of the Invariant Manifolds Transverse to a Given Foliation for a 3D Flow

A method is presented to establish regions of phase space for 3D vector fields through which pass no co-oriented invariant 2D submanifolds transverse to a given oriented 1D foliation. Refinements are given for the cases of volume-preserving or Cartan–Arnol’d Hamiltonian flows and for boundaryless submanifolds.     

Energy of Radial Vector Fields on Compact Rank One Symmetric Spaces

We consider the energy (or the total bending) of unit vector fields oncompact Riemannian manifolds for which the set of its singularitiesconsists of a finite number of isolated points and a finite number ofpairwise disjoint closed submanifolds. We determine lower bounds for theenergy of such vector fields on general compact Riemannian manifolds andin particular on compact rank one symmetric spaces. For this last classof spaces, we compute explicit expressions for the total bending whenthe unit vector field is the gradient field of the distance function toa point or to special totally geodesic submanifolds (i.e., for radialunit vector fields around this point or these submanifolds).     

Phase topology of one irreducible integrable problem in the dynamics of a rigid body

We consider the integrable system with three degrees of freedom for which V. V. Sokolov and A. V. Tsiganov specified the Lax pair. The Lax representation generalizes the L-A pair found by A. G. Reyman and M. A. Semenov-Tian-Shansky for the Kovalevskaya gyrostat in a double field. We give explicit formulas for the additional first integrals K and G (independent almost everywhere), which are functionally related to the coefficients of the spectral curve for the Sokolov-Tsiganov L-A pair. Using this form of the additional integrals K and G and the Kharlamov parametric reduction, we analytically present two invariant four-dimensional submanifolds where the induced dynamical system is Hamiltonian (almost everywhere) with two degrees of freedom. The system of equations specifying one of the invariant submanifolds is a generalization of the invariant relations for the integrable Bogoyavlensky case (rotation of a magnetized rigid body in homogeneous gravitational and magnetic fields). We use the method of critical subsystems to describe the phase topology of the whole system. For each subsystem, we construct the bifurcation diagrams and specify the bifurcations of the Liouville tori both inside the subsystems and in the whole system.     

Harmonic and Minimal Radial Vector Fields

We present new examples of harmonic and minimal unit vector fields. These are radial vector fields on tubular neighbourhoods about points and submanifolds in two-point homogeneous spaces and harmonic manifolds, and about characteristic curves in Sasakian space forms. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

具有平行平均曲率向量场的子流形

本文讨论了具有平行平均曲率向量场的某一类子流形，得到了这类子流形成为全脐点子流形及其余维数减小的充分条件。     

The Maslov form in non-invariant slant submanifolds of S-space-forms

We present a characterization theorem for the Maslov form in certain non-invariant slant submanifolds of S-space-forms to be closed and, from it, we deduce a topological obstruction for these types of non-invariant slant immersions. Moreover, we also give conditions for an anti-invariant submanifolds of an S-manifold, tangent to the structure vector fields, to have closed and conformal Maslov form.     

On numbers not of the form <Emphasis Type=”Italic”>n</Emphasis>-ω(<Emphasis Type=”Italic”>n</Emphasis>)

Summary We introduce a new class of lightlike submanifolds, namely, Screen Cauchy Riemann (SCR) lightlike submanifolds of indefinite Kaehler manifolds. Contrary to CR-lightlike submanifolds, we show that SCR-lightlike submanifolds include invariant (complex) and screen real subcases of lightlike submanifolds. We study some properties of proper totally umbilical SCR-lightlike submanifolds, their invariant (complex) and screen real subcases.     

Screen Cauchy Riemann lightlike submanifolds

Summary We introduce a new class of lightlike submanifolds, namely, Screen Cauchy Riemann (SCR) lightlike submanifolds of indefinite Kaehler manifolds. Contrary to CR-lightlike submanifolds, we show that SCR-lightlike submanifolds include invariant (complex) and screen real subcases of lightlike submanifolds. We study some properties of proper totally umbilical SCR-lightlike submanifolds, their invariant (complex) and screen real subcases.     

Classification des métriques invariantes à gauche sur le groupe de Heisenberg

We give the classification, up to automorphisms, of the left invariant metrics on the Heisenberg group. We determine the Riemannian curvature tensor, the Killing vector fields for these metrics and the minimal codimension of the totaly geodesic submanifolds.

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Travail élaboré à partir d’un séjour du premier auteur à l’Università di Cagliari, dans le cadre d’un contrat de Visiting Professor du C.N.R. d’Italie.     

Biharmonic submanifolds with parallel mean curvature vector field in spheres

We present some results on the boundedness of the mean curvature of proper biharmonic submanifolds in spheres. A partial classification result for proper biharmonic submanifolds with parallel mean curvature vector field in spheres is obtained. Then, we completely classify the proper biharmonic submanifolds in spheres with parallel mean curvature vector field and parallel Weingarten operator associated to the mean curvature vector field.     

On K-Left Invariant Almost Contact 3-Structures

We deal with a manifold M endowed with a K-left invariant almost contact 3-structure. If, in addition, M carries a framed f-structure local Hamiltonians and infinitesimal homotheties are investigated and invariant submanifolds are studied. Finally, properties induced by a ø-Killing vector field are obtained.     

拟常曲率流形中全脐点子流形的拼嵌定理

We study the global umbilic submanifolds with parallel mean curvature vector fields in a Riemannian manifold with quasi constant curvature and get a local pinching theorem about the length of the second fundamental form.     

A totally geodesic property of Hopf vector fields

We prove that the Hopf vector field is unique among geodesic unit vector fields on spheres such that the submanifold generated by the field is totally geodesic in the unit tangent bundle with Sasaki metric. As an application, we give a new proof of stability (instability) of the Hopf vector field with respect to volume variation using standard approach from the theory of submanifolds and find exact boundaries for the sectional curvature of the Hopf vector field.     

On rotationally invariant vector fields in the plane

This work is concerned with global properties of a class of ℂ-valued vector fields in the plane which are rotationally invariant. It is shown that the finite type rotationally invariant vector fields have global first integrals. We also study the global hypoellipticity and global solvability properties of these vector fields.     

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.     

Normal form theory for reversible equivariant vector fields

We give a method to obtain formal normal forms of reversible equivariant vector fields. The procedurewe present is based on the classical method of normal forms combined with tools from invariant theory. Normal forms of two classes of resonant cases are presented, both with linearization having a 2-dimensional nilpotent part and a semisimple part with purely imaginary eigenvalues.     

Hyper-Lagrangian submanifolds of Hyperkähler manifolds and mean curvature flow

In this article, we define a new class of middle dimensional submanifolds of a Hyperkähler manifold which contains the class of complex Lagrangian submanifolds, and show that this larger class is invariant under the mean curvature flow. Along the flow, the complex phase map satisfies the generalized harmonic map heat equation. It is also related to the mean curvature vector via a first order differential equation. Moreover, we proved a result on nonexistence of Type I singularity.     

A classification of totally geodesic and totally umbilical Legendrian submanifolds of $$(\kappa ,\mu )$$-spaces

We present classifications of totally geodesic and totally umbilical Legendrian submanifolds of \((\kappa ,\mu )\)-spaces with Boeckx invariant \(I \le -1\). In particular, we prove that such submanifolds must be, up to local isometries, among the examples that we explicitly construct.