On semilocally simply connected spaces

The purpose of this paper is: (i) to construct a space which is semilocally simply connected in the sense of Spanier even though its Spanier group is non-trivial; (ii) to propose a modification of the notion of a Spanier group so that via the modified Spanier group semilocal simple connectivity can be characterized; and (iii) to point out that with just a slightly modified definition of semilocal simple connectivity which is sometimes also used in literature, the classical Spanier group gives the correct characterization within the general class of path-connected topological spaces.While the condition “semilocally simply connected” plays a crucial role in classical covering theory, in generalized covering theory one needs to consider the condition “homotopically Hausdorff” instead. The paper also discusses which implications hold between all of the abovementioned conditions and, via the modified Spanier groups, it also unveils the weakest so far known algebraic characterization for the existence of generalized covering spaces as introduced by Fischer and Zastrow. For most of the implications, the paper also proves the non-reversibility by providing the corresponding examples. Some of them rely on spaces that are newly constructed in this paper.     

Classification of compact complex homogeneous spaces with invariant volumes

We solve the problem of the classification of compact complex homogeneous spaces with invariant volumes (see Matsushima, 1961).

     

Singular Riemannian foliations on simply connected spaces

A singular foliation on a complete Riemannian manifold is said to be Riemannian if each geodesic that is perpendicular at one point to a leaf remains perpendicular to every leaf it meets. The singular foliation is said to admit sections if each regular point is contained in a totally geodesic complete immersed submanifold that meets every leaf orthogonally and whose dimension is the codimension of the regular leaves. A typical example of such a singular foliation is the partition by orbits of a polar action, e.g. the orbits of the adjoint action of a compact Lie group on itself.We prove that a singular Riemannian foliation with compact leaves that admits sections on a simply connected space has no exceptional leaves, i.e., each regular leaf has trivial normal holonomy. We also prove that there exists a convex fundamental domain in each section of the foliation and in particular that the space of leaves is a convex Coxeter orbifold.     

Classification of simply connected six-dimensional spin manifolds

In this paper we present a differential and homotopic classification of simply connected closed six-dimensional smooth manifolds with a zero two-dimensional Stiefel-Whitney class. The method we employ consists in reducing the classificational problems of calculating the groups of spin bordisms of certain Eilenberg-MacLane spaces. Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov Leningradskogo Otdeleniya Matematicheskogo Instituta im. V. A. Steklova Akad. Nauk SSSR, Vol. 45, pp. 71–74, 1974.     

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.     

Some remarks on convex surfaces in simply connected homogeneous three manifolds

Here we extend Hadamards’ Theorem to other homogeneous three manifolds, i.e., we prove that a compact orientable immersed surface Σ in general position whose principal curvatures κ _i , i = 1, 2, satisfy κ _i ≥ τ, is an embedded sphere.     

Lattices on simplicial partitions which are not simply connected

In this paper, (d+1)-pencil lattices on simplicial partitions in R^d, which are not simply connected, are studied. It is shown, how the fact that a partition is not simply connected can be used to increase the flexibility of a lattice. A local modification algorithm is developed also to deal with slight partition topology changes that may appear afterwards a lattice has already been constructed.     

Existence of twistor spaces of algebraic dimension two over the connected sum of four complex projective planes

We prove the existence of twistor spaces of algebraic dimension two over the connected sum of four complex projective planes . These are the first examples of twistor spaces of algebraic dimension two over a simply connected Riemannian four-manifold with positive scalar curvature. For this purpose we develop a method to distinguish between twistor spaces of algebraic dimension one and two by looking at the order of a certain point in the Picard group of an elliptic curve.

     

A splitting theorem for equifocal submanifolds in simply connected compact symmetric spaces

A submanifold in a symmetric space is called equifocal if it has a globally flat abelian normal bundle and its focal data is invariant under normal parallel transportation. This is a generalization of the notion of isoparametric submanifolds in Euclidean spaces. To each equifocal submanifold, we can associate a Coxeter group, which is determined by the focal data at one point. In this paper we prove that an equifocal submanifold in a simply connected compact symmetric space is a non-trivial product of two such submanifolds if and only if its associated Coxeter group is decomposable. As a consequence, we get a similar splitting result for hyperpolar group actions on compact symmetric spaces. These results are an application of a splitting theorem for isoparametric submanifolds in Hilbert spaces by Heintze and Liu.