Obstructions to positive curvature and symmetry

We discuss new obstructions to positive sectional curvature and symmetry. The main result asserts that the index of the Dirac operator twisted with the tangent bundle vanishes on a 2-connected manifold of dimension ≠8 if the manifold admits a metric of positive sectional curvature and isometric effective S¹-action. The proof relies on the rigidity theorem for elliptic genera and properties of totally geodesic submanifolds.     

On the Existence of Focal Points near Closed Geodesics on Surfaces

We establish some criteria for the existence or nonexistence of focal points near closed geodesics on surfaces. These criteria are in terms of the curvature of the manifold along the closed geodesic and the average values of the partial derivatives of the curvature in the direction perpendicular to the geodesic. Our criteria lead to a new family of examples of surfaces with no focal points. We also show that if S is a compact surface with no focal points and an inequality relating the curvature of the surface to the curvature of the horocycles holds, then the horocycles (considered as curves in S) are uniformly C ^2+Lipschitz.     

Complete surfaces in the hyperbolic space with a constant principal curvature

In this paper we study complete orientable surfaces with a constant principal curvature R in the 3‐dimensional hyperbolic space H ³. We prove that if R² > 1, such a surface is totally umbilical or umbilically free and it can be described in terms of a complete regular curve in H ³. When R² ≤ 1, we show that this result is not true any more by means of several examples. This contradicts a previous statement by Zhisheng [6]. (© 2005 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

On compact submanifolds of nonpositive external curvature in Riemannian spaces

In this paper we consider compact multidimensional surfaces of nonpositive external curvature in a Riemannian space. If the curvature of the underlying space is ≥ 1 and the curvature of the surface is ≤ 1, then in small codimension the surface is a totally geodesic submanifold that is locally isometric to the sphere. Under stricter restrictions on the curvature of the underlying space, the submanifold is globally isometric to the unit sphere. Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 60, No. 1, pp. 3–10, July, 1996.     

Submanifolds Of Maximal Nullity In Symmetric Spaces

A non-totally-geodesic submanifold of relative nullity n — 1 in a symmetric space M is a cylinder over one of the following submanifolds: a surface F ² of nullity 1 in a totally geodesic submanifold N³ ? M locally isometric to S ²(c) × ? or H ²(c) × ?; a submanifold F ^k+1 spanned by a totally geodesic submanifold F ^k(c) of constant curvature moving by a special curve in the isometry group of M; a submanifold F ^k+l of nullity k in a flat totally geodesic submanifold of M; a curve.     

Rigidity for Nonnegatively Curved Metrics on S 2 × R3

We address the question: how large is the family of complete metricswith nonnegative sectional curvature on S ² × R³? We classify theconnection metrics, and give several examples of nonconnection metrics.We provide evidence that the family is small by proving some rigidityresults for metrics more general than connection metrics.

     

Totally umbilical manifolds inG(2,n). I

It is well known that every totally umbilical submanifold of a space of constant curvature is either a small sphere or is totally geodesic. B.-Y. Chen has classified totally umbilical submanifolds of compact, rank one, symmetric spaces ([4], [5]): in particular, they are all extrinsic spheres, that is, they have a parallel mean curvature vector H (or are totally geodesic). In this paper totally umbilical submanifolds F^l of dimension l 3 are classified in the irreducible symmetric space that is "next in complexity": Grassmann manifold G(2, n). Such submanifolds are either 1) totally geodesic [3] or 2) extrinsic spheres [small spheres in totally geodesic spheres; their position in G(2, n) is described here] or 3) essentially totally umbilical (H 0, H 0). If the submanifold is of type 3), then it is either a) an umbilical hypersurface of nonconstant mean curvature in totally geodesic S¹ × S¹ G(2, n) or b) an "oblique diagonal," a diagonal of the product of two small spheres of different radii in totally geodesic S^l+1 × S^l+1 G(2, n) (it has constant mean and sectional curvatures). Submanifolds 3a) and 3b) are described completely. The latter of the two negates two of Chen's conjectures. It is shown that submanifold F^l E^l+2 (l 3) with a totally umbilical Grassmannian image has a totally geodesic Grassmannian image and is classifiable [11].Translated from Ukrainskii Geometricheskii Sbornik, No. 34, pp. 83–98, 1991.     

Minimal helix surfaces in <Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis><Superscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis></Superscript>×ℝ

An immersed surface M in N ⁿ ×ℝ is a helix if its tangent planes make constant angle with ∂ _t . We prove that a minimal helix surface M, of arbitrary codimension is flat. If the codimension is one, it is totally geodesic. If the sectional curvature of N is positive, a minimal helix surfaces in N ⁿ ×ℝ is not necessarily totally geodesic. When the sectional curvature of N is nonpositive, then M is totally geodesic. In particular, minimal helix surfaces in Euclidean n-space are planes. We also investigate the case when M has parallel mean curvature vector: A complete helix surface with parallel mean curvature vector in Euclidean n-space is a plane or a cylinder of revolution. Finally, we use Eikonal f functions to construct locally any helix surface. In particular every minimal one can be constructed taking f with zero Hessian.     

Certain 4-manifolds with non-negative sectional curvature

In this paper, we study certain compact 4-manifolds with non-negative sectional curvature K. If s is the scalar curvature and W. is the self-dual part of Weyl tensor, then it will be shown that there is no metric g on S ^• × S ^• with both (i) K > 0 and (ii) ÷ s − W _• ⩾ 0. We also investigate other aspects of 4-manifolds with non-negative sectional curvature. One of our results implies a theorem of Hamilton: “If a simply-connected, closed 4-manifold M^• admits a metric g of non-negative curvature operator, then M^• is one of S^•, ℂP^• and S^•×S^•”. Our method is different from Hamilton’s and is much simpler. A new version of the second variational formula for minimal surfaces in 4-manifolds is proved.      

Caylay射影平面的全实曲面

It has been shown, under certain conditions on the Gauss curvature, every totally real surface of the Cayley projective plane with parallel mean curvature vector is either flat or totally geodesic.     

On Ricci curvature ofC-totally real submanifolds in Sasakian space forms

LetM ⁿ be a Riemanniann-manifold. Denote byS(p) and Ric(p) the Ricci tensor and the maximum Ricci curvature onM _n, respectively. In this paper we prove that everyC-totally real submanifold of a Sasakian space formM ^2m+1(c) satisfies , whereH ² andg are the square mean curvature function and metric tensor onM ⁿ, respectively. The equality holds identically if and only if eitherM ⁿ is totally geodesic submanifold or n = 2 andM ⁿ is totally umbilical submanifold. Also we show that if aC-totally real submanifoldM ⁿ ofM ²ⁿ⁺¹ (c) satisfies identically, then it is minimal.     

Stable minimal hypersurfaces in locally symmetric spaces

LetM be a complete non‐compact stable minimal hypersurface in a locally symmetric space N of nonnegative Ricci curvature. We prove that if the integral of square norm of the second fundamental form is finite, i.e., ∫_M |A |² dv < ∞, then M must be totally geodesic. (© 2007 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Stability of submanifolds with parallel mean curvature in calibrated manifolds

On a Riemannian manifold $ \bar M^{m + n} $ \bar M^{m + n} with an (m + 1)-calibration Ω, we prove that an m-submanifold M with constant mean curvature H and calibrated extended tangent space ℝH ⋇ TM is a critical point of the area functional for variations that preserve the enclosed Ω-volume. This recovers the case described by Barbosa, do Carmo and Eschenburg, when n = 1 and Ω is the volume element of $ \bar M $ \bar M . To the second variation we associate an Ω-Jacobi operator and define Ω-stability. Under natural conditions, we show that the Euclidean m-spheres are the unique Ω-stable submanifolds of ℝ ^m+n . We study the Ω-stability of geodesic m-spheres of a fibred space form M ^m+n with totally geodesic (m + 1)-dimensional fibres.     

Kenmotsu–Bryant Type Representation Formulas for Constant Mean Curvature Surfaces in ” 3(-c2) and S 3 1(c2)

Let c be a positive constant and H a constant satisfying |H| > c. Our primary object of this paper is to give representation formulas for branched CMC H (constant mean curvature H) surfaces in the hyperbolic 3-space ³(-c²) of constant curvature c², and for spacelike CMC H surfaces in the de Sitter 3-space S ³ ₁(c²) of constant curvature c². These formulas imply, for example, that every CMC H surface in ³(-c²) can be represented locally by a harmonic map to the unit 2-sphere S².     

Totally Real Minimal Surfaces with Non-Circular Ellipse of Curvature in the Nearly Kahler S6

In [2] we discussed almost complex curves in the nearly KählerS⁶. These are surfaces with constant Kähler angle 0 or and, as a consequence of this, are also minimal and have circularellipse of curvature. We also considered minimal immersionswith constant Kähler angle not equal to 0 or , but withellipse of curvature a circle. We showed that these are linearlyfull in a totally geodesic S⁵ in S⁶ and that (in the simplyconnected case) each belongs to the S¹-family of horizontallifts of a totally real (non-totally geodesic) minimal surfacein CP². Indeed, every element of such an S¹-family has constantKähler angle and in each family all constant Kählerangles occur. In particular, every minimal immersion with constantKähler angle and ellipse of curvature a circle is obtainedby rotating an almost complex curve which is linearly full ina totally geodesic S⁵.     

Classification of Lagrangian Surfaces of Curvature e in Non-flat Lorentzian Complex Space Form M12（4ε）

It is well known that a totally geodesic Lagrangian surface in a Lorentzian complex space form M12（4ε） of constant holomorphic sectional curvature 4s is of constant curvature 6. A natural question is ＂Besides totally geodesic ones how many Lagrangian surfaces of constant curvature εin M12（46） are there？＂ In an earlier paper an answer to this question was obtained for the case e = 0 by Chen and Fastenakels. In this paper we provide the answer to this question for the case ε≠0. Our main result states that there exist thirty-five families of Lagrangian surfaces of curvature ε in M12（4ε） with ε ≠ 0. Conversely, every Lagrangian surface of curvature ε≠0 in M12（4ε） is locally congruent to one of the Lagrangian surfaces given by the thirty-five families.     

Invariant surfaces in the homogeneous space Sol with constant curvature

A surface in homogeneous space is said to be an invariant surface if it is invariant under some of the two 1‐parameter groups of isometries of the ambient space whose fix point sets are totally geodesic surfaces. In this work we study invariant surfaces that satisfy a certain condition on their curvatures. We classify invariant surfaces with constant mean curvature and constant Gaussian curvature. Also, we characterize invariant surfaces that satisfy a linear Weingarten relation.     

Holomorphic two-spheres in complex Grassmann manifold <Emphasis Type="Italic">G</Emphasis>(2, 4)

In this paper, we use the harmonic sequence to study the linearly full holomorphic two-spheres in complex Grassmann manifold G(2, 4). We show that if the Gaussian curvature K (with respect to the induced metric) of a non-degenerate holomorphic two-sphere satisfies K ≤ 2 (or K ≥ 2), then K must be equal to 2. Simultaneously, we show that one class of the holomorphic two-spheres with constant curvature 2 is totally geodesic. Concerning the degenerate holomorphic two-spheres, if its Gaussian curvature K ≤ 1 (or K ≥ 1), then K = 1. Moreover, we prove that all holomorphic two-spheres with constant curvature 1 in G(2, 4) must be U (4)-equivalent.     

Diffeomorphisms preserving R‐circles in three dimensional CR manifolds

R ‐circles in (non‐degenerate) three dimensional CR manifolds are the analogues to traces of Lagrangian totally geodesic planes on S³ viewed as the boundary of two dimensional complex hyperbolic space. They form a family of certain Legendrian curves on the manifold. We prove that a diffeomorphism between three dimensional CR manifolds which preserve circles is either a CR diffeomorphism or a conjugate CR diffeomorphism.