Laguerre geometry of hypersurfaces in $$\mathbb{R}^{n}$$

Laguerre geometry of surfaces in is given in the book of Blaschke [Vorlesungen über Differentialgeometrie, Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York (1929)], and has been studied by Musso and Nicolodi [Trans. Am. Math. soc. 348, 4321–4337 (1996); Abh. Math. Sem. Univ. Hamburg 69, 123–138 (1999); Int. J. Math. 11(7), 911–924 (2000)], Palmer [Remarks on a variation problem in Laguerre geometry. Rendiconti di Mathematica, Serie VII, Roma, vol. 19, pp. 281–293 (1999)] and other authors. In this paper we study Laguerre differential geometry of hypersurfaces in . For any umbilical free hypersurface with non-zero principal curvatures we define a Laguerre invariant metric g on M and a Laguerre invariant self-adjoint operator : TM → TM, and show that is a complete Laguerre invariant system for hypersurfaces in with n≥ 4. We calculate the Euler–Lagrange equation for the Laguerre volume functional of Laguerre metric by using Laguerre invariants. Using the Euclidean space , the semi-Euclidean space and the degenerate space we define three Laguerre space forms , and and define the Laguerre embeddings and , analogously to what happens in the Moebius geometry where we have Moebius space forms S ⁿ , and (spaces of constant curvature) and conformal embeddings and [cf. Liu et al. in Tohoku Math. J. 53, 553–569 (2001) and Wang in Manuscr. Math. 96, 517–534 (1998)]. Using these Laguerre embeddings we can unify the Laguerre geometry of hypersurfaces in , and . As an example we show that minimal surfaces in or are Laguerre minimal in .C. Wang Partially supported by RFDP and Chuang-Xin-Qun-Ti of NSFC.     

Kakeya-Type Sets Over Cantor Sets of Directions in $$\mathbb {R}^{d+1}$$

Given a Cantor-type subset \(\Omega \) of a smooth curve in \(\mathbb R^{d+1}\), we construct examples of sets that contain unit line segments with directions from \(\Omega \) and exhibit analytical features similar to those of classical Kakeya sets of arbitrarily small \((d+1)\)-dimensional Lebesgue measure. The construction is based on probabilistic methods relying on the tree structure of \(\Omega \), and extends to higher dimensions an analogous planar result of Bateman and Katz (Math Res Lett 15(1):73–81, 2008). In contrast to the planar situation, a significant aspect of our analysis is the classification of intersecting tube tuples relative to their location, and the deduction of intersection probabilities of such tubes generated by a random mechanism. The existence of these Kakeya-type sets implies that the directional maximal operator associated with the direction set \(\Omega \) is unbounded on \(L^p(\mathbb {R}^{d+1})\) for all \(1\le p<\infty \).     

Surfaces in $${\mathbb{S}^2\times\mathbb{R}}$$ with a canonical principal direction

We show a way to choose nice coordinates on a surface in and use this to study minimal surfaces. We show that only open parts of cylinders over a geodesic in are both minimal and flat. We also show that the condition that the projection of the direction tangent to onto the tangent space of the surface is a principal direction, is equivalent to the condition that the surface is normally flat in . We present classification theorems under the extra assumption of minimality or flatness. J. Fastenakels is a research assistant of the Research Foundation—Flanders (FWO). J. Van der Veken is a postdoctoral researcher supported by the Research Foundation—Flanders (FWO). This work was partially supported by project G.0432.07 of the Research Foundation—Flanders (FWO).     

Complete negatively curved immersed ends in $$\mathbb {R}^3$$

This paper extends, in a sharp way, the famous Efimov’s Theorem to immersed ends in \(\mathbb {R}^3\). More precisely, let M be a non-compact connected surface with compact boundary. Then there is no complete isometric immersion of M into \(\mathbb {R}^3\) satisfying that \(\int _M |K|=+\infty \) and \(K\le -\kappa <0\), where \(\kappa \) is a positive constant and K is the Gaussian curvature of M. In particular Efimov’s Theorem holds for complete Hadamard immersed surfaces, whose Gaussian curvature K is bounded away from zero outside a compact set.     

New complete embedded minimal surfaces in $${{\mathbb {H} ^2\times \mathbb {R}}}$$

We construct three kinds of complete embedded minimal surfaces in \({\mathbb {H}^2\times \mathbb {R}}\) . The first is a simply connected, singly periodic, infinite total curvature surface. The second is an annular finite total curvature surface. These two are conjugate surfaces just as the helicoid and the catenoid are in \({\mathbb {R}^3}\) . The third one is a finite total curvature surface which is conformal to \({\mathbb {S}^2\setminus\{p_1,\ldots,p_k\}, k\geq3.}\)     

Syzygies of Multi-Variable Higher Spin Dirac Operators on $$\mathbb{R}^{3}$$

This paper is a short report on the generalization of some results of our previous paper [12] to the case of spin j/2 Dirac operators in real dimension three for arbitrary odd integer j. We use an explicit formula for the local expression of such operators to study their algebraic properties, construct the compatibility conditions of the overdetermined system associated to the operator in several spatial variables, and we prove that its associated algebraic complex, dual do the BGG sequence coming from representation theory, has substantially the same pattern as the Cauchy-Fueter complex. The author is a member of the Eduard Čech Center and his research is supported by the relative grants.     

Classifying ACM sets of points in $${\mathbb{P}^{1} \times \mathbb{P}^{1}}$$ via separators

The purpose of this note is to give a new, short proof of a classification of ACM sets of points in in terms of separators.     

On the Exponential Dichotomy on $$\mathbb{R}$$ of Linear Differential Equations in $$\mathbb{R}^n$$

We present new results on the exponential dichotomy on the entire axis of linear differential equations in .     

Nonexistence of generalized bent functions from $$\mathbb {Z}_{2}^{n}$$ to $$\mathbb {Z}_{m}$$Zm

In this paper, several nonexistence results on generalized bent functions \(f:\mathbb {Z}_{2}^{n} \rightarrow \mathbb {Z}_{m}\) are presented by using the knowledge on cyclotomic number fields and their imaginary quadratic subfields.     

Beckman-Quarles type theorems for mappings from $$ \mathbb{R}^n $$ to $$ \mathbb{C}^n $$

Summary. Let We say that preserves the distance d 0 if for each implies Let A _n denote the set of all positive numbers d such that any map that preserves unit distance preserves also distance d. Let D _n denote the set of all positive numbers d with the property: if and then there exists a finite set S _xy with such that any map that preserves unit distance preserves also the distance between x and y. Obviously, We prove: (1) (2) for n 2 D _n is a dense subset of (2) implies that each mapping f from to (n 2) preserving unit distance preserves all distances, if f is continuous with respect to the product topologies on and      

Special canal surfaces of $$\mathbb{S}^3$$

Canal surfaces defined as envelopes of 1-parameter families of spheres, can be characterized by the vanishing of one of the conformal principal curvatures. We distinguish special canals which are characterized by the fact that the non-vanishing conformal principal curvature is constant along the characteristic circles and show that they are conformally equivalent to either surfaces of revolution, or to cones over plane curves, or to cylinders over plane curves, so they are isothermic.     

A note on compact Weingarten hypersurfaces embedded in $$\mathbb {R}^{n + 1}$$

We prove that the round sphere is the only compact Weingarten hypersurface embedded in the Euclidean space such that \(H_r = aH + b\), for constants \(a, b \in \mathbb {R}\). Here, \(H_r\) stands for the r-th mean curvature and H denotes the standard mean curvature of the hypersurface.     

Dirac Operators with Singular Potentials Supported on Unbounded Surfaces in $$\mathbb{R}^{3}$$

Functional Analysis and Its Applications - We consider the self-adjointness and essential spectrum of 3D Dirac operators with bounded variable magnetic and electrostatic potentials and with...     

On Quadratic Differentials and Twisted Normal Maps of Surfaces in {\mathbb{S}^{2} \times\mathbb{R}} and {\mathbb{H}^{2} \times\mathbb{R}}

Given a Lie group G with a bi-invariant metric and a compact Lie subgroup K, Bittencourt and Ripoll used the homogeneous structure of quotient spaces to define a Gauss map ${\mathcal{N}:M^{n}\rightarrow{\mathbb{S}}}$ on any hypersupersurface ${M^{n}\looparrowright G/K}$ , where ${{\mathbb{S}}}$ is the unit sphere of the Lie algebra of G. It is proved in Bittencourt and Ripoll (Pacific J Math 224:45–64, 2006) that M ⁿ having constant mean curvature (CMC) is equivalent to ${\mathcal{N}}$ being harmonic, a generalization of a Ruh–Vilms theorem for submanifolds in the Euclidean space. In particular, when n = 2, the induced quadratic differential ${\mathcal{Q}_{\mathcal{N}}:=(\mathcal{N}^{\ast}g)^{2,0}}$ is holomorphic on CMC surfaces of G/K. In this paper, we take ${G/K={\mathbb{S}}^{2}\times{\mathbb{R}}}$ and compare ${\mathcal{Q}_{\mathcal{N}}}$ with the Abresch–Rosenberg differential ${\mathcal{Q}}$ , also holomorphic for CMC surfaces. It is proved that ${\mathcal{Q}=\mathcal{Q}_{\mathcal{N}}}$ , after showing that ${\mathcal{N}}$ is the twisted normal given by (1.5) herein. Then we define the twisted normal for surfaces in ${{\mathbb{H}}^{2}\times{\mathbb{R}}}$ and prove that ${\mathcal{Q}=\mathcal{Q}_{\mathcal{N}}}$ as well. Within the unified model for the two product spaces, we compute the tension field of ${\mathcal{N}}$ and extend to surfaces in ${{\mathbb{H}}^{2}\times{\mathbb{R}}}$ the equivalence between the CMC property and the harmonicity of ${\mathcal{N}.}$      

On Hamiltonian Minimality of Isotropic Nonhomogeneous Tori in $$\mathbb{H}^n$$ and $$\mathbb{C} \mathrm{P}^{2n+1}$$

Mathematical Notes - We construct a family of flat isotropic nonhomogeneous tori in $$\mathbb{H}^n$$ and $$\mathbb{C}\mathrm{P}^{2n+1}$$ and find necessary and sufficient conditions for their...     

Forbidden (0,1)-vectors in Hyperplanes of $$\mathbb{R}^{n}$$: The unrestricted case

In this paper, we continue our investigation on “Extremal problems under dimension constraints” introduced [1]. The general problem we deal with in this paper can be formulated as follows. Let be an affine plane of dimension k in . Given determine or estimate .Here we consider and solve the problem in the special case where is a hyperplane in and the “forbidden set” . The same problem is considered for the case, where is a hyperplane passing through the origin, which surprisingly turns out to be more difficult. For this case we have only partial results.AMS Classification: 05C35, 05B30, 52C99     

A note on the isotopy problem for $$ \mathbb{R}^2 $$ -planes

For a class of stable planes we define a notion of isotopy equivalence with respect to that class and prove that any two planes of a certain class of -planes comprising all affine -planes are isotopy equivalent. Furthermore we obtain that all affine -planes are isotopy equivalent in the class of affine -planes. Finally we give an example which shows that this approach cannot be easily generalized to 2-dimensional projective planes, and we outline a different way for a possible generalization.Received: 27 April 2001