A Practical Criterion For Some Submanifolds To Be Totally Geodesic

Our main theorem is a characterization of a totally geodesic K?hler immersion of a complex n-dimensional K?hler manifold M _n into an arbitrary complex (n + p)-dimensional K?hler manifold by observing the extrinsic shape of K?hler Frenet curves on the submanifold M _n . Those curves are closely related to the complex structure of M _n .     

Invariant (α, β)-metrics on homogeneous manifolds

In this paper we study invariant (α, β)-metrics on homogeneous spaces. We first give a method to construct invariant (α, β)-metrics on homogeneous spaces. Then we obtain some conditions for some special type of (α, β)-metrics to be of Berwald type and Douglas type. At last, we give a rigidity result concerning the Randers metrics and Matsumoto metrics of Berwald type on homogeneous spaces. Members of LPMC and supported by NSFC (no. 10671096) and NCET of China. Second author was corresponding author. Authors’ address: Huihui An and Shaoqiang Deng, School of Mathematical Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, People’s Republic of China     

Minkowski Arrangements of Spheres

Let be a non-negative number not greater than 1. Consider an arrangement of (not necessarily congruent) spheres with positive homogenity in the n-dimensional Euclidean space, i.e., in which the infimum of the radii of the spheres divided by the supremum of the radii of the spheres is a positive number. With each sphere S of associate a concentric sphere of radius times the radius of S. We call this sphere the -kernel of S. The arrangement is said to be a Minkowski arrangement of order if no sphere of overlaps the -kernel of another sphere. The problem is to find the greatest possible density of n-dimensional Minkowski sphere arrangements of order . In this paper we give upper bounds on for .     

Submanifolds of Weyl Flat Manifolds

 We consider compact Weyl submanifolds of Weyl flat manifolds with special attention on compact Einstein-Weyl hypersurfaces. In particular, in the last part of the paper, we study Weyl submanifolds of special noncompact manifolds, called PC-manifolds. Received July 16, 2001; in revised form February 6, 2002 Published online August 9, 2002     

A method for the resolution of the Jacobi equation <Emphasis Type="Italic">Y</Emphasis>″ + <Emphasis Type="Italic">RY</Emphasis> = 0 on the manifold <Emphasis Type="Italic">Sp</Emphasis>(2)/<Emphasis Type="Italic">SU</Emphasis>(2)

In this paper a method for the resolution of the differential equation of the Jacobi vector fields in the manifold V ₁ = Sp(2)/SU(2) is exposed. These results are applied to determine areas and volumes of geodesic spheres and balls. Work partially supported by DGI (Spain) and FEDER Projects MTM 2004-06015-C02-01 and MTM 2007-65852 (first author) and by Research Project PGIDIT05PXIB16601PR (second author). Authors’ addresses: A. M. Naveira, Departamento de Geometría y Topología. Facultad de Matemáticas, Avda. Andrés Estellés, N1, 46100 – Burjassot, Valencia, Spain; A. D. Tarrío Tobar, E. U. Arquitectura Técnica, Campus A Zapateira. Universidad de A Coru?a, 15192 – A Coru?a, Spain     

Finding Einstein solvmanifolds by a variational method

We use a variational approach to prove that any nilpotent Lie algebra having a codimension-one abelian ideal, and anyone of dimension , admits a rank-one solvable extension which can be endowed with an Einstein left-invariant riemannian metric. A curve of -dimensional Einstein solvmanifolds is also given. Received: 29 May 2001; in final form: 4 October 2001 / Published online: 4 April 2002     

2-step nilpotent Lie groups of higher rank

We construct a family of simply connected 2-step nilpotent Lie groups of higher rank such that every geodesic lies in a flat. These are as Riemannian manifolds irreducible and arise from real representations of compact Lie algebras. Moreover we show that groups of Heisenberg type do not even infinitesimally have higher rank. Received: 2 July 2001 / Revised version: 19 October 2001     

Classification of locally homogeneous affine connections with arbitrary torsion on 2-dimensional manifolds

The aim of this paper is to classify (locally) all locally homogeneous affine connections with arbitrary torsion on two-dimensional manifolds. Herewith, we generalize the result given by B. Opozda for torsion-less case in [(2004) Classification of locally homogeneous connections on 2-dimensional manifolds. Diff Geom Appl 21: 173–198]. Authors’ addresses: Teresa Arias-Marco, Department of Geometry and Topology, University of Valencia, Vicente Andrés Estellés 1, 46100 Burjassot, Valencia, Spain; Oldřich Kowalski, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of the Charles University, Sokolovská 83, 18600 Praha 8, Czech Republic     

Remarks on η-Einstein unit tangent bundles

We study the geometric properties of the base manifold for the unit tangent bundle satisfying the η-Einstein condition with the canonical contact metric structure. One of the main theorems is that the unit tangent bundle of 4-dimensional Einstein manifold, equipped with the canonical contact metric structure, is η-Einstein manifold if and only if the base manifold is the space of constant sectional curvature 1 or 2. Authors’ addresses: Y. D. Chai, S. H. Chun, J. H. Park, Department of Mathematics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, Korea; K. Sekigawa, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Niigata University, Niigata, 950-2181, Japan     

Ambient connections realising conformal Tractor holonomy

For a conformal manifold we introduce the notion of an ambient connection, an affine connection on an ambient manifold of the conformal manifold, possibly with torsion, and with conditions relating it to the conformal structure. The purpose of this construction is to realise the normal conformal Tractor holonomy as affine holonomy of such a connection. We give an example of an ambient connection for which this is the case, and which is torsion free if we start the construction with a C-space, and in addition Ricci-flat if we start with an Einstein manifold. Thus, for a C-space this example leads to an ambient metric in the weaker sense of Čap and Gover, and for an Einstein space to a Ricci-flat ambient metric in the sense of Fefferman and Graham. Current address for first author: Erwin Schr?dinger International Institute for Mathematical Physics (ESI), Boltzmanngasse 9, 1090 Vienna, Austria Current address for second author: Department of Mathematics, University of Hamburg, Bundesstra?e 55, 20146 Hamburg, Germany     

Constant angle surfaces in $ {\Bbb S}^2\times {\Bbb R} $

In this article we study surfaces in for which the unit normal makes a constant angle with the -direction. We give a complete classification for surfaces satisfying this simple geometric condition.     

On the Energy of Distributions, with Application to the Quaternionic Hopf Fibrations

 The energy of an oriented q-distribution ? in a compact oriented manifold M is defined to be the energy of the section of the Grassmannian manifold of oriented q-planes in M induced by ?. In the Grassmannian, the Sasaki metric is considered. We show here a condition for a distribution to be a critical point of the energy functional. In the spheres, we see that Hopf fibrations are critical points. Later, we prove the instability for these fibrations. (Received 30 December 2000; in revised form 11 April 2001)     

Homogeneity and Curvatures of Geodesic Spheres

We study some scalar curvature invariants on geodesic spheres and use them to characterize several kinds of Riemannian manifolds such as homogenous manifolds and in particular, the two-point homogeneous spaces and the Damek-Ricci spaces.     

Eigenvalue estimates of the Dirac operator depending on the Ricci tensor

We prove a new lower bound for the first eigenvalue of the Dirac operator on a compact Riemannian spin manifold by refined Weitzenb?ck techniques. It applies to manifolds with harmonic curvature tensor and depends on the Ricci tensor. Examples show how it behaves compared to other known bounds. Received: 20 April 2001 / Published online: 5 September 2002     

Totally Umbilic Isometric Immersions and Curves of Order Two

In this paper we study submanifolds by use of extrinsic shapes of some curves having points of proper order 2, and give a condition that they are totally umbilic. This gives an extension of Nomizu-Yano’s result in [7] on a characterization of extrinsic spheres. The second author is partially supported by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) (No. 17540072), Ministry of Education, Science, Sports, Culture and Technology.     

Riemannian submersions with minimal fibers and affine hypersurfaces

Let π : M → B be a Riemannian submersion with minimal fibers. In this article we prove the following results: (1) If M is positively curved, then the horizontal distribution of the submersion is a non-totally geodesic distribution; (2) if M is non-negatively (respectively, negatively) curved, then the fibers of the submersion have non-positive (respectively, negative) scalar curvature; and (3) if M can be realized either as an elliptic proper centroaffine hypersphere or as an improper hypersphere in some affine space, then the horizontal distribution is non-totally geodesic. Several applications are also presented.     

Doubly warped product <Emphasis Type="Italic">CR</Emphasis>-submanifolds in locally conformal Kähler manifolds

In this paper we study doubly warped product CR submanifolds in locally conformal K?hler manifolds, and we found a B.Y. Chen’s type inequality for the second fundamental form of these submanifolds. Beneficiary of a CNR-NATO Advanced Research Fellowship pos. 216.2167 Prot. n. 0015506.     

The Boothby-Wang Fibration of the Iwasawa Manifold as a Critical Point of the Energy

In this paper, we show that the Boothby-Wang fibration of the Iwasawa manifold is an unstable critical point for the energy of a distribution. The work of the first author is partially supported by TBAG-?G/2.     

Invariance Principles for Energy Functionals on Spheres

We study a generalised version of the g-energy functionals defined by Damelin and Grabner. We comment on invariance principles for finite energies and use these principles to obtain expansions of these latter energies in terms of cap discrepancies for a subclass of g. This allows for discrepancy estimates knowing bounds on the energy and vice versa. We are, in particular, able to carefully analyse the case when g gives a Riesz kernel g^R_s when 0<sd or a logarithmic kernel g^L₀ in the limits when 0⁺.The author is supported by the START project Y96-MAT of the Austrian Science Fund.     

Geometry of Warped Product CR-Submanifolds in Kaehler Manifolds

 In this paper we study warped product CR-submanifolds in Kaehler manifolds and introduce the notion of CR-warped products. We prove several fundamental properties of CR-warped products in Kaehler manifolds and establish a general inequality for an arbitrary CR-warped product in an arbitrary Kaehler manifold. We then investigate CR-warped products in a general Kaehler manifold which satisfy the equality case of the inequality. Finally we classify CR-warped products in complex Euclidean space which satisfy the equality. (Received 24 August 2000; in revised form 19 February 2001)