Balanced Hermitian structures on almost abelian Lie algebras

We study balanced Hermitian structures on almost abelian Lie algebras, i.e. on Lie algebras with a codimension-one abelian ideal. In particular, we classify six-dimensional almost abelian Lie algebras which carry a balanced structure. It has been conjectured in [1] that a compact complex manifold admitting both a balanced metric and an SKT metric necessarily has a Kähler metric: we prove this conjecture for compact almost abelian solvmanifolds with left-invariant complex structures. Moreover, we investigate the behaviour of the flow of balanced metrics introduced in [2] and of the anomaly flow [3] on almost abelian Lie groups. In particular, we show that the anomaly flow preserves the balanced condition and that locally conformally Kähler metrics are fixed points.     

Métriques de révolution d'un disque et invariance par rotation de la longueur des géodésiques

We give a geometrical proof of a Muhometov type inequality, for a single Riemannian metric defined on a closed disc in the plane. We mainly study the case of equality which is achieved if and only if the distance between points on the boundary is invariant under rotation along the boundary. We show that this implies that the metric itself must be invariant under rotation, at least when the metric is analytic or of nonpositive curvature.     

The isoperimetric problem on surfaces of revolution of decreasing Gauss curvature

We prove that the least-perimeter way to enclose prescribed area in the plane with smooth, rotationally symmetric, complete metric of nonincreasing Gauss curvature consists of one or two circles, bounding a disc, the complement of a disc, or an annulus. We also provide a new isoperimetric inequality in general surfaces with boundary.

     

Filling minimality of finslerian 2-discs

We prove that every Riemannian metric on the 2-disc such that all its geodesics are minimal is a minimal filling of its boundary (within the class of fillings homeomorphic to the disc). This improves an earlier result of the author by removing the assumption that the boundary is convex. More generally, we prove this result for Finsler metrics with area defined as the two-dimensional Holmes-Thompson volume. This implies a generalization of Pu’s isosystolic inequality to Finsler metrics, both for the Holmes-Thompson and Busemann definitions of the Finsler area.     

Convex regions of Lorentzian manifolds

Summary In this paper we study the geodesic connectedness of some open connected subsets (regions) of a Lorentzian manifold, using a convexity property of the boundary of such regions. Necessary and sufficient conditions on the metric are given for the convexity of the boundary of such regions. Finally it is presented a result on the geodesic connectedeness of the whole manifold which relates the asymptotic behaviour of the coefficients of the metric to the convexity of the boundary of a family of regions which cover the manifold.Sponsored by M.U.R.S.T. (research funds 40%–60%).     

Unimodal maps as boundary restrictions of two-dimensional full-folding maps

It is shown that every unimodal map is realized as a restriction of a simple map defined on the unit disc to a part of its boundary. Our two-dimensional map is called a full-folding map, which is defined generally on a compact metric space. It is a generalization of the full tent map in that it has two homeomorphic inverse maps and thus every non-critical point has two inverse images.     

热源强迫的边界层低涡解及其应用

考虑边界层低涡为受非绝热加热和摩擦强迫并满足热成风平衡的轴对称涡旋系统,采用Boussinesq近似,通过求解柱坐标系中涡旋模式的初值问题,分析了热源强迫对低涡流场结构的影响．结果表明:热源强迫对低涡的流场结构有重要影响,并且这种影响的具体表现形式与加热的径向分布有密切关系．对边界层涡旋解讨论的结果可以解释青藏高原低涡系统的某些重要结构特征．     

On the determination of mixed mode stress intensity factors of an angled crack in a disc using FEM

This paper is concerned with the rigorous determination of the stress intensity factors of an arbitrary located and oriented angled crack in discs using the finite element method. Three different loading conditions are examined: boundary loadings resulting from disc attachments and/or interference fit with a rotating shaft, body forces resulting from rotation at a constant angular velocity and thermal stresses associated with a quadratic radial temperature distribution. Three techniques are adopted in the evaluation of the resulting mixed-mode stress intensity factors: direct extrapolation methods, virtual crack extension and J-integral method. Verification with available referenced solutions for the simple case of a radial crack is provided and merits and limitations associated with the above three methods are discussed.     

Error bounds in the gap metric for dissipative balanced approximations

We derive an error bound in the gap metric for positive real balanced truncation and positive real singular perturbation approximation. We prove these results by working in the context of dissipative driving-variable systems, as in behavioral and state/signal systems theory. In such a framework no prior distinction is made between inputs and outputs. Dissipativity preserving balanced truncation of dissipative driving-variable systems is addressed and a gap metric error bound is obtained. Bounded real and positive real input–state–output systems are manifestations of a dissipative driving-variable system through particular decompositions of the signal space. Under such decompositions the existing bounded real and positive real balanced truncation schemes can be seen as special cases of dissipative balanced truncation and the new positive real error bounds follow.     

Normality and boundary behaviour of arbitrary and meromorphic functions along simple curves and applications

In this paper, we establish some theorems giving necessary and sufficient conditions for an arbitrary function defined in the unit disc of the complex plane to have boundary values along classes of an equivalence relation over simple curves. Our results generalize the well-known theorems on asymptotic and angular boundary behaviours of meromorphic functions (Lindelölf-, Lehto–Virtanen- and Seidel–Walsh-type theorems). The obtained results are applied to the study of boundary behaviour of meromorphic functions along curves using P-sequences, as well as in the proof of the uniqueness theorem similar to ?aginjan’s one. The constructed examples of functions show that the results cannot be improved.     

Busemann points of infinite graphs

We provide a geometric condition which determines whether or not every point on the metric boundary of a graph with the standard path metric is a Busemann point, that is, it is the limit point of a geodesic ray. We apply this and a related condition to investigate the structure of the metric boundary of Cayley graphs. We show that groups such as the braid group and the discrete Heisenberg group have boundary points of the Cayley graph which are not Busemann points when equipped with their usual generators.

     

A regularity classification of boundary points for p-harmonic functions and quasiminimizers

In this paper it is shown that irregular boundary points for p-harmonic functions as well as for quasiminimizers can be divided into semiregular and strongly irregular points with vastly different boundary behaviour. This division is emphasized by a large number of characterizations of semiregular points. The results hold in complete metric spaces equipped with a doubling measure supporting a Poincaré inequality. They also apply to Cheeger p-harmonic functions and in the Euclidean setting to A-harmonic functions, with the usual assumptions on A.     

On Hilbert-type boundary-value problem of poly-Hardy class on the unit disc

In this article, the poly-Hardy class on the unit disc is introduced and the boundary behaviour of the function in this class is discussed. Then the method used in Wang (Y.F. Wang, On modified Hilbert boundary-value problems of polyanalytic functions, Math. Methods Appl. Sci. 32 (2009), pp. 1415–1427) is applied to Hilbert-type boundary-value problems for the poly-Hardy class on the unit disc, and the expression of solution and the condition of solvability are explicitly obtained.     

The stability of the boundary layer on a compliant rotating disc

The boundary layer over a infinite rotating disc is 3D and offinite depth. The breakdown and eventual transition of flowover the surface is preceded by the emergence of crossflow vorticesthat are stationary with respect to the disc. These result froman inviscid instability mechanism associated with an inflexionpoint within the boundary layer's velocity profile or a mechanisminduced by the balance between viscous and Coriolis forces.It has been seen in past studies that compliance can substantiallypostpone the onset of transition, therefore the aim of thisresearch is to investigate whether compliance can be used asa useful tool to do so here. We use numerical and asymptoticmethods to predict possible behaviour by calculating growthrates and producing neutral solutions for the wave number andorientation of both inviscid and viscous modes. The resultsobtained suggest that the inviscid mode of instability willbe stabilized by compliance but the viscous mode will be greatlydestabilized.     

The Set of Pre-Ends and the Ideal Boundary of a Manifold without Boundary

Relations between prime pre-ends and elements of the ideal boundary of a manifold without boundary are studied. The cases of a manifold with Mazurkiewicz or Riemannian intrinsic metric and of a manifold with quasihyperbolic metric are considered.     

The Berezin Transform and Radial Operators on the Bergman Space of the Unit Ball

In this paper, we investigate the connection between compactness of operators on the Bergman space and the boundary behaviour of the corresponding Berezin transform. We prove that for a class of operators that we call radial operators, an oscillation criterion and diagonal are sufficient conditions under which the compactness of an operator is equivalent to the vanishing of the Berezin transform on the unit sphere. We further study a special class of radial operators, i.e., Toeplitz operators with a radial L ¹(B _n ) symbol.     

度量空间的序列覆盖边界紧映象(英文)

本文主要讨论了度量空间的序列覆盖边界紧映象.用序列商、序列覆盖或1-序列覆盖的纤维边界紧或有限来刻画具有sn网或弱基的空间.主要结果如下:(1)度量空间上的序列覆盖边界紧映射是1-序列覆盖映射;(2)空间X是度量空间的序列商边界紧映象当且仅当X是snf-第一可数空间;(3)空间X是度量空间的序列覆盖边界紧S映象当且仅当X有点可数sn-网.     

Métriques autoduales sur la boule

A conformal metric on a 4-ball induces on the boundary 3-sphere a conformal metric and a trace-free second fundamental form. Conversely, such a data on the 3-sphere is the boundary of a unique selfdual conformal metric, defined in a neighborhood of the sphere. In this paper we characterize the conformal metrics and trace-free second fundamental forms on the 3-sphere (close to the standard round metric) which are boundaries of selfdual conformal metrics on the whole 4-ball. When the data on the boundary is reduced to a conformal metric (the trace-free part of the second fundamental form vanishes), one may hope to find in the conformal class of the filling metric an Einstein metric, with a pole of order 2 on the boundary. We determine which conformal metrics on the 3-sphere are boundaries of such selfdual Einstein metrics on the 4-ball. In particular, this implies the Positive Frequency Conjecture of LeBrun. The proof uses twistor theory, which enables to translate the problem in terms of complex analysis; this leads us to prove a criterion for certain integrable CR structures of signature (1,1) to be fillable by a complex domain. Finally, we solve an analogous, higher dimensional problem: selfdual Einstein metrics are replaced by quaternionic-K?hler metrics, and conformal structures on the boundary by quaternionic contact structures (previously introduced by the author); in contrast with the 4-dimensional case, we prove that any small deformation of the standard quaternionic contact structure on the (4m−1)-sphere is the boundary of a quaternionic-K?hler metric on the (4m)-ball. Oblatum 29-XI-2000 & 7-XI-2001?Published online: 1 February 2002     

Analysis of fluid separation in microfluidic T-channels

The behaviour of a fluid, which may contain particle suspensions, flowing in micro-dimensional channels is governed by both viscous and surface tension forces as well as high shear rates and geometric effects such as bifurcations, constriction, and high surface-to-volume ratio. This paper discusses some of the key design factors affecting fluid behaviour in micro-engineered products containing a main channel, constriction and side channel bifurcations. Differences in fluid behaviour at the macro and micro-scales are discussed. The dynamic bulk fluid behaviour is characterised in terms of: (i) fluid properties, (ii) governing physics and (iii) microchannel geometric features.At this stage of the analysis the fluids are assumed to be Newtonian and single phase, where any particle suspension is represented through a bulk density and viscosity. Based on these assumptions Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is used to investigate the effect of both product inlet and outlet boundary conditions on the bulk flow behaviour. Discussions are provided on how these boundary conditions can affect particle separation efficiency. In particular, the so called pull-design whereby the fluid is pulled out of the device at the outlet, is shown to offer better performance compared to the mode of operation where the fluid is pushed into the device at the inlet. It is also observed that increasing the pressure at the outlet of the main channel can achieve a balanced flow rate ratio which leads to a uniform separation performance among all bifurcations.     

On Shunkov groups with a strongly embedded subgroup

The problem of reconstructing a locally Euclidean metric on a disk from the geodesic curvature of the boundary given in the sought metric is considered. This problem is an analog and a generalization of the classical problem of finding a closed plane curve from its curvature given as a function of the arc length. The solution of this problem in our approach can be interpreted as finding a plane domain with the standard Euclidean metric whose boundary has a given geodesic curvature.