Compact symplectic solvmanifolds not admitting complex structures

In this paper the authors exhibit a family of 4-dimensional compact solvemanifolds. Each member M ³(k) of the family possesses all of the topological properties of a compact Kähler manifold, yet M ³(k) can have no complex structure. The proof uses Kodaira's classification of compact surfaces.     

On affine sub-families of Grain-like structures

Grain is one of eSTREAM hardware-oriented finalists. It contains a cascade connection of an 80-bit primitive linear feedback shift registers (\({{\mathrm{LFSR}}}\)) into an 80-bit nonlinear feedback shift register (\({{\mathrm{NFSR}}}\)). The variant Grain-128 has a cascade connection with both \({{\mathrm{LFSR}}}\) and \({{\mathrm{NFSR}}}\) of order 128. We consider Grain-like structures, i.e., the cascade connection of a primitive \({{\mathrm{LFSR}}}\) into an \({{\mathrm{NFSR}}}\) of the same order. It is easy to know that in such a structure, all the affine sub-families of the \({{\mathrm{NFSR}}}\) are also the affine sub-families of the cascade connection. We prove that if the degree of the characteristic function of the \({{\mathrm{NFSR}}}\) is bigger than 2, then affine sub-families of the cascade connection must also be affine sub-families of the \({{\mathrm{NFSR}}}\). The same result holds if the order of the primitive \({{\mathrm{LFSR}}}\) is bigger than the order of the \({{\mathrm{NFSR}}}\).     

Conformally parallel G 2 structures on a class of solvmanifolds

Starting from a 6-dimensional nilpotent Lie group N endowed with an invariant SU(3) structure, we construct a homogeneous conformally parallel G₂-metric on an associated solvmanifold. We classify all half-flat SU(3) structures that endow the rank-one solvable extension of N with a conformally parallel G₂ structure. By suitably deforming the SU(3) structures obtained, we are able to describe the corresponding non-homogeneous Ricci-flat metrics with holonomy contained in G₂. In the process we also find a new metric with exceptional holonomy. Received: 20 September     

On the fundamental theorem for non-degenerate complex affine hypersurface immersions

Two geometric versions of the fundamental theorem for non-degenerate complex affine hypersurface immersions are proved. We consider non-degenerate complex affine hypersurface immersions with complex transversal connection form (or equivalently, with holomorphic normalization) and prove that the conormal map is a holomorphic map. These considerations inspired the definitions of complex semi-compatible and complex semi-conjugate connections. This allows us to formulate the integrability conditions of the fundamental theorem, on one hand in terms of the induced connection, which has to be complex semi-compatible and dualH-projective flat, and on the other hand, in terms of its semi-conjugate connection, which has to beH-projective flat. Using this results, we formulate the conditions of the fundamental theorem in terms of anyH-projective flat complex affine connection.Research partially supported by Contract MM 413/1994 with the Ministry of Science and Education of Bulgaria and by Contract 219/1994 with the University of Sofia St. Kl. Ohridcki.     

Incidence structures of affine and protective types

A combinatorial characterization of the incidence structures whose points and blocks are the h– and (h+1)-dimensional subspaces of an affine or protective space is given.Work partially supported by G.N.S.A.G.A. of C.N.R., Italy.     

Locally symmetric complex affine hypersurfaces

In this paper we study non-degenerate locally symmetric complex affine hypersurfaces Mⁿ of the complex affine space, i.e. hypersurfaces satisfying R=0, where is the affine connection induced on Mⁿ by the complex affine structure on the complex affine space, and R is the curvature tensor of . We classify the non-degenerate locally symmetric hypersurfaces Mⁿ, n > 2, and the minimal non-degenerate locally symmetric hypersurfaces Mⁿ, n > 1.Aspirant N.F.W.O. (Belgium)     

On monodromy of complex projective structures

Summary We prove that for any nonelementary representation : ₁(S SL (2, )) of the fundamental group of a closed orientable hyperbolic surfaceS there exists a complex projective structure onS with the monodromy .Oblatum IV-1993 & 24-IV-1994     

On some properties of the curvature and Ricci tensors in complex affine geometry

We present a new approach — which is more general than the previous ones — to the affine differential geometry of complex hypersurfaces inC ⁿ⁺¹. Using this general approach we study some curvature conditions for induced connections.The research supported by Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung and KBN grant no. 2 P30103004.     

Broken hyperbolic structures and affine foliations on surfaces

In this paper, we introduce two new kinds of structures on a non-compact surface: broken hyperbolic structures and broken measured foliations. The space of broken hyperbolic structures contains the Teichmüller space of the surface as a subspace. The space of broken measured foliations is naturally identified with the space of affine foliations of the surface. We describe a topology on the union of the space of broken hyperbolic structures and of the space of broken measured foliations which generalizes Thurston's compactification of Teichmüller space.     

Symplectic half-flat solvmanifolds

We classify solvable Lie groups admitting left invariant symplectic half-flat structure. When the Lie group has a compact quotient by a lattice, we show that these structures provide solutions of supersymmetric equations of type IIA.     

On projective and affine hyperplanes

We study projective and affine factors in 2-coverings and associate canonically a projective space of order 2 and an affine space of order 3 to each Steiner triple system and an affine space of order 2 to each Steiner quadruple system.     

Poisson structures on affine spaces and flag varieties. I. Matrix affine Poisson space

The standard Poisson structure on the rectangular matrix variety Mm,n(C) is investigated, via the orbits of symplectic leaves under the action of the maximal torus T⊂GLm+n(C). These orbits, finite in number, are shown to be smooth irreducible locally closed subvarieties of Mm,n(C), isomorphic to intersections of dual Schubert cells in the full flag variety of GLm+n(C). Three different presentations of the T-orbits of symplectic leaves in Mm,n(C) are obtained: (a) as pullbacks of Bruhat cells in GLm+n(C) under a particular map; (b) in terms of rank conditions on rectangular submatrices; and (c) as matrix products of sets similar to double Bruhat cells in GLm(C) and GLn(C). In presentation (a), the orbits of leaves are parametrized by a subset of the Weyl group Sm+n, such that inclusions of Zariski closures correspond to the Bruhat order. Presentation (b) allows explicit calculations of orbits. From presentation (c) it follows that, up to Zariski closure, each orbit of leaves is a matrix product of one orbit with a fixed column-echelon form and one with a fixed row-echelon form. Finally, decompositions of generalized double Bruhat cells in Mm,n(C) (with respect to pairs of partial permutation matrices) into unions of T-orbits of symplectic leaves are obtained.     

On almost complex structures on tangent bundles

Summary Let <InlineEquation ID=IE"1"><EquationSource Format="TEX"><![CDATA[<InlineEquation ID=IE"2"><EquationSource Format="TEX"><![CDATA[<InlineEquation ID=IE"3"><EquationSource Format="TEX"><![CDATA[<InlineEquation ID=IE"4"><EquationSource Format="TEX"><![CDATA[<InlineEquation ID=IE"5"><EquationSource Format="TEX"><![CDATA[<InlineEquation ID=IE"6"><EquationSource Format="TEX"><![CDATA[<InlineEquation ID=IE"7"><EquationSource Format="TEX"><![CDATA[<InlineEquation ID=IE"8"><EquationSource Format="TEX"><![CDATA[<InlineEquation ID=IE"9"><EquationSource Format="TEX"><![CDATA[<InlineEquation ID=IE"10"><EquationSource Format="TEX"><![CDATA[$]]></EquationSource></InlineEquation>]]></EquationSource></InlineEquation>]]></EquationSource></InlineEquation>]]></EquationSource></InlineEquation>]]></EquationSource></InlineEquation>]]></EquationSource></InlineEquation>]]></EquationSource></InlineEquation>]]></EquationSource></InlineEquation>]]></EquationSource></InlineEquation>]]></EquationSource></InlineEquation>(M,J,g)$ be a K\&quot;ahler--Norden manifold. Using the notions of the horizontal and vertical lifts, a class of almost complex structures $\widetilde J$ is defined on the tangent bundle $T\!M$, and necessary and sufficient conditions for such a structure to be integrable (complex) are described. Next, a class of pseudo-Riemannian metrics $\widetilde g$ of Norden type is defined on $T\!M$, for which $\widetilde J$ is an antiisometry. Thus, the pair $(\widetilde J,\widetilde g)$ becomes an almost complex structure with Norden metric on $T\!M$. It is checked whether the structure $(\widetilde J,\widetilde g)$ is K\&quot;ahler--Norden itself.     

Branched affine and projective structures on compact Riemann surfaces

It is first established that there exist linear manifolds of branched affine structures having certain nonpolar branch divisors and simple polar divisors on an arbitrary compact Riemann surface M of genus g≤1. When ≥2, it is shown that these linear manifolds form a complex analytic vector bundle over the manifold of simple polar divisors on M. When g=1, elliptic functions are used to construct certain projective structures on M. A partial determination is made as to which of these projective structures are affine and which are not.