Centroaffine space curves with constant curvatures and homogeneous surfaces

We study the geometric characters of a centroaffine space curve with vanishing centroaffine curvatures, and classify the centroaffine space curves with constant centroaffine curvatures, which are centroaffine homogeneous curves in ${\mathbb{R}^3}$ . Moreover, we can find a centroaffine homogeneous surface on which such a space curve lies.     

Curves in Affine and Semi-Euclidean Spaces

In this paper we define centroaffine invariant arc length and curvature functions of a curve in affine n-space. Then we consider the properties and relations of the curves in affine space and Semi-Euclidean space. Using these notions and conclusions, by solving certain differential equations, we give some examples and classifications of the curves in affine 2-space and 3-space.     

δ-invariants and their applications to centroaffine geometry

We introduce the notion of δ-invariant for curvature-like tensor fields and establish optimal general inequalities in case the curvature-like tensor field satisfies some algebraic Gauss equation. We then study the situation when the equality case of one of the inequalities is satisfied and prove a dimension and decomposition theorem. In the second part of the paper, we apply these results to definite centroaffine hypersurfaces in Rn+1. The inequality is specified into an inequality involving the affine δ-invariants and the Tchebychev vector field. We show that if a centroaffine hypersurface satisfies the equality case of one of the inequalities, then it is a proper affine hypersphere. Furthermore, we prove that if a positive definite centroaffine hypersurface in , satisfies the equality case of one of the inequalities, it is foliated by ellipsoids. And if a negative definite centroaffine hypersurface satisfies the equality case of one of the inequalities, then it is foliated by two-sheeted hyperboloids. Some further applications of the inequalities are also provided in this article.     

常挠率运动曲线生成曲面上的贝克隆变换

该文给出由常挠率运动曲线生成曲面上的贝克隆变换,其中运动曲线的曲率满足修正KdV方程,从而得到著名的对于修正KdV方程贝克隆变换的一个几何实现.作为应用,取圆柱面作为种子曲面,构造了一些由周期运动曲线生成的新曲面,其中周期运动曲线在xy平面上的投影是闭曲线.     

Homogeneity for Surfaces in Four-Dimensional Vector Space Geometry

We classify all surfaces in R ⁴ which are homogeneous in the sense of equi-centroaffine differential geometry. There result 21 group classes, some of them depending on one or two real parameters. The classification is cleared up, i.e. each copy is equivalent to exactly one representative. This applies as well to the corresponding groups as to the orbits (and also to the parameter cases). In particular, we can characterize the Clifford tori in a purely affine manner and determine all homogeneous centroaffine spheres. This answers a former question on the existence of centroaffine spheres which are not contained in a hyperplane. The classification and, in particular, the uniqueness is based on geometric insight and is essentially not computer dependent. The leading ideas are of a general nature and may also be applied to homogeneity for higher-dimensional cases and for related geometries.     

Completely integrable curve flows on Adjoint orbits

It is known that the Schrödinger flow on a complex Grassmann manifold is equivalent to the matrix non-linear Schrödinger equation and the Ferapontov flow on a principal Adjoint U(n)-orbit is equivalent to the n-wave equation. In this paper, we give a systematic method to construct integrable geometric curve flows on Adjoint U-orbits from flows in the soliton hierarchy associated to a compact Lie group U. There are natural geometric bi-Hamiltonian structures on the space of curves on Adjoint orbits, and they correspond to the order two and three Hamiltonian structures on soliton equations under our construction. We study the Hamiltonian theory of these geometric curve flows and also give several explicit examples.     

Anti-de Sitte:空间H_1~3中的广义弹性曲线(英文)

In this paper,the extremals of curvature energy actions on non-null Frenet curves in 3-dimensional Anti-de Sitter space are studied.We completely solve the Euler-Lagrange equation by quadratures.By using the Killing fields,we obtain existence for closed general-ized elastica fully immersed in Anti-de Sitter space H_1~3.     

A priori estimates and existence of solutions to the prescribed centroaffine curvature problem

In this paper we study the prescribed centroaffine curvature problem in the Euclidean space ${\mathbb{R}}^{n+1}$. This problem is equivalent to solving a Monge–Ampère equation on the unit sphere. It corresponds to the critical case of the Blaschke–Santaló inequality. By approximation from the subcritical case, and using an obstruction condition and a blow-up analysis, we obtain sufficient conditions for the a priori estimates, and the existence of solutions up to a Lagrange multiplier.     

A Third-Order Dispersive Flow for Closed Curves into Kähler Manifolds

This article is devoted to studying the initial value problem for a third-order dispersive equation for closed curves into Kähler manifolds. This equation is a geometric generalization of a two-sphere valued system modeling the motion of vortex filament. We prove the local existence theorem by using geometric analysis and classical energy method.     

Boundary element preconditioners for a hypersingular integral equation on an interval

We propose an almost optimal preconditioner for the iterative solution of the Galerkin equations arising from a hypersingular integral equation on an interval. This preconditioning technique, which is based on the single layer potential, was already studied for closed curves [11,14]. For a boundary element trial space, we show that the condition number is of order (1 + | log h _min|)², where h _min is the length of the smallest element. The proof requires only a mild assumption on the mesh, easily satisfied by adaptive refinement algorithms.     

On the Mean Absolute Geodesic Curvature of Closed Curves in 2-Dimensional Space Forms

In this paper,we establish some formulas on closed curves in 2-dimensional space forms.Mean absolute geodesic curvature is introduced to describe the average curving of a closed curve.Inthis sense,a closed curve could be compared with a geodesic circle that is the boundary of a convex geodesic circular disk containing the closed curve.The comparison can be used to show some properties of space forms only on themselves.     

The Centroaffine Volume of Generalized Geodesic Balls Under Inversion at the Sphere

On an analytic Riemannian manifold (M,g), several authors have studied the Taylor expansion for the volume of geodesic balls under the exponential mapping. In the foregoing paper [1] we studied a more general structure (M,D,g), where D is a torsion-free and Ricci-symmetric connection. We calculated the Taylor expansion up to order (n+4) for the volume of what we called a generalized geodesic ball under the exponential mapping in case that all metric notions are Riemannian, while the exponential mapping is induced from the connection D. For the structure $(M,D,{\cal G})$ the coefficients of the Taylor expansion are much more complicated than in the Riemannian case. It is one of the main objectives of the present paper to study centroaffine hypersurfaces in Euclidean space, their geometric invariants which appear in the very complicated coefficient of order (n+4), and their behaviour under polarization (inversion at the unit sphere). Our results complement applications in the foregoing paper [1], where mainly the coefficients up to order (n+2) and geometric consequences have been studied.     

Centroaffine Bernstein problems

C.P. Wang [Geom. Dedicata 51 (1994) 63–74] studied the Euler–Lagrange equation for the centroaffine area functional of hypersurfaces. In terms of a local representation of the hypersurface as a graph, this equation is a complicated, strongly non-linear fourth order PDE. We consider classes of solutions satisfying these equations together with completeness conditions. We also formulate appropriate centroaffine Bernstein problems and give partial solutions.     

Exterior Monge-Ampère solutions

We discuss the Siciak-Zaharjuta extremal function of a real convex body in Cn, a solution of the homogeneous complex Monge-Ampère equation on the exterior of the convex body. We determine several conditions under which a foliation by holomorphic curves can be found in the complement of the convex body along which the extremal function is harmonic. We study a variational problem for holomorphic disks in projective space passing through prescribed points at infinity. The extremal curves are all complex quadratic curves, and the geometry of such curves allows for the determination of the leaves of the foliation by simple geometric criteria. As a byproduct we encounter a new invariant of an exterior domain, the Robin indicatrix, which is in some cases the dual of the Kobayashi indicatrix for a bounded domain. Finally, we construct extremal curves for two non-convex bodies in R².     

The Thurston boundary of Teichmüller space and complex of curves

Let S be a closed orientable surface with genus g?2. For a sequence σi in the Teichmüller space of S, which converges to a projective measured lamination [λ] in the Thurston boundary, we obtain a relation between λ and the geometric limit of pants decompositions whose lengths are uniformly bounded by a Bers constant L. We also show that this bounded pants decomposition is related to the Gromov boundary of complex of curves.     

Minitwistor spaces,Severi varieties,and Einstein–Weyl structure

In this article, we show that the space of nodal rational curves, which is so called a Severi variety (of rational curves), on any non-singular projective surface is always equipped with a natural Einstein–Weyl structure, if the space is 3-dimensional. This is a generalization of the Einstein–Weyl structure on the space of smooth rational curves on a complex surface, given by Hitchin. As geometric objects naturally associated to Einstein–Weyl structure, we investigate null surfaces and geodesics on the Severi varieties. Also, we see that if the projective surface has an appropriate real structure, then the real locus of the Severi variety becomes a positive definite Einstein–Weyl manifold. Moreover, we construct various explicit examples of rational surfaces having 3-dimensional Severi varieties of rational curves.     

Analytic dependence of riemann mappings for bounded domains and minimal surfaces

In this paper, we prove that the functional which takes a closed Lavrentiev curve to the corresponding Riemann mapping is locally Lipl on the set Ω of all closed Lavrentiev curves. This set is a subset of BMO(T). It is, however, not open in BMO(T). We also prove that the previous functional is analytic for certain classes of closed Lavrentiev curves, including the class of curves which have some symmetry with respect to the unit circle. These classes of curves are submanifolds of BMO(T). Finally, we consider the functional which takes a Lavrentiev curve (closed or not) in n-dimensional Euclidean space to the corresponding minimal surface, and we study the differentiability and analyticity of this functional on certain function spaces. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Stochastic Jacobi fields and vector fields induced by varying area on path spaces

Summary. We study two classes of vector fields on the path space over a closed manifold with a Wiener Riemannian measure. By adopting the viewpoint of Yang-Mills field theory, we study a vector field defined by varying a metric connection. We prove that the vector field obtained in this way satisfies a Jacobi field equation which is different from that of classical one by taking in account that a Brownian motion is invariant under the orthogonal group action, so that it is a geometric vector field on the space of continuous paths, and induces a quasi-invariant solution flow on the path space. The second object of this paper is vector fields obtained by varying area. Here we follow the idea that a continuous semimartingale is indeed a rough path consisting of not only the path in the classical sense, but also its Lévy area. We prove that the vector field obtained by parallel translating a curve in the initial tangent space via a connection is just the vector field generated by translating the path along a direction in the Cameron-Martin space in the Malliavin calculus sense, and at the same time changing its Lévy area in an appropriate way. This leads to a new derivation of the integration by parts formula on the path space. Received: 8 August 1996 / In revised form: 8 January 1997