Quadrics of finite type

We show that the only quadrics of finite type in Euclidean 3-space are the circular cylinder and the sphere.This work was done while the second author was visiting the Michigan State University. He would like to thank MSU, and in particular the staff of the department of mathematics for their hospitality.Research Assistant of the National Fund for Scientific Research (Belgium)     

The Dimension Conjecture for Quadrics of Codimension Three and Higher

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特征为2的奇异二次面上3个类和4个类结合方案的几何构作(英文)

利用特征为２的有限域上射影空间,我们构作了一些三个类和４个类的结合方案,并计算了它们的参数．     

Functional Calculus for Infinitesimal Generators of Holomorphic Semigroups

We give a functional calculus formula for infinitesimal generators of holomorphic semigroups of operators on Banach spaces, which involves the Bochner–Riesz kernels of such generators. The rate of smoothness of operating functions is related to the exponent of the growth on vertical lines of the operator norm of the semigroup. The strength of the formula is tested on Poisson and Gauss semigroups inL¹(Rⁿ) andL¹(G), for a stratified Lie groupG. We give also a self-contained theory of smooth absolutely continuous functions on the half line [0, ∞).     

Stable Manifolds for Stochastic Flows Induced by Levy Processes on Lie Groups

We determine explicitly all the stable manifolds for the stochasticflows on certain homogeneous spaces of a semisimple Lie groupof non-compact type induced by Lévy processes on theLie group. 2000 Mathematical Subject Classification: 58J65.     

New Families of Complete Caps, and the Asymptotic Size of the Largest Caps, of Quadrics over Prime Fields

A cap of a quadric is a set of its points whose pairwise joins are all chords. Such a cap is complete if it is not part of a larger one. Few examples of complete caps are known except for quadrics in low dimensions. In this paper, we consider the case when the coordinate field is GF(p), with p an odd prime, and construct, in each projective space GF(n,p) with n p – 1 and n – 2(mod p), a cap on one of its nonsingular quadrics. We use this in two ways. Firstly, we combine its size with the recent Blokhuis–Moorhouse upper bound for quadric caps to show that the size of the largest cap of any nonsingular quadric in PG(N,p) is asymptotic to Np – 1/(p – 1) ! as N tends to infinity. Secondly, by establishing situations when our cap is complete, we produce various infinite families of complete quadric caps over GF(p) for each p. Earlier work determined all complete caps of all nonsingular quadrics over GF(2).     

Invariant Minimal Unit Vector Fields on Lie Groups

We provide a new characterization of invariant minimal unit vector fields on Lie groups and use it to construct some new examples. In particular, we determine all these vector fields on three-dimensional Lie groups.     

A Formula for the Exponential of a Real Skew-Symmetric Matrix of Order 4

In this short paper the formula of the exponential matrix e ^A when A is a kew-symmetric real matrix of order 4 is derived. The formula is a generalization of the well known Rodrigues formula for skew-symmetric matrices of order 3.This revised version was published online in October 2005 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Canonical Representations on Lobachevsky Spaces: An Interaction with an Overalgebra

We define canonical representations R _λ , , for the Lobachevsky space ℒ=G/K of dimension n−1 where G=SO₀(n−1,1), K=SO(n−1), as the restriction to G of maximal degenerate series representations of the overgroup . We determine explicitly the interaction of Lie operators of with operators intertwining canonical representations and representations of G associated with a cone. Supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research: grants No. 05-01-00074a and No. 05-01-00001a, the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO): grant 047-017-015, the Scientific Program “Devel. Sci. Potent. High. School”: project RNP.2.1.1.351 and Templan No. 1.2.02.     

Reduction of Volume—preserving Flows on an n—dimensional Manifold

A geometric reduction procedure for volume-preserving flows with a volume-preserving symme-try on an n-dimensional manifold is obtained.Instead of the coordinate-dependent theory and the concrete coordinate transformation,we xhow that a volume-preserving flow with a one-parameter volume-preserving symmetry on an n-dimensional manifold can be reduced to a volume-preserving flow on the corresponding (n-1)-dimensional quotient space.More generally,if it admits an r-parameter volume-preserving commutable symmetry,then the reduced folw preserves the corresponding (n-r)-dimensional volume form.     

Positive definite Minkowski Lie algebras and bi-invariant Finsler metrics on Lie groups

In this paper, we introduce the notion of a Minkowski Lie algebra, which is the natural generalization of the notion of a real quadratic Lie algebra (metric Lie algebra). We then study the positive definite Minkowski Lie algebras and obtain a complete classification of the simple ones. Finally, we present some applications of our results to Finsler geometry and give a classification of bi-invariant Finsler metrics on Lie groups. This work was supported by NSFC (No.10671096) and NCET of China.     

On extensions of sub-Riemannian structures on Lie groups

We define the extension of a left-invariant sub-Riemannian structure in terms of an extension of the underlying Lie group and compatibility of the respective distributions and metrics. We show that geodesics of a structure can be lifted to geodesics of any extension of the structure. In the case of central extensions, we show that the normal geodesics of the minimal extension are the projection (in a sense) of the normal geodesics of any other compatible extension. Several illustrative examples are discussed.     

Prolongations of Vector Fields on Lie Groups and Homogeneous Spaces

We introduce the notion of the -prolongation of Lie algebras of differential operators on homogeneous spaces. The -prolongations are topological invariants that coincide with one-dimensional cohomologies of the corresponding Lie algebras in the case where V is a homogeneous space. We apply the obtained results to the spaces S ¹ (the Virasoro algebra) and .     

Integration of Geodesic Flows on Homogeneous Spaces: The Case of a Wild Lie Group

We obtain necessary and sufficient conditions for the integrability in quadratures of geodesic flows on homogeneous spaces M with invariant and central metrics. The proposed integration algorithm consists in using a special canonical transformation in the space T ^* M based on constructing the canonical coordinates on the orbits of the coadjoint representation and on the simplectic sheets of the Poisson algebra of invariant functions. This algorithm is applicable to integrating geodesic flows on homogeneous spaces of a wild Lie group.     

Hilbert-Schmidt groups as infinite-dimensional Lie groups and their Riemannian geometry

We describe the exponential map from an infinite-dimensional Lie algebra to an infinite-dimensional group of operators on a Hilbert space. Notions of differential geometry are introduced for these groups. In particular, the Ricci curvature, which is understood as the limit of the Ricci curvature of finite-dimensional groups, is calculated. We show that for some of these groups the Ricci curvature is -∞.