The Number of Directions Determined by Points in the Three-Dimensional Euclidean Space

   Abstract. Let X be a set of n points in the three-dimensional Euclidean space such that no three points in X are on the same line and there is no plane containing all points in X . An old conjecture states that pairs of points in X determine at least 2n-3 directions. We prove the weaker result that X determines at least 1.75n-2 directions.     

The Number of Directions Determined by Points in the Three-Dimensional Euclidean Space

Abstract. Let X be a set of n points in the three-dimensional Euclidean space such that no three points in X are on the same line and there is no plane containing all points in X . An old conjecture states that pairs of points in X determine at least 2n-3 directions. We prove the weaker result that X determines at least 1.75n-2 directions.     

Lagrangian Spheres in the Complex Euclidean Space Satisfying a Geometric Equality

For a Lagrangian submanifold of Cⁿ with scalar curvature and mean curvature vector H, the inequality ( n²(n-1)/n+2 |H|²) holds, and the equality is given only in open sets of the Lagrangian subspaces of ⁿ or of the Whitney sphere (cf. [RU] and also [BCM]). In this paper, a one-parameter family of Lagrangian spheres including the Whitney sphere is constructed. They satisfy a geometric equality of type = |H|², with >0, and they are globally characterized inside the family of compact Lagrangian submanifolds with null first Betti number in Cⁿ.     

On the Chromatic Number of Subsets of the Euclidean Plane

The chromatic number of a subset of the real plane is the smallest number of colors assigned to the elements of that set such that no two points at distance 1 receive the same color. It is known that the chromatic number of the plane is at least 4 and at most 7. In this note, we determine the bounds on the chromatic number for several classes of subsets of the plane such as extensions of the rational plane, sets in convex position, infinite strips, and parallel lines.     

On Pairs of Hypersurfaces in Euclidean Space

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On Subsets of the Space of Bounded Sequences

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欧氏空间上Co-regular集的表示式

For the computability of co-regular subsets in metric spaces, the properties of the co-regular subsets and several reasonable representations on co-regular sets have been suggested in this paper. As last, the 'weaker or stronger' relations of these representations have been revealed.     

Volume Distortion for Subsets of Euclidean Spaces

In Rao (Proceedings of the 15th Annual Symposium on Computational Geometry, pp. 300–306, 1999), it is shown that every n-point Euclidean metric with polynomial aspect ratio admits a Euclidean embedding with k-dimensional distortion bounded by , a result which is tight for constant values of k. We show that this holds without any assumption on the aspect ratio and give an improved bound of . Our main result is an upper bound of independent of the value of k, nearly resolving the main open questions of Dunagan and Vempala (Randomization, Approximation, and Combinatorial Optimization, pp. 229–240, 2001) and Krauthgamer et al. (Discrete Comput. Geom. 31(3):339–356, 2004). The best previous bound was O(log n), and our bound is nearly tight, as even the two-dimensional volume distortion of an n-vertex path is . This research was done while the author was a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ.     

Inequalities Between the Radii of Some Spheres That Are Connected with a Convex Surface in Space of Constant Curvature

With a convex surface in space of constant curvature, we associate four numbers (,M,), where is the radius of a largerst sphere freely rolling over the interior side of , is the inradius of , M is the outradius of , and is the radius of a sphere over whose interior may roll freely. Exact inequalities connecting these four numbers are found.     

Restricted Elasticity and Rings of Integer-Valued Polynomials Determined by Finite Subsets

Let D be an integral domain such that Int(D) ≠ K[X] where K is the quotient field of D. There is no known example of such a D so that Int(D) has finite elasticity. If E is a finite nonempty subset of D, then it is known that Int(E, D) = {f(X) ∈ K[X] | f(e) ∈ D for all e ∈ E} is not atomic. In this note, we restrict the notion of elasticity so that it is applicable to nonatomic domains. For each real number r ≥ 1, we produce a ring of integer-valued polynomials with restricted elasticity r. We further show that if D is a unique factorization domain and E is finite with |E| > 1, then the restricted elasticity of Int(E, D) is infinite.     

Restricted Elasticity and Rings of Integer-Valued Polynomials Determined by Finite Subsets

Let D be an integral domain such that Int(D) ≠ K[X] where K is the quotient field of D. There is no known example of such a D so that Int(D) has finite elasticity. If E is a finite nonempty subset of D, then it is known that Int(E, D) = {f(X) ∈ K[X] | f(e) ∈ D for all e ∈ E} is not atomic. In this note, we restrict the notion of elasticity so that it is applicable to nonatomic domains. For each real number r ≥ 1, we produce a ring of integer-valued polynomials with restricted elasticity r. We further show that if D is a unique factorization domain and E is finite with |E| > 1, then the restricted elasticity of Int(E, D) is infinite. Part of this work was completed while the first author was on an Academic Leave granted by the Trinity University Faculty Development Committee.     

Bifurcation of Constant Mean Curvature Tori in Euclidean Spheres

We use equivariant bifurcation theory to show the existence of infinite sequences of isometric embeddings of tori with constant mean curvature (CMC) in Euclidean spheres that are not isometrically congruent to the CMC Clifford tori, and accumulating at some CMC Clifford torus.     

On Vitali's Theorem for Groups of Motions of Euclidean Space

We give a characterization of all those groups of isometric transformations of a finite-dimensional Euclidean space, for which an analogue of the classical Vitali theorem [1] holds true. This characterization is formulated in purely geometrical terms.     

论向量积在高维空间的推广

探讨了3维欧氏空间的向量积在高维空间推广的可能性.在三条假设下推导出高维空间中的向量积所应具备的若干性质,证明了在某些意义下向量积仅存在于R3,并举例说明R7与R3中向量积不同的根源.     

无穷维欧氏空间中球体及球面的Lebesgue测度

本分别给出了使在无穷维欧氏空间中球体和球面具有有限的,但又不是无穷小的测度的半径集合。     

Local Symmetry of Harmonic Spaces as Determined by The Spectra of Small Geodesic Spheres

We show that in any harmonic space, the eigenvalue spectra of the Laplace operator on small geodesic spheres around a given point determine the norm |?R|{{|nabla{R}|}} of the covariant derivative of the Riemannian curvature tensor in that point. In particular, the spectra of small geodesic spheres in a harmonic space determine whether the space is locally symmetric. For the proof we use the first few heat invariants and consider certain coefficients in the radial power series expansions of the curvature invariants |R|² and |Ric|² of the geodesic spheres. Moreover, we obtain analogous results for geodesic balls with either Dirichlet or Neumann boundary conditions. We also comment on the relevance of these results to constructions of Z.I. Szabó.     

Tiling Hamming Space with Few Spheres

We show that if the collection of all binary vectors of lengthnis partitioned intokspheres, then eitherk2 orkn+2. Moreover, such partitions withk=n+2 are essentially unique.     

Isometries of the Space of Convex Bodies in Euclidean Space

The isometries of the space of convex bodies of E^d with respectto the Hausdorff-metric are precisely the mappings of the formC i(C) + D where i is a rigid motion of E^d and D a fixed convexbody.