Total Extrinsic Curvature of Certain Distributions on Closed Spaces of Constant Curvature

An integral formula for symmetric functions of curvature ofdistributions on closed constant nonnegative sectional curvature spacesis proved. The distributions under consideration are orthogonal to atotally geodesic foliation and the main theorem extends a previousresult concerning the total curvature of codimension-one foliations.     

A generalization of the Discrete Isoperimetric Inequality for Piecewise Smooth Curves of Constant Geodesic Curvature

Summary The discrete isoperimetric problem is to determine the maximal area polygon with at most <InlineEquation ID=IE"1"><EquationSource Format="TEX"><![CDATA[<InlineEquation ID=IE"2"><EquationSource Format="TEX"><![CDATA[$]]></EquationSource></InlineEquation>]]></EquationSource></InlineEquation>k$ vertices and of a given perimeter. It is a classical fact that the unique optimal polygon on the Euclidean plane is the regular one. The same statement for the hyperbolic plane was proved by K\'aroly Bezdek [1] and on the sphere by L\'aszl\'o Fejes T\'oth [3]. In the present paper we extend the discrete isoperimetric inequality for ``polygons' on the three planes of constant curvature bounded by arcs of a given constant geodesic curvature.     

Inequalities for the Curvature of Curves and Surfaces

In this paper we bound the difference between the total mean curvatures of two closed surfaces in in terms of their total absolute curvatures and the Frechet distance between the volumes they enclose. The proof relies on a combination of methods from algebraic topology and integral geometry. We also bound the difference between the lengths of two curves using the same methods.     

常曲率平面上的逆Bonnesen型不等式

利用积分几何中估计包含测度的思想给出常曲率平面上一些新的逆Bonnesen型不等式.这些不等式在欧氏平面上为著名的Bottema不等式的改进形式与新的逆Bonnesen型不等式.     

常曲率空间中伪脐2-调和子流形(英文)

The conjecture [1] asserts that any biharmonic submanifold in sphere has constant mean curvature. In this paper, we first prove that this conjecture is true for pseudo-umbilical biharmonic submanifolds M n in constant curvature spaces S n+p (c)(c > 0), generalizing the result in [1]. Secondly, some sufficient conditions for pseudo-umbilical proper biharmonic submanifolds M n to be totally umbilical ones are obtained.     

Infinite Dimensional Isoperimetric Inequalities in Product Spaces with the Supremum Distance

We study the isoperimetric problem for product probability measures with respect to the uniform enlargement. We construct several examples of measures for which the isoperimetric function of coincides with the one of the infinite product . This completes earlier works by Bobkov and Houdré.     

Isoperimetric Inequalities for Random Walks

In this paper some isoperimetric problems are studied, particularly the extremal property of the mean exit time of the random walk from finite sets. This isoperimetric problem is inserted into the set of equivalent conditions of the diagonal upper estimate of transition probability of random walks on weighted graphs.     

Toward a Theory of Spaces of Constant Curvature

We construct some examples of three-dimensional metrics of constant curvature defined by the solutions of nonlinear integrable differential equations and their generalizations and study the properties of Riemann extensions of the metrics of constant curvature. We discuss the connection with the theory of normal Riemannian spaces. __________ Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 146, No. 1, pp. 42–54, January, 2006.     

Isoperimetric Inequalities for Soluble Groups

We approach the question of which soluble groups are automatic. We describe a class of nilpotent-by-Abelian groups which need to be studied in order to answer this question. We show that the nilpotent-by-cyclic groups in this class have exponential isoperimetric inequality and so cannot be automatic.     

Surfaces of Constant Mean Curvature Bounded by Convex Curves

This paper proves that an embedded compact surface in the Euclidean space with constant mean curvature H bounded by a circle of radius 1 and included in a slab of width is a spherical cap. Also, we give partial answers to the problem when a surface with constant mean curvature and planar boundary lies in one of the halfspaces determined by the plane containing the boundary, exactly, when the surface is included in a slab.     

Compact Surfaces with Constant Gaussian Curvature in Product Spaces

We prove that the only compact surfaces of positive constant Gaussian curvature in \mathbbH²×\mathbbR{\mathbb{H}^{2}\times\mathbb{R}} (resp. positive constant Gaussian curvature greater than 1 in \mathbbS²×\mathbbR{\mathbb{S}^{2}\times\mathbb{R}}) whose boundary Γ is contained in a slice of the ambient space and such that the surface intersects this slice at a constant angle along Γ, are the pieces of a rotational complete surface. We also obtain some area estimates for surfaces of positive constant Gaussian curvature in \mathbbH²×\mathbbR{\mathbb{H}^{2}\times\mathbb{R}} and positive constant Gaussian curvature greater than 1 in \mathbbS²×\mathbbR{\mathbb{S}^{2}\times\mathbb{R}} whose boundary is contained in a slice of the ambient space. These estimates are optimal in the sense that if the bounds are attained, the surface is again a piece of a rotational complete surface.     

Isoperimetric Inequalities for a Wedge-Like Membrane

For a wedge-like membrane, Payne and Weinberger proved in 1960 an isoperimetric inequality for the fundamental eigenvalue which in some cases improves the classical isoperimetric inequality of Faber–Krahn. In this work, we introduce “relative torsional rigidity” for this type of membrane and prove new isoperimetric inequalities in the spirit of Saint-Venant, Pólya–Szeg?, Payne, Payne–Rayner, Chiti, and Talenti, which link the eigenvalue problem with the boundary value problem in a fundamental way.     

Hypersurfaces with Parallel Ricci Tensor in Spaces of Constant Curvature

Hypersurfaces with parallel Ricci tensor in spaces of constant curvature are classified. The main tool is a generalization of Moore’s decomposition theorem for isometric immersions.     

Gram Matrix Analysis of Finite Distance Spaces in Constant Curvature

We develop the utility of Gram matrix machinery as a tool to treat the geometry of simplices in space forms. A formula relating the determinant of a normalized Gram matrix to the geometry of the simplex it represents is presented. We then apply the tools to leaf spaces, i.e. the set of degree 1 vertices of a metric tree. One main result is that for a given metric space X there exists a constant ₀ < 0, such that X embeds into all hyperbolic spaces of curvature less than ₀, if and only if X is a leaf space.     

Surfaces of Constant Mean Curvature Bounded by Two Planar Curves

In this paper we study constant mean curvature compact surfaces with two Jordan curves in parallel planes as boundary and we investigate the point at which the surface inherits the symmetries of its boundary.     

Isoperimetric Inequalities for Densities of Lattice-Periodic Sets

 The minimum boundary length density of a lattice-periodic set with given period lattice and area density is determined, together with the extremal sets, and a conjecture on the higher-dimensional analogue is made. This improves previous results of Hadwiger for -periodic d-dimensional sets and of Schnell and Wills on two-dimensional sets with arbitrary period-lattice. Received 21 May 1997; in revised form 1 December 1997     

Isoperimetric Inequalities for Densities of Lattice-Periodic Sets

 The minimum boundary length density of a lattice-periodic set with given period lattice and area density is determined, together with the extremal sets, and a conjecture on the higher-dimensional analogue is made. This improves previous results of Hadwiger for -periodic d-dimensional sets and of Schnell and Wills on two-dimensional sets with arbitrary period-lattice.