Some equivalent definitions of high order Sobolev spaces on stratified groups and generalizations to metric spaces

Recently, in the article [LW], the authors use the notion of polynomials in metric spaces of homogeneous type (in the sense of Coifman-Weiss) to prove a relationship between high order Poincaré inequalities and representation formulas involving fractional integrals of high order, assuming only that is a doubling measure and that geodesics exist. Motivated by this and by recent work in [H], [FHK], [KS] and [FLW] about first order Sobolev spaces in metric spaces, we define Sobolev spaces of high order in such metric spaces . We prove that several definitions are equivalent if functions of polynomial type exist. In the case of stratified groups, where polynomials do exist, we show that our spaces are equivalent to the Sobolev spaces defined by Folland and Stein in [FS]. Our results also give some alternate definitions of Sobolev spaces in the classical Euclidean case. Received: 10 February 1999 / Published online: 1 February 2002     

Locally conformally homogeneous pseudo-Riemannian spaces

Locally homogeneous Riemannian spaces were studied in [1–4]. Locally conformally homogeneous Riemannian spaces were considered in [10]. Moreover, the theorem claiming that every such space is either conformally flat or conformally equivalent to a locally homogeneous Riemannian space was proved.In this article, we study locally conformally homogeneous pseudo-Riemannian spaces and prove a theorem on their structure. Using three-dimensional Lie groups and the six-dimensional Heisenberg group [11], we construct some examples showing the difference between the Riemannian and pseudo-Riemannian cases for such spaces.     

Geodesics for Dual Connections and Means on Symmetric Cones

Means on self-dual and homogeneous cones (, i.e., symmetric cones) are discussed from a viewpoint of differential geometry with affine connections. We first define means on symmetric cones in an axiomatic way following [8]. Next we consider dualistic differential geometry (, i.e., Riemannian metric and affine connections) [1] naturally introduced on symmetric cones. Elucidating the relation between the geodesics defined by each affine connection, and operator monotone functions that generate means, we show an important class of means are expressed by the (mid)points on geodesics. Related results on the means and submanifolds in a symmetric cone are also presented.     

A classification of hyperpolar and cohomogeneity one actions

An isometric action of a compact Lie group on a Riemannian manifold is called hyperpolar if there exists a closed, connected submanifold that is flat in the induced metric and meets all orbits orthogonally. In this article, a classification of hyperpolar actions on the irreducible Riemannian symmetric spaces of compact type is given. Since on these symmetric spaces actions of cohomogeneity one are hyperpolar, i.e. normal geodesics are closed, we obtain a classification of the homogeneous hypersurfaces in these spaces by computing the cohomogeneity for all hyperpolar actions. This result implies a classification of the cohomogeneity one actions on compact strongly isotropy irreducible homogeneous spaces.

     

The index growth and multiplicity of closed geodesics

In the recent paper [31] of Long and Duan (2009), we classified closed geodesics on Finsler manifolds into rational and irrational two families, and gave a complete understanding on the index growth properties of iterates of rational closed geodesics. This study yields that a rational closed geodesic cannot be the only closed geodesic on every irreversible or reversible (including Riemannian) Finsler sphere, and that there exist at least two distinct closed geodesics on every compact simply connected irreversible or reversible (including Riemannian) Finsler 3-dimensional manifold. In this paper, we study the index growth properties of irrational closed geodesics on Finsler manifolds. This study allows us to extend results in [31] of Long and Duan (2009) on rational, and in [12] of Duan and Long (2007), [39] of Rademacher (2010), and [40] of Rademacher (2008) on completely non-degenerate closed geodesics on spheres and CP² to every compact simply connected Finsler manifold. Then we prove the existence of at least two distinct closed geodesics on every compact simply connected irreversible or reversible (including Riemannian) Finsler 4-dimensional manifold.     

Invariant Shen connections and geodesic orbit spaces

Summary The geodesic graph of Riemannian spaces all geodesics of which are orbits of 1-parameter isometry groups was constructed by J. Szenthe in 1976 and it became a basic tool for studying such spaces, called g.o.\ spaces. This infinitesimal structure corresponds to the reductive complement <InlineEquation ID=IE"1"><EquationSource Format="TEX"><![CDATA[<InlineEquation ID=IE"2"><EquationSource Format="TEX"><![CDATA[$]]></EquationSource></InlineEquation>]]></EquationSource></InlineEquation>\mathfrak m$ in the case of naturally reductive spaces. The systematic study of Riemannian g.o. spaces was started by O. Kowalski and L.~Vanhecke in 1991, when they introduced the most important definitions, classified the low-dimensional examples and described the basic constructions of this theory. The aim of this paper is to investigate a connection theoretical analogue of the concept of the geodesic graph.     

Duals of Hardy spaces on homogeneous groups

Hardy spaces on homogeneous groups were introduced and studied by Folland and Stein [3]. The purpose of this note is to show that duals of Hardy spaces H^p , 0 < p ≤ 1, on homogeneous groups can be identified with Morrey–Campanato spaces. This closes a gap in the original proof of this fact in [3]. (© 2007 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Local Minimal Curves in Homogeneous Reductive Spaces of the Unitary Group of a Finite von Neumann Algebra

We study the metric geometry of homogeneous reductive spaces of the unitary group of a finite von Neumann algebra with a non complete Riemannian metric. The main result gives an abstract sufficient condition in order that the geodesics of the Levi-Civita connection are locally minimal. Then, we show how this result applies to several examples. To my family     

Introduction to Actions of Discrete Groups on Pseudo-Riemannian Homogeneous Manifolds

Isometric actions of discrete groups are not always properly discontinuous for pseudo-Riemannian manifolds. This short exposition gives an up-to-date survey of some of the basic questions about discontinuous groups for pseudo-Riemannian homogeneous spaces, on which a rapid development has been made since late 1980s.The first half includes an elementary geometric motivation, the Calabi–Markus phenomenon, the discontinuous dual, and deformation. These topics are rebuilt on a criterion of properly discontinuous actions on homogeneous spaces of reductive groups, obtained by Kobayashi [Math. Ann. 1989] and generalized independently by Benoist [Ann. Math. 1996] and Kobayashi [J. Lie Theory 1996].The second half discusses the existence problem of compact Clifford–Klein forms of pseudo-Riemannian homogeneous spaces, for which many new methods from different areas have been recently employed. We examine these various approaches in some typical cases. We also point out that Zimmer's examples on SL(n)/SL(m) [J. Amer. Math. Soc. 1994] and Shalom's examples on SL(n)/SL(2) [Ann. Math. 2000] are readily obtained as special cases of Kobayashi's criterion [Duke Math. J. 1992], where the former uses ergodic theory and restrictions of unitary representations, respectively, while the latter uses cohomologies of discrete groups.The article also explains some open problems and conjectures.     

On quasiaffine spaces and coherent configurations

In [2] André deduced a (1?1) correspondence between the class of homogeneous coherent configurations and the class of certain noncommutative spaces which he called quasiaffine. In this note we establish a (1?1) correspondence between (not necessarily homogeneous) coherent configurations and weakly quasiaffine spaces which generalizes André's. Furthermore we consider some applications of this correspondence to quasiaffine spaces; especially we characterize such spaces with maximal diameter with respect to one direction (compare with [5]).     

Weighted norm inequalities for operators of potential type and fractional maximal functions

In this paper, we study two-weight norm inequalities for operators of potential type in homogeneous spaces. We improve some of the results given in [6] and [8] by significantly weakening their hypotheses and by enlarging the class of operators to which they apply. We also show that corresponding results of Carleson type for upper half-spaces can be derived as corollaries of those for homogeneous spaces. As an application, we obtain some necessary and sufficient conditions for a large class of weighted norm inequalities for maximal functions under various assumptions on the measures or spaces involved.Research of the first author was supported in part by NSERC grant A5149.Research of the second author was supported in part by NSF grant DMS93-02991.     

The hyperbolic rank of homogeneous Hadamard manifolds

 From results in [BrFa] it follows that for Riemannian products of real hyperbolic spaces the sum of the Euclidean rank and the hyperbolic rank is at least the product's dimension. In [Leu] the author proved that, more generally, the same holds for symmetric spaces of non-compact type. In this paper we prove the analogue statement for arbitrary homogeneous Hadamard manifolds. Received: 19 April 2002     

What is wrong with the Hausdorff measure in Finsler spaces

We construct a class of Finsler metrics in three-dimensional space such that all their geodesics are lines, but not all planes are extremal for their Hausdorff area functionals. This shows that if the Hausdorff measure is used as notion of volume on Finsler spaces, then totally geodesic submanifolds are not necessarily minimal, filling results such as those of Ivanov [On two-dimensional minimal fillings, St. Petersburg Math. J. 13 (2002) 17-25] do not hold, and integral-geometric formulas do not exist. On the other hand, using the Holmes-Thompson definition of volume, we prove a general Crofton formula for Finsler spaces and give an easy proof that their totally geodesic hypersurfaces are minimal.     

Flexibility of Schubert classes

In this note, we discuss the flexibility of Schubert classes in homogeneous varieties. We give several constructions for representing multiples of a Schubert class by irreducible subvarieties. We sharpen [22, Theorem 3.1] by proving that every positive multiple of an obstructed class in a cominuscule homogeneous variety can be represented by an irreducible subvariety.     

Weakly Disk-Homogeneous Spaces

Naturally reductive Riemannian homogeneous spaces and more generally, g.o. spaces, have the property that the volume of a geodesic disk normal to a geodesic and with center on that geodesic remains constant when the center moves along that central geodesic. Riemannian manifolds having that property for arbitrary geodesics and all sufficiently small geodesic disks are called weakly disk-homogeneous. Since, up to local isometries, there are no other examples known for dimension > 2, we investigate whether a possible converse holds or not. Besides some general results, we give a positive answer for three-dimensional and for several classes of four-dimensional manifolds. Some related results are discussed, in particular about four-dimensional Einstein C-spaces.     

Supercritical Spatially Homogeneous Branching in Admits no Equilibria

At the beginning of investigations in spatially homogeneous branching processes in Euclidean space (Liemant [1]) it seemed to be obvious that the existence of equilibria implies criticality of branching. This prejudice was disproved by the example [2] of a subcritical homogeneous branching equilibrium in dimension one. We prove that supercritical homogeneous branching processes in Euclidean space and, more general, in a broad class of topological groups have no (non – void, homogeneous) equilibria.     

On the semilinear Schrödinger equation with time dependent coefficients

We consider nonlinear Schrödinger equation with time dependent coefficients. Fanelli [5] found a transformation between solutions of the original equation and of the usual Schrödinger equation with power nonlinearity involving time dependent coefficients in some Lorentz spaces. In this paper we extend the results in [5] in space‐time integrability properties of solutions. Particularly, we prove that the existence and uniqueness of solutions can be described exclusively in terms of Lebesgue spaces (not Lorentz spaces as in [5]) as far as the space integrability of solutions. We also discuss the equation with coefficient of an explicit homogeneous function and describe the associated Strichartz estimate and contraction mapping argument.     

齐型空间上$L^1$ 与{\rm BMO}的内插空间

本文讨论齐型空间上$L^1$ 与{\rm BMO}的内插空间, 得到下列结果:对于本文讨论齐型空间上$L^1$ 与{\rm BMO}的内插空间, 得到下列结果:对于本文讨论齐型空间上$L^1$ 与{\rm BMO}的内插空间, 得到下列结果:对于摘要：本文讨论齐型空间上L^1与BMO的内插空间，得到下列结果：对于0〈θ〈1，1≤q≤∞，有（L^1，BMO）θ，q=Lpq，其中θ=1-1/p。     

一类分数次次线性算子及其交换子在齐型空间上的弱Morrey-Herz空间上的有界性

本文研究了一类次线性算子及其交换子在齐型空间上的弱有界性的问题.利用齐型空间的基本性质以及给出的一类次线性算子及其分别与BMO函数,Lipschitz函数生成的交换子在L~p(X)上的弱有界性,证明了其在齐型空间上Morrey-Herz空间中的弱有界性.推广了该类算子在Morrey-Herz空间中的强有界性这一结果.