Invariant metrics of positive Ricci curvature on principal bundles

Let be a compact connected Riemannian manifold with a metric of positive Ricci curvature. Let be a principal bundle over with compact connected structure group . If the fundamental group of is finite, we show that admits a invariant metric with positive Ricci curvature so that is a Riemannian submersion. Received 14 January 1997     

Rotation Numbers and Isometries

Using the notion of rotation set for homeomorphisms of compact manifolds, we define the rotation homomorphism of a connected compact orientable Riemannian manifold and apply it to prove that the dimension of the isometry group of a connected compact orientable Riemannian 3-manifold without conjugate points is not greater than its first Betti number. In higher dimensions the same is true under the additional assumption that the fundamental cohomology class of the manifold is a cup product of integral 1-dimensional classes.     

具有非负Ricci曲率的开流形的基本群

我们对某些类型的Riemannian流形,通过点到极小测地圈端点的距离建立了它到极小测地圈中点的距离的一致估计,然后利用这种一致估计证明了具有非负Ricci 曲率Riemannian流形的基本群有限生成的一个定理,对著名的Milnor猜测起到更强的支持作用．     

ON THE FUNDAMENTAL GROUP OF OPEN MANIFOLDS WITH NONNEGATIVE RICCI CURVATURE＊＊＊＊

The authors establish some uniform estimates for the distance to halfway points of minimal geodesics in terms of the distantce to end points on some types of Riemannian manifolds, and then prove some theorems about the finite generation of fundamental group of Riemannian manifold with nonnegative Ricci curvature, which support the famous Milnor conjecture.     

The existence of light‐like homogeneous geodesics in homogeneous Lorentzian manifolds

In previous papers, a fundamental affine method for studying homogeneous geodesics was developed. Using this method and elementary differential topology it was proved that any homogeneous affine manifold and in particular any homogeneous pseudo‐Riemannian manifold admits a homogeneous geodesic through arbitrary point. In the present paper this affine method is refined and adapted to the pseudo‐Riemannian case. Using this method and elementary topology it is proved that any homogeneous Lorentzian manifold of even dimension admits a light‐like homogeneous geodesic. The method is illustrated in detail with an example of the Lie group of dimension 3 with an invariant metric, which does not admit any light‐like homogeneous geodesic.     

SLANT SUBMANIFOLDS OF A RIEMANNIAN PRODUCT MANIFOLD

In this article, the geometry of the slant submanifolds of a Riemannian product manifold is studied. Some necessary and sufficient conditions on slant, bi-slant and semi-slant submanifolds are given. We research fundamental properties of the distributions which are involved in definitions of semi- and bi-slant submanifolds in a Riemannian product manifold.     

曲率二次衰减的完备流形的基本群

本文研究曲率二次衰减的完备黎曼流形,证明了若它的直径增长满足小的线性增长条件,则其基本群是有限生成的.     

Relating exponential growth in a manifold and its fundamental group

We relate the growth rate of volume in the universal cover of a compact Riemannian manifold to the growth in the fundamental group in terms of word length in a given set of generators and the length of geodesics representing these generators.

     

Expansive dynamics and hyperbolic geometry

LetM be a compact Riemannian manifold with no conjugate points such that its geodesic flow is expansive. Then we show that the universal Riemannian covering ofM is a hyperbolic geodesic space according to the definition of M. Gromov. This allows us to extend a series of relevant geometric and topological properties of negatively curved manifolds toM and in particular, geometric group theory applies to the fundamental group ofM.     

Stochastic differential equations on noncompact manifolds: moment stability and its topological consequences

Summary In this paper we discuss the stability of stochastic differential equations and the interplay between the moment stability of a SDE and the topology of the underlying manifold. Sufficient and necessary conditions are given for the moment stability of a SDE in terms of the coefficients. Finally we prove a vanishing result for the fundamental group of a complete Riemannian manifold in terms of purely geometrical quantities.Research supported by SERC grant GR/H67263     

On the fundamental group of Riemannian manifolds with nonnegative Ricci curvature

In 1968 Milnor conjectured that the fundamental group of any complete Riemannian manifold with nonnegative Ricci curvature is finitely generated. In this paper we obtain two results concerning Milnor’s conjecture. We first prove that the generators of fundamental group can be chosen so that it has at most logarithmic growth. Secondly we prove that the conjecture is true if additional the volume growth satisfies certain condition.     

GEOMETRIC INEQUALITIES FOR CERTAIN SUBMANIFOLDS IN A PINCHED RIEMANNIAN MANIFOLD

This article gives some geometric inequalities for a submanifold with parallel second fundamental form in a pinched Riemannian manifold and the distribution for the square norm of its second fundamental form.     

The Riemannian Manifolds with Boundary and Large Symmetry

Seventy years ago, Myers and Steenrod showed that the isometry group of a Riemannian manifold without boundary has a structure of Lie group. In 2007, Bagaev and Zhukova proved the same result for a Riemannian orbifold. In this paper, the authors first show that the isometry group of a Riemannian manifold M with boundary has dimension at most 1/2 dim M（dim M - 1）. Then such Riemannian manifolds with boundary that their isometry groups attain the preceding maximal dimension are completely classified.     

An Estimate for a Fundamental Solution of a Parabolic Equation with Drift on a Riemannian Manifold

We construct a fundamental solution for a parabolic equation with drift on a Riemannian manifold of nonpositive curvature. We obtain some estimates for this fundamental solution that depend on the conditions on the drift field.     

You can hear the local orientability of an orbifold

A Riemannian orbifold is a mildly singular generalization of a Riemannian manifold which is locally modeled on the quotient of a connected, open manifold under a finite group of isometries. If all of the isometries used to define the local structures of an entire orbifold are orientation preserving, we call the orbifold locally orientable. We use heat invariants to show that a Riemannian orbifold which is locally orientable cannot be Laplace isospectral to a Riemannian orbifold which is not locally orientable. As a corollary we observe that a Riemannian orbifold that is not locally orientable cannot be Laplace isospectral to a Riemannian manifold.     

Fundamental domains for planar discontinuous groups and uniform tilings

In this paper, we classify combinatorially different fundamental domains for any given planar discontinuous group and we give an algorithm for the complete enumeration of uniform tilings of any complete, simply connected, two-dimensional Riemannian manifold of constant curvature.Supported by Hungarian National Foundation for Scientific Research, Grant No. 1238/86.     

A Myers-type theorem and compact Ricci solitons

Let the Ricci curvature of a compact Riemannian manifold be greater, at every point, than the Lie derivative of the metric with respect to some fixed smooth vector field. It is shown that the fundamental group then has only finitely many conjugacy classes. This applies, in particular, to all compact shrinking Ricci solitons.

     

具有非负Ricci曲率和次大体积增长的完备流形(英文)

本文研究了具有非负Ricci曲率和次大体积增长的完备黎曼流形的拓扑结构问题.利用Toponogov型比较定理及临界点理论,获得了流形具有有限拓扑型的结果,推广了H.Zhan和Z.Shen的定理,并且还证明了该流形的基本群是有限生成的.     

A parabolic equation on a manifold of nonpositive curvature

For a fundamental solution of a parabolic equation on an n-dimensional Riemannian manifold we obtain two-sided estimates in terms of the curvature of the manifold.Translated fromMatematichni Metodi ta Fiziko-Mekhanichni Polya, Vol. 40, No. 4, 1997, pp. 66–69.     

拟常曲率流形中全脐点子流形的拼嵌定理

We study the global umbilic submanifolds with parallel mean curvature vector fields in a Riemannian manifold with quasi constant curvature and get a local pinching theorem about the length of the second fundamental form.