Gaussian Polynomials and Content Ideal in Pullbacks

This article deals mainly with rings (with zerodivisors) in which regular Gaussian polynomials have locally principal contents. Precisely, we show that if (T,M) is a local ring which is not a field, D is a subring of T/M such that qf(D) = T/M, h: T → T/M is the canonical surjection and R = h ^?1(D), then if T satisfies the property “every regular Gaussian polynomial has locally principal content,” then also R verifies the same property. We also show that if D is a Prüfer domain and T satisfies the property “every Gaussian polynomial has locally principal content”, then R satisfies the same property. The article includes a brief discussion of the scopes and limits of our result.     

On totally real surfaces of the nearly Kaehler 6-sphere

Let M be a minimal totally real surface of the nearly Kaehler 6-sphere. We prove that if M is homeomorphic to a sphere, then M is totally geodesic. Consequently, if M is compact and has non-negative Gaussian curvature K, then eithe K=0 or K=1. Finally, we derive from these results that if M has constant Gaussian curvature K, then either K=0 or K=1.Aspirant Navorser N.F.W.O. (Belgium).     

Estimate of the upper bound on the Gaussian curvature of certain surfaces with boundary

In this article it is shown that if S is a complete, regular (of class C⁴) surface with geodesic boundary along which the normal curvature does not change sign, then the Gaussian curvature of the surface satisfies the condition: .Translated from Matematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 113–120, July, 1976.The author wishes to thank N. V. Efimov for introducing him to this problem and for several valuable pieces of advice given when the work was being written up.     

Completion of R2 with a Conformal Metric as a Closed Surface

In this paper,we obtain some asymptotic behavior results for solutions to the prescribed Gaussian curvature equation.Moreover,we prove that under a con-formal metric in R2,if the total Gaussian curvature is 4π,the conformal area of R2 is finite and the Gaussian curvature is bounded,then R2 is a compact C1,α surface after completion at ∞,for any α ∈(0,1).If the Gaussian curvature has a Holder decay at in-finity,then the completed surface is C2.For radial solutions,the same regularity holds if the Gaussian curvature has a limit at infinity.     

Ruled surfaces of Weingarten type in Minkowski 3-space

In this paper, we study ruled Weingarten surfaces M : x (s, t) = α(s) + tβ (s) in Minkowski 3-space on which there is a nontrivial functional relation between a pair of elements of the set {K, K_II, H, H_II}, where K is the Gaussian curvature, K_II is the second Gaussian curvature, H is the mean curvature, and H_II is the second mean curvature. We also study ruled linear Weingarten surfaces in Minkowski 3-space such that the linear combination aK_II + bH + cH_II + dK is constant along each ruling for some constants a, b, c, d with a² + b² + c² ≠ 0.     

ABELIAN EXCHANGE MODULES

ABSTRACT

Let M_k be a right k-module with endomorphism ring E=End(M_k). We prove that if E is an Abelian exchange ring, then M_k has the full exchange property. We also give an extension of this result in the case E is regular.     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">A</Emphasis>-deformations of a surface with stationary lengths of <Emphasis Type="Italic">LGT</Emphasis>-lines

We investigate infinitesimal areal deformations (A-deformations) of the first order under which the lengths of LGT-lines of a surface are preserved in the E ₃ -space. We prove that any regular surface of the class C ⁴ of nonzero Gaussian curvature without umbilical points admits nontrivial A-deformations with stationary lengths of LGT-lines.     

Limits of translation invariant experiments

In this article we study the behaviour of translation invariant experiments. The main result establishes necessary and sufficient conditions for the local approximation of a sequence of suitably normalized product experiments by Gaussian shifts with respect to the weak convergence. Moreover, it turns out that the local asymptotically normal (LAN) condition with uniform remainders with respect to the local parameter can be characterized in terms of the local behavior of the Hellinger distances. This result depends on the fact that a convergent sequence E_n is always equicontinous if E_n is convergent. The result answers a question which has been posed in the author's article about “the convergence of almost regular statistical experiments to Gaussian shifts” (In Proceedings, 4th Pannonian Sympos. Math. Statist., Bad Tatzmannsdorf, 1983). The proofs rely on a theorem showing that binary experiments can be treated by positive definite functions.     

Zur Theorie verallgemeinerter torsaler Strahlflächen

In this paper we will investigate (k+1)-dimensional generalized ruled surfaces generated by a one-parameter family ofk-dimensional linear subspaces of then-dimensional Euclidean spaceE _n . Some results which are well-known for developable surfaces are proved for generalized ruled surfaces: Generalized developable surfaces are locally either cyclinders, cones or tangent surfaces. Each regular surface on a generalized ruled surface is locally Euclidean if and only if is developable. Each locally Euclidean hypersurface is a generalized developable hypersurface. Furthermore, the hypersurfaces with vanishing Gaussian curvature and the locally Euclidean hypersurfaces on generalized rule hypersurfaces will be characterized.     

Zero Divisor Graph for the Ring of Gaussian Integers Modulo n

This article studies the zero divisor graph for the ring of Gaussian integers modulo n, Γ (? _n [i]). For each positive integer n, the number of vertices, the diameter, the girth and the case when the dominating number is 1 or 2 is found.

Complete characterizations, in terms of n, are given of the cases in which Γ (? _n [i]) is complete, complete bipartite, planar, regular or Eulerian.     

P-systems in regular semigroups

In this paper, firstly it is shown that a regular semigroup S becomes a regular *-semigroup (in the sense of [1]) if and only if S has a certain subset called a p-system. Secondly, all the normal *-bands are completely described in terms of rectangular *-bands (square bands) and transitive systems of homomorphisms of rectangular *-bands. Further, it is shown that an orthodox semigroup S becomes a regular *-semigroup if there is a p-system F of the band E_S of idempotents of S such that F∋e, E_S∋t, e≥t imply t∈F. By using this result, it is also shown that F is a p-system of a generalized inverse semigroup S if and only if F is a p-system of F_S. Dedicated to Professor L. M. Gluskin on his 60th birthday     

On the inner curvature of the second fundamental form of helicoidal surfaces

Let M be a helicoidal surface in E ³, free of points of vanishing Gaussian curvature. Let H be the mean curvature and K _II the curvature of the second fundamental form. In this note it is shown that the helicoidal surfaces satisfying K _II =H are locally characterized by constancy of the ratio of the principal curvatures. Moreover it is proved that these helicoidal surfaces are determined by a first order differential equation. Research supported by E.E.C. contract CHRX-CT92-0050.     

On Stability of Cones in <Emphasis Type="Italic">R</Emphasis><Superscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis>+1</Superscript> with Zero Scalar Curvature

In this work we generalize the case of scalar curvature zero the results of Simmons (Ann. Math. 88 (1968), 62–105) for minimal cones in Rⁿ⁺¹. If Mⁿ⁻¹ is a compact hypersurface of the sphere Sⁿ(1) we represent by C(M)ε the truncated cone based on M with center at the origin. It is easy to see that M has zero scalar curvature if and only if the cone base on M also has zero scalar curvature. Hounie and Leite (J. Differential Geom. 41 (1995), 247–258) recently gave the conditions for the ellipticity of the partial differential equation of the scalar curvature. To show that, we have to assume n ⩾ 4 and the three-curvature of M to be different from zero. For such cones, we prove that, for n ≤slant 7 there is an ε for which the truncate cone C(M)_ε is not stable. We also show that for n ⩾ 8 there exist compact, orientable hypersurfaces Mⁿ⁻¹ of the sphere with zero scalar curvature and S₃ different from zero, for which all truncated cones based on M are stable. Mathematics Subject Classifications (2000): 53C42, 53C40, 49F10, 57R70.     

ON A CONJECTURE ON nTH ORDER DEGREE REGULAR GRAPHS

Abstract

For n a positive integer and v a vertex of a graph G, the nth order degree of v in G, denoted by deg_nv, is the number of vertices at distance n from v. The graph G is said to be nth order regular of degree k if, for every vertex v of G, deg_nv = k. The following conjecture due to Alavi, Lick, and Zou is proved: For n ≥ 2, if G is a connected nth order regular graph of degree 1, then G is either a path of length 2n—1 or G has diameter n. Properties of nth order regular graphs of degree k, k ≥ 1, are investigated.     

Exponents of someN-compact spaces

For any topological spaceT, S. Mrówka has defined Exp (T) to be the smallest cardinal κ (if any such cardinals exist) such thatT can be embedded as a closed subset of the productN ^κ of κ copies ofN (the discrete space of cardinality ℵ₀). We prove that forQ, the space of the rationals with the inherited topology, Exp (Q) is equal to a certain covering number, and we show that by modifying some earlier work of ours it can be seen that it is consistent with the usual axioms of set theory including the choice that this number equal any uncountable regular cardinal less than or equal to 2^ℵ ₀. Mrówka has also defined and studied the class ℳ={κ: Exp (N _κ)=κ} whereN _κ is the discrete space of cardinality κ. It is known that the first cardinal not in ℳ must not only be inaccessible but cannot even belong to any of the first ω Mahlo classes. However, it is not known whether every cardinal below 2^ℵ ₀ is contained in ℳ. We prove that if there exists a maximal family of almost-disjoint subsets ofN of cardinality κ, then κ∈ℳ, and we then use earlier work to prove that if it is consistent that there exist cardinals which are not in the first ω Mahlo classes, then it is consistent that there exist such cardinals below 2^ℵ ₀ and that ℳ nevertheless contain all cardinals no greater than 2^ℵ ₀. Finally, we consider the relationship between ℳ and certain “large cardinals”, and we prove, for example, that if μ is any normal measure on a measurable cardinal, then μ(ℳ)=0.     

Regularity properties of H-graphs

It is proved that if H(u) is non-decreasing and if , then if u (x) describes a graph over a disk B _R (0), with (upward oriented) mean curvature H(u), there is a bound on the gradient that depends only on R, on u (0), and on the particular function H (u). As a consequence a form of Harnack's inequality is obtained, in which no positivity hypothesis appears. The results are qualitatively best possible, in the senses a) that they are false if H is constant, and b) the dependences indicated are essential.?The demonstrations are based on an existence theorem for a nonlinear boundary problem with singular data, which is of independent interest. Received: April 22, 1996     

On integral Apollonian circle packings

The curvatures of four mutually tangent circles with disjoint interiors form what is called a Descartes quadruple. The four least curvatures in an integral Apollonian circle packing form what is called a root Descartes quadruple and, if the curvatures are relatively prime, we say that it is a primitive root quadruple. We prove a conjecture of Mallows by giving a closed formula for the number of primitive root quadruples with minimum curvature −n. An Apollonian circle packing is called strongly integral if every circle has curvature times center a Gaussian integer. The set of all such circle packings for which the curvature plus curvature times center is congruent to 1 modulo 2 is called the “standard supergasket.” Those centers in the unit square are in one-to-one correspondence with the primitive root quadruples and exhibit certain symmetries first conjectured by Mallows. We prove these symmetries; in particular, the centers are symmetric around y=x if n is odd, around x=1/2 if n is an odd multiple of 2, and around y=1/2 if n is a multiple of 4.     

A complete conformal metric of preassigned negative Gaussian curvature for a punctured hyperbolic Riemann surface

Leth be a complete metric of Gaussian curvature K₀ on a punctured Riemann surface of genusg ≥ 1 (or the sphere with at least three punctures). Given a smooth negative functionK withK =K ₀ in neighbourhoods of the punctures we prove that there exists a metric conformal toh which attains this function as its Gaussian curvature for the punctured Riemann surface. We do so by minimizing an appropriate functional using elementary analysis.     

Cauchy Complete Nearness Spaces

A nearness space is Cauchy complete if every regular Cauchy filter on the space is convergent. We show that the category CCNear ₂ of Cauchy complete N ₂ spaces is reflective in the category Near ₂ C of N ₂-spaces and Cauchy maps and that the reflection of an N ₂-space is given by the strict extension associated with regular Cauchy filters on the space.     

On Pseudo-Holomorphic Curves from Two-Spheres into a Complex Grassmannian G（2, 5）

Let s ： S2 → G（2, 5） be a linearly full totally unramified pseudo-holomorphic curve with constant Gaussian curvature K in a complex Grassmann manifold G（2, 5）. It is prove that K is either 1 4 1 or 4/5 if s is non-±holomorphic. Furthermore, K = 1/3 if and only if s is totally real. We also prove that the Gaussian curvature K is either 1 or -4/3 if s is a non-degenerate holomorphic curve under some conditions.