On spacelike hypersurfaces of constant sectional curvature lorentz manifolds

Let $x:M^n\to {\overline{M}}^{n+1}$ be an n-dimensional spacelike hypersurface of a constant sectional curvature Lorentz manifold $\overline{M}$. Based on previous work of S. Montiel, L. Alías, A. Brasil and G. Colares studied what can be said about the geometry of M when $\overline{M}$ is a conformally stationary spacetime, with timelike conformal vector field K. For example, if $M^n$ has constant higher order mean curvatures $H_r$ and $H_{r+1}$, they concluded that $M^n$ is totally umbilical, provided $H_{r+1}\ne 0$ on it. If div($K$) does not vanish on $M^n$ they also proved that $M^n$ is totally umbilical, provided it has, a priori, just one constant higher order mean curvature.In this paper, we compute $L_r(S_r)$ for such an immersion, and use the resulting formula to study both r-maximal spacelike hypersurfaces of $\overline{M}$, as well as, in the presence of a constant higher order mean curvature, constraints on the sectional curvature of M that also suffice to guarantee the umbilicity of M. Here, by $L_r$ we mean the linearization of the second order differential operator associated to the r-th elementary symmetric function $S_r$ on the eigenvalues of the second fundamental form of x.     

On biharmonic submanifolds in non-positively curved manifolds

In the biharmonic submanifolds theory there is a generalized Chen’s conjecture which states that biharmonic submanifolds in a Riemannian manifold with non-positive sectional curvature must be minimal. This conjecture turned out false by a counter example of Y.L. Ou and L. Tang in Ou and Tang (2012). However it remains interesting to find out sufficient conditions which guarantee this conjecture to be true. In this note we prove that:1. Any complete biharmonic submanifold (resp. hypersurface) $(M,g)$ in a Riemannian manifold $(N,h)$ with non-positive sectional curvature (resp. Ricci curvature) which satisfies an integral condition: for some $p\in (0,+\infty )$, ${\int }_M{\left|\overrightarrow{H}\right|}^{p}d{\mu }_g<+\infty$, where $\overrightarrow{H}$ is the mean curvature vector field of $M\hookrightarrow N$, must be minimal. This generalizes the recent results due to N. Nakauchi and H. Urakawa in Nakauchi and Urakawa (2013, 2011).2. Any complete biharmonic submanifold (resp. hypersurface) in a Riemannian manifold of at most polynomial volume growth whose sectional curvature (resp. Ricci curvature) is non-positive must be minimal.3. Any complete biharmonic submanifold (resp. hypersurface) in a non-positively curved manifold whose sectional curvature (resp. Ricci curvature) is smaller than $-ϵ$ for some $ϵ>0$ which satisfies that ${\int }_{B_{\rho }\left(x_0\right)}{\left|\overrightarrow{H}\right|}^{p+2}d{\mu }_g(p\ge 0)$ is of at most polynomial growth of $\rho$, must be minimal.We also consider $\epsilon$-superbiharmonic submanifolds defined recently in Wheeler (2013) by G. Wheeler and prove similar results for $\epsilon$-superbiharmonic submanifolds, which generalize the result in Wheeler (2013).     

Leibniz algebras associated with representations of filiform Lie algebras

In this paper we investigate Leibniz algebras whose quotient Lie algebra is a naturally graded filiform Lie algebra $n_{n,1}$. We introduce a Fock module for the algebra $n_{n,1}$ and provide classification of Leibniz algebras $L$ whose corresponding Lie algebra $L/I$ is the algebra $n_{n,1}$ with condition that the ideal $I$ is a Fock $n_{n,1}$-module, where $I$ is the ideal generated by squares of elements from $L$.We also consider Leibniz algebras with corresponding Lie algebra $n_{n,1}$ and such that the action $I\times n_{n,1}\to I$ gives rise to a minimal faithful representation of $n_{n,1}$. The classification up to isomorphism of such Leibniz algebras is given for the case of $n=4$.     

Quillen superconnections and connections on supermanifolds

Given a supervector bundle $E=E_0\oplus E_1\to M$, we exhibit a parametrization of Quillen superconnections on $E$ by graded connections on the Cartan–Koszul supermanifold $(M,\Omega \left(M\right))$. The relation between the curvatures of both kind of connections, and their associated Chern classes, is discussed in detail. In particular, we find that Chern classes for graded vector bundles on split supermanifolds can be computed through the associated Quillen superconnections.