Almost Complex Structures Which Are Compatible with Kähler or Symplectic Structures

In this note we prove that half of all homotopy classes of almost complex structures on M is not compatible with any symplectic structure for a certain class of oriented compact 4-manifolds M. In particular, half of all homotopy classes of almost complex structures on an oriented 4-manifold is not compatible to any Kähler structure.     

Nonlinear Commutation Relations: Representations by Point-Supported Operators

We present a class of non-Lie commutation relations admitting representations by point-supported operators (i.e., by operators whose integral kernels are generalized point-supported functions). For such relations we construct all operator-irreducible representations (up to equivalence). Each representation is realized by point-supported operators in the Hilbert space of antiholomorphic functions. We show that the reproducing kernels of these spaces can be represented via hypergeometric series and the theta function, as well as via their modifications. We construct coherent states that intertwine abstract representations with irreducible representations.     

Riemannian Submersions and Riemannian Manifolds with Einstein--Weyl Structures

The main results of this paper are as follows. (a) Let : M N be a non-trivial Riemannian submersion with totally geodesic fibers of dimension 1 over an Einstein manifold N. If M is compact and admits a standard Einstein--Weyl structure with constant Einstein--Weyl function, then N admits a Kähler structure andM a Sasakian structure. (b) Let be a Riemannian submersion with totally geodesic fibers and N an Einstein manifold of positive scalar curvature . If M admits a standard Sasakian structure, then M admits an Einstein--Weyl structure with constant Einstein--Weyl function.     

Diffeomorphisms and Almost Complex Structures on Tori

We prove that there exist diffeomorphisms of tori, supported in a disc, which are not isotopic to symplectomorphisms with respect to the standard symplectic structure. This yields a partial negative answer to a question of Benson and Gordon about the existence of symplectic structures on tori with exotic differential structure. Mathematics Subject Classifications (2000): 53C15, 53D35.     

Holomorphic functions and embedded real surfaces

The paper is devoted to the study of necessary and sufficient topological conditions for an embedded real surface to lie in a strictly pseudoconvex domain on a complex surface. These results are used to construct Stein domains on algebraic manifolds and to describe envelopes of holomorphy of real surfaces in P ² and in some other complex surfaces.Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 63, No. 4, pp. 599–606, April, 1998.The author is grateful to A. Vitushkin for the statement of the problem and for constant encouragement.This research was partially supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research under grant No. 96-01-01002 and by the International Science Foundation under grant No. a97-1850.