Invariant Metrics on Cohomogeneity One Manifolds

Let G be one of the connected subgroups of the orthogonal group of ⁿ which acts transitively on the unit sphere S ^n–1. We get the necessary and sufficient condition for G-invariant metrics g on ⁿ \{0} to be extendend to the origin. For n=2 this is a classical result of Berard–Bergery. The curvature tensor and the sectional curvature of any such Riemannian G-manifold ( ⁿ , g) are described in terms of the length of the Killing vector fields, as well as the second fundamental form of the regular orbits G(P)=S ^n–1. As an application we describe all G-invariant metrics which are Kähler, hyperKähler or have constant principal curvatures. Some of these results are generalized to the case of any cohomogeneity one G-manifold which, in a neighbourhood of a singular orbit, can be identified with a twisted product.     

Cohomogeneity Two Actions on Flat Riemannian Manifolds

In this paper, we study flat Riemannian manifolds which have codimension two orbits, under the action of a closed and connected Lie group G of isometries. We assume that G has fixed points, then characterize M and orbits of M.     

Cohomogeneity One Hypersurfaces of the Hyperbolic Space

In this paper we extend to the hyperbolic space results firstly obtainedin Podestà and Spiro (Ann. Global Anal. Geom. 13(2) (1995), 169–184) for compact cohomogeneity, Riemannian manifoldsimmersed as hypersurfaces of the Euclidean space and in Seixas(Ph.D. Thesis, 1996), wherethe complete case was studied. Both works give sufficient conditionsfor the hypersurface to be of revolution. We study cohomogeneity, complete hypersurfaces of the hyperbolic space and prove a similar resultof Seixas (Ph.D. Thesis, 1996), obtaining also a class of nonrotational examples.     

Computing Degree of Maps Between Manifolds

We determine the degrees of maps between two given closed （n-1）-connected 2n-mamifolds when n ≡ 1 （mod 8）.     

One Nonparabolic End Theorem on Kahler Manifolds

In this paper, the complete noncompact Kahler manifolds satisfying the weighted Poincare inequality are considered and one nonparabolic end theorem which generalizes Munteanu＇s result is obtained.     

Commutative Standard Table Algebras with at Most One Nontrivial Multiplicity

We classify commutative standard table algebras (STA) with at most one nontrivial multiplicity. The main result shows that there exists exactly one nontrivial multiplicity if and only if the table basis is the wreath product of a two-dimensional subalgebra and an abelian group. The theorem applies to adjacency algebras of commutative association schemes with exactly one primitive idempotent matrix of rank greater than one. A theorem of Seitz that characterizes finite groups with exactly one irreducible representation of degree greater than one is another corollary of the main theorem.     

The Degree of Symmetry of Certain Compact Smooth Manifolds Ⅱ

We give the sharp estimates for the degree of symmetry and the semi-simple degree of symmetry of certain compact fiber bundles with non-trivial four dimensional fibers in the sense of cobordism, by virtue of the rigidity theorem of harmonic maps due to Schoen and Yau (Topology, 18, 1979, 361-380). As a corollary of this estimate, we compute the degree of symmetry and the semi-simple degree of symmetry of CP2 × V, where V is a closed smooth manifold admitting a real analytic Riemannian metric of non-positive curvature. In addition, by the Albanese map, we obtain the sharp estimate of the degree of symmetry of a compact smooth manifold with some restrictions on its one dimensional cohomology.     

On the Degree of Approximation by Manifolds of Finite Pseudo-Dimension

The pseudo-dimension of a real-valued function class is an extension of the VC dimension for set-indicator function classes. A class of finite pseudo-dimension possesses a useful statistical smoothness property. In [10] we introduced a nonlinear approximation width = which measures the worst-case approximation error over all functions by the best manifold of pseudo-dimension n . In this paper we obtain tight upper and lower bounds on ρ _n (W ^r,d _p , L _q ) , both being a constant factor of n ^-r/d , for a Sobolev class W ^r,d _p , . As this is also the estimate of the classical Alexandrov nonlinear n -width, our result proves that approximation of W ^r,d _p by the family of manifolds of pseudo-dimension n is as powerful as approximation by the family of all nonlinear manifolds with continuous selection operators. March 12, 1997. Dates revised: August 26, 1997, October 24, 1997, March 16, 1998, June 15, 1998. Date accepted: June 25, 1998.     

Harmonic Functions on Rank One Asymptotically Harmonic Manifolds

Asymptotically harmonic manifolds are simply connected complete Riemannian manifolds without conjugate points such that all horospheres have the same constant mean curvature \(h\). In this article we present results for harmonic functions on rank one asymptotically harmonic manifolds \(X\) with mild curvature boundedness conditions. Our main results are (a) the explicit calculation of the Radon–Nikodym derivative of the visibility measures, (b) an explicit integral representation for the solution of the Dirichlet problem at infinity in terms of these visibility measures, and (c) a result on horospherical means of bounded eigenfunctions implying that these eigenfunctions do not admit non-trivial continuous extensions to the geometric compactification \(\overline{X}\).     

The Degree of Symmetry of Certain Compact Smooth Manifolds Ⅱ

We give the sharp estimates for the degree of symmetry and the semi-simple degree of symmetry of certain compact fiber bundles with non-trivial four dimensional fibers in the sense of cobordism, by virtue of the rigidity theorem of harmonic maps due to Schoen and Yau (Topology, 18, 1979, 361-380). As a corollary of this estimate, we compute the degree of symmetry and the semi-simple degree of symmetry of CP2×V, where V is a closed smooth manifold admitting a real analytic Riemannian metric of non-positive curvature. In addition, by the Albanese map, we obtain the sharp estimate of the degree of symmetry of a compact smooth manifold with some restrictions on its one dimensional cohomology.     

Low Cohomogeneity Representations and Orbit Maximal Actions

An orthogonal representation of a compact Lie group is called polar if thereexists a linear subspace which meets all orbits orthogonally.It has been shown by Conlon that one can associate a Coxeter groupto such a representation.From this, an upper bound for the cohomogeneity of an irreduciblepolar representation can be derived.Another property of irreducible polar representations isthat the action restricted to the unit spherehas maximal orbits in the sense that any action having largerorbits is transitive.We give a classification of orbit maximal actions on spheresand use it to show that irreducible polar representations arecharacterized by these two properties.     

Proper Holomorphic Self-Maps of Quasi-balanced Domains

We show that proper holomorphic self-maps of smoothly bounded pseudoconvex quasi-balanced domains of finite type are automorphisms. This generalizes the classical Alexander’s theorem on proper holomorphic self-maps of the unit ball.     

NMS Flows on Three-Dimensional Manifolds with One Saddle Periodic Orbit

The simplest NMS flow is a polar flow formed by an attractive periodic orbit and a repulsive periodic orbit as limit sets.In this paper we show that the only orientable,simple,compact,3-dimensional manifolds without boundary that admit an NMS flow with none or one saddle periodic orbit are lens spaces. We also see that when a fattened round handle is a connected sum of tori, the corresponding flow is also a trivial connected sum of flows.     

Cut Vertices and Degree One Vertices of Zero-Divisor Graphs

This article continues to examine cut vertices in the zero-divisor graphs of commutative rings with 1. The main result is that, with only seven known exceptions, the zero-divisor graph of a commutative ring has a cut vertex if and only if the graph has a degree one vertex. This naturally leads to an examination of the degree one vertices of zero-divisor graphs.     

Cohomogeneity and positive curvature in low dimensions

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Cohomogeneity one manifolds and hypersurfaces of the euclidean space

This paper is aimed at studying compact hypersurfaces of the euclidean space which are supposed to be Riemannian manifolds of cohomogeneity one, namely acted on by a Lie group of intrinsic isometries with principal orbits of codimension one. We give necessary and sufficient conditions on the structure of the Riemannian metric in order that a hypersurface of such kind turns out to be a revolution hypersurface.     

Cohomogeneity one Riemannian manifolds of non-positive curvature

We study a G-manifold M which admits a G-invariant Riemannian metric g of non-positive curvature. We describe all such Riemannian G-manifolds (M,g) of non-positive curvature with a semisimple Lie group G which acts on M regularly and classify cohomogeneity one G-manifolds M of a semisimple Lie group G which admit an invariant metric of non-positive curvature. Some results on non-existence of invariant metric of negative curvature on cohomogeneity one G-manifolds of a semisimple Lie group G are given.     

Invariant Measures for Univalent Self-Maps of the Unit Disc

We develop a translation-type model for univalent self-maps φ of the unit disc having an interior fixed-point and use the model to classify the φ-invariant measures on . We are particularly interested in maps which can be embedded in continuous semigroups of holomorphic self-maps of . Received: February 2, 2007. Revised: June 18, 2007. Accepted: July 4, 2007.