Rigidity of noncompact complete Bach-flat manifolds

Let (M,g)$(M,g)$ be a noncompact complete Bach-flat manifold with positive Yamabe constant. We prove that (M,g)$(M,g)$ is flat if (M,g)$(M,g)$ has zero scalar curvature and sufficiently small _L2$L_2$ bound of curvature tensor. When (M,g)$(M,g)$ has nonconstant scalar curvature, we prove that (M,g)$(M,g)$ is conformal to the flat space if (M,g)$(M,g)$ has sufficiently small _L2$L_2$ bound of curvature tensor and _L4/3$L_{4/3}$ bound of scalar curvature.     

Some rigidity theorems for locally symmetrical Finsler manifolds

In this paper we study some rigidity properties for locally symmetrical Finsler manifolds and obtain some results. We obtain the local equivalent characterization for a Finsler manifold to be locally symmetrical and prove that any locally symmetrical Finsler manifold with nonzero flag curvature must be Riemannian. We also generalize a rigidity result due to Akbar-Zadeh.     

Topological and affine classification of complete noncompact flat 4-manifolds

In this paper we give topological and affine classification of complete noncompact flat 4-manifolds. In particular, we show that the number of diffeomorphism classes of them is equal to 44. The affine classification uses the results of [M. Sadowski, Affinely equivalent complete flat manifolds, Cent. Eur. J. Math. 2 (2) (2004) 332–338]. The affine and the topological equivalence classes are the same for flat manifolds not homotopy equivalent to S¹,T²$S^1,T^2$ or the Klein bottle.     

Characterizations of Einstein manifolds and odd-dimensional spheres

In this paper, we use a Killing vector field on a Riemannian manifold to characterize odd-dimensional spheres and Einstein manifolds.     

Some remarks on the converse of Weyl’s conformal theorem

One of Weyl’s classical theorems states that a certain tensor, the Weyl tensor, is unchanged when the metric from which it is constructed is replaced by another metric conformally related to it. This paper explores the converse of this theorem.     

Two-symmetric Lorentzian manifolds

We classify two-symmetric Lorentzian manifolds using methods of the theory of holonomy groups. These manifolds are exhausted by a special type of pp-waves and, like the symmetric Cahen–Wallach spaces, they have commutative holonomy.     

Gradient estimate for Schrödinger operators on manifolds

In this paper, we prove a new localized version of a gradient estimate for Schrödinger operators on the complete manifolds without boundary and with Ricci curvature bounded below by a negative constant. As its application, we derive the Liouville type theorem, the Harnack inequality and the Gaussian lower bound of the heat kernel of Schrödinger operators.     

A connection with parallel torsion on almost hypercomplex manifolds with Hermitian and anti-Hermitian metrics

Almost hypercomplex manifolds with Hermitian and anti-Hermitian metrics are considered. A linear connection D$D$ is introduced such that the structure of these manifolds is parallel with respect to D$D$. Of special interest is the class of the locally conformally equivalent manifolds of the manifolds with covariantly constant almost complex structures and the case when the torsion of D$D$ is D$D$-parallel. Curvature properties of these manifolds are studied. An example of 4-dimensional manifolds in the considered basic class is constructed and characterized.     

A generalization of Weyl's theorem on projectively related affine connections

From a physical point of view, the geodesics in a four-dimensional Lorentzian spacetime are really significant only as point sets. In 1921 Weyl proved that two torsion-free covariant derivative operators D_M and on a manifold M have the same geodesics with possibly different parametrizations if and only if there is a 1-form α on M such that , where 1 is the identity (1,1) tensor on M. By a theorem of Ambrose, Palais and Singer [1], torsion-free covariant derivative operators are generated by affine sprays, and vice versa. More generally, any (not necessarily affine) spray induces a number of covariant derivatives in the tangent bundle τ of M, or in the pull-back bundle τ∗τ. We show that in the context of sprays, similarly to Weyl's relation, a correspondence between the Yano derivatives can be detected.     

Curvatures,volumes and norms of derivatives for curves in Riemannian manifolds

The well-known formulas express the curvature and the torsion of a curve in R³${\mathbb{R}}^3$ in terms of euclidean invariants of its derivatives. We obtain expressions of this kind for all curvatures of curves in arbitrary Riemannian manifolds. Our motivation comes from physics. It follows that regular curves in Rⁿ${\mathbb{R}}^n$ are determined up to isometry by the norms of their n$n$ consecutive derivatives. We extend this fact to two-point homogeneous spaces.     

The existence of homogeneous geodesics in homogeneous pseudo-Riemannian and affine manifolds

It is well known that, in any homogeneous Riemannian manifold, there is at least one homogeneous geodesic through each point. For the pseudo-Riemannian case, even if we assume reductivity, this existence problem is still open. The standard way to deal with homogeneous geodesics in the pseudo-Riemannian case is to use the so-called “Geodesic Lemma”, which is a formula involving the inner product. We shall use a different approach: namely, we imbed the class of all homogeneous pseudo-Riemannian manifolds into the broader class of all homogeneous affine manifolds (possibly with torsion) and we apply a new, purely affine method to the existence problem. In dimension 2, it was solved positively in a previous article by three authors. Our main result says that any homogeneous affine manifold admits at least one homogeneous geodesic through each point. As an immediate corollary, we prove the same result for the subclass of all homogeneous pseudo-Riemannian manifolds.     

A Darboux theorem for multi-symplectic manifolds

A class of geometric structures defined by i+1-forms that generalize the notion of a symplectic form is introduced. Examples of these structures occur in multi-dimensional variational calculus. An extension of the Darboux-Moser-Weinstein theorem is proved for these structures and a characterization for their pseudogroups is given.