Helicoidal flat surfaces in the 3‐sphere

In this paper, helicoidal flat surfaces in the 3‐dimensional sphere are considered. A complete classification of such surfaces, that generalizes a classification of rotational flat surfaces, is given in terms of the first and second fundamental forms for asymptotic parameters. The result consists in a relation between helicoidal flat surfaces and linear solutions of the corresponding homogeneous wave equation for the angle function.     

The Gauss map of pseudo‐algebraic minimal surfaces in R4

In this paper, we prove effective estimates for the number of exceptional values and the totally ramified value number of the Gauss map for pseudo‐algebraic and algebraic minimal surfaces in Euclidean four‐space and give a kind of unicity theorem (© 2009 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Sequences of harmonic maps in the 3‐sphere

We define two transforms of non‐conformal harmonic maps from a surface into the 3‐sphere. With these transforms one can construct, from one such harmonic map, a sequence of harmonic maps. We show that there is a correspondence between harmonic maps into the 3‐sphere, H‐surfaces in Euclidean 3‐space and almost complex surfaces in the nearly Kähler manifold . As a consequence we can construct sequences of H‐surfaces and almost complex surfaces.     

The Gauss map of submanifolds in the Heisenberg group

We obtain criteria for the harmonicity of the Gauss map of submanifolds in the Heisenberg group and consider the examples demonstrating the connection between the harmonicity of this map and the properties of the mean curvature field. Also, we introduce a natural class of cylindrical submanifolds and prove that a constant mean curvature hypersurface with harmonic Gauss map is cylindrical.     

Four‐dimensional contact ‐submanifolds in

The analogue of ‐submanifolds in (almost) Kählerian manifolds is the concept of contact ‐submanifolds in Sasakian manifolds. These are submanifolds for which the structure vector field ξ is tangent to the submanifold and for which the tangent bundle of M can be decomposed as , where is invariant with respect to the endomorphism φ and is antiinvariant with respect to φ. The lowest possible dimension for M in which this decomposition is non trivial is the dimension 4. In this paper we obtain a complete classification of four‐dimensional contact ‐submanifolds in and for which the second fundamental form restricted to and vanishes identically.     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">CR</Emphasis>-Warped Products in Complex Projective Spaces with Compact Holomorphic Factor

A submanifold of a Kaehler manifold is called a CR-warped product if it is the warped product N_T ×_fN of a complex submanifold N_T and a totally real submanifold N. There exist many CR-warped products N_T ×_fN in CP^h+p, h = dim_CN_T and p = dim_RN (see [5, 6]). In contrast, we prove in this article that the situation is quite different if the holomorphic factor N_T is compact. For such CR-wraped products in CP^m (4), we prove the following: (1) The complex dimension m of the ambient space is at least h + p + hp. (2) If m = h + p + hp, then N_T is CP^h(4). We also obtain two geometric inequalities for CR-warped products in CP^m with compact N_T.     

Generalized surfaces with constant <Emphasis Type="Italic">H</Emphasis>/<Emphasis Type="Italic">K</Emphasis> in Euclidean three-space

Surfaces in Euclidean three-space with constant ratio of mean curvature to Gauss curvature arise naturally as the parallel surfaces to minimal surfaces. They might possess singularities which occur naturally as focal points of minimal surfaces. We study geometric properties and the singularities of such surfaces, prove some global results about them, and provide a Björling formula to construct such surfaces with prescribed point or curve singularities.     

Existence of a non‐reflexive embedding with birational Gauss map for a projective variety

We study the relationship between the generic smoothness of the Gauss map and the reflexivity (with respect to the projective dual) for a projective variety defined over an algebraically closed field. The problem we discuss here is whether it is possible for a projective variety X in ℙ^N to re‐embed into some projective space ℙ^M so as to be non‐reflexive with generically smooth Gauss map. Our result is that the answer is affirmative under the assumption that X has dimension at least 3 and the differential of the Gauss map of X in ℙ^N is identically zero; hence the projective varietyX re‐embedded in ℙ^M yields a negative answer to Kleiman–Piene's question: Does the generic smoothness of the Gauss map imply reflexivity for a projective variety? A Fermat hypersurface in ℙ^N with suitable degree in positive characteristic is known to satisfy the assumption above. We give some new, other examples of X in ℙ^N satisfying the assumption. (© 2008 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Minimal volume invariants,topological sphere theorems and biorthogonal curvature on 4‐manifolds

The goal of this article is to establish estimates involving the Yamabe minimal volume, mixed minimal volume and some topological invariants on compact 4‐manifolds. In addition, we provide topological sphere theorems for compact submanifolds of spheres and Euclidean spaces, provided that the full norm of the second fundamental form is suitably bounded.     

Flag‐transitive 2‐ designs of product type

In this paper, we prove that if a 2‐ design admits a flag‐transitive automorphism group G, then G is of affine, almost simple type, or product type. Furthermore, we prove that if G is product type then is either a 2‐(25, 4, 12) design or a 2‐(25, 4, 18) design with .     

The Gauss map of a hypersurface in Euclidean sphere and the spherical Legendrian duality

We investigate the Gauss map of a hypersurface in Euclidean n-sphere as an application of the theory of Legendrian singularities. We can interpret the image of the Gauss map as the wavefront set of a Legendrian immersion into a certain contact manifold. We interpret the geometric meaning of the singularities of the Gauss map from this point of view.     

New gap results on the 4‐dimensional sphere

A result showed by M. Gursky in 4 ensures that any metric g on the 4‐dimensional sphere satisfying and is isometric to the round metric. In this note, we prove that there exists a universal number i ₀ such that any metric g on the 4‐dimensional sphere satisfying and is isometric to the round metric. Moreover, there exists a universal such that any metric g on the 4‐dimensional sphere with nonnegative sectional curvature, and is isometric to the round metric. This last result slightly improves a rigidity theorem also proved in 4 .     

Geometry of Warped Product CR-Submanifolds in Kaehler Manifolds

 In this paper we study warped product CR-submanifolds in Kaehler manifolds and introduce the notion of CR-warped products. We prove several fundamental properties of CR-warped products in Kaehler manifolds and establish a general inequality for an arbitrary CR-warped product in an arbitrary Kaehler manifold. We then investigate CR-warped products in a general Kaehler manifold which satisfy the equality case of the inequality. Finally we classify CR-warped products in complex Euclidean space which satisfy the equality. (Received 24 August 2000; in revised form 19 February 2001)     

Geometry of Warped Product CR-Submanifolds in Kaehler Manifolds, II

 A CR-submanifold N of a Kaehler manifold is called a CR-warped product if N is the warped product of a holomorphic submanifold and a totally real submanifold of . This notion of CR-warped products was introduced in part I of this series. It was proved in part I that every CR-warped product in a Kaehler manifold satisfies a basic inequality: . The classification of CR-warped products in complex Euclidean space satisfying the equality case of the inequality is archived in part I. The main purpose of this second part of this series is to classify CR-warped products in complex projective and complex hyperbolic spaces which satisfy the equality. (Received 13 March 2001; in revised form 10 August 2001)     

On para‐Kähler Lie algebroids and contravariant pseudo‐Hessian structures

In this paper, we generalize all the results obtained on para‐Kähler Lie algebras in [3] to para‐Kähler Lie algebroids. In particular, we study exact para‐Kähler Lie algebroids as a generalization of exact para‐Kähler Lie algebras. This study leads to a natural generalization of pseudo‐Hessian manifolds, we call them contravariant pseudo‐Hessian manifolds. Contravariant pseudo‐Hessian manifolds have many similarities with Poisson manifolds. We explore these similarities which, among others, leads to a powerful machinery to build examples of non trivial pseudo‐Hessian structures. Namely, we will show that given a finite dimensional commutative and associative algebra , the orbits of the action Φ of on given by are pseudo‐Hessian manifolds, where . We illustrate this result by considering many examples of associative commutative algebras and show that the resulting pseudo‐Hessian manifolds are very interesting.     

Rigidity of ‐quasi Einstein manifolds

This paper deals with the study on ‐quasi Einstein manifolds. First, we give some characterizations of an ‐quasi Einstein manifold admitting closed conformal or parallel vector field. Then, we obtain some rigidity conditions for this class of manifolds. We prove that an ‐quasi Einstein manifold with a closed conformal vector field has a warped product structure of the form , where I is a real interval, is an ‐dimensional Riemannian manifold and q is a smooth function on I . Finally, a non‐trivial example of an ‐quasi Einstein manifold verifying our results in terms of the potential function is presented.     

Metrics of Kaluza–Klein type on the anti‐de Sitter space

We introduce and study a new family of pseudo‐Riemannian metrics on the anti‐de Sitter three‐space . These metrics will be called “of Kaluza‐Klein type” , as they are induced in a natural way by the corresponding metrics defined on the tangent sphere bundle . For any choice of three real parameters , the pseudo‐Riemannian manifold is homogeneous. Moreover, we shall introduce and study some natural almost contact and paracontact structures , compatible with , such that is a homogeneous almost contact (respectively, paracontact) metric structure. These structures will be then used to show the existence of a three‐parameter family of homogeneous metric mixed 3‐structures on the anti‐de Sitter three‐space.     

Pinching theorems of hypersurfaces in a unit sphere

Let Mn be a complete hypersurface in Sn+1(1) with constant mean curvature. Assume that Mn has n−1 principal curvatures with the same sign everywhere. We prove that if RicM≤C₋(H), either S?S₊(H) or RicM?0 or the fundamental group of Mn is infinite, then S is constant, S=S₊(H) and Mn is isometric to a Clifford torus with . These rigidity theorems are still valid for compact hypersurface without constancy condition on the mean curvature.     

Warped product structure of submanifolds with nonpositive extrinsic curvature in space forms

By means of a simple warped product construction we obtain examples of submanifolds with nonpositive extrinsic curvature and minimal index of relative nullity in any space form. We then use this to extend to arbitrary space forms four known splitting results for Euclidean submanifolds with nonpositive sectional curvature.