On the Ricci and Einstein equations on the pseudo-euclidean and hyperbolic spaces

We consider tensors T=fg on the pseudo-euclidean space Rn and on the hyperbolic space Hn, where n?3, g is the standard metric and f is a differentiable function. For such tensors, we consider, in both spaces, the problems of existence of a Riemannian metric , conformal to g, such that , and the existence of such a metric which satisfies , where is the scalar curvature of . We find the restrictions on the Ricci candidate for solvability and we construct the solutions when they exist. We show that these metrics are unique up to homothety, we characterize those globally defined and we determine the singularities for those which are not globally defined. None of the non-homothetic metrics , defined on Rn or Hn, are complete. As a consequence of these results, we get positive solutions for the equation , where g is the pseudo-euclidean metric.     

Upper bounds on the first eigenvalue for a diffusion operator via Bakry-Émery Ricci curvature

Let L=Δ−∇φ⋅∇ be a symmetric diffusion operator with an invariant measure on a complete Riemannian manifold. In this paper we give an upper bound estimate on the first eigenvalue of the diffusion operator L on the complete manifold with the m-dimensional Bakry-Émery Ricci curvature satisfying Ricm,n(L)?−(n−1), and therefore generalize a Cheng's result on the Laplacian (S.-Y. Cheng (1975) [8]) to the case of the diffusion operator.     

Harnack inequality and heat kernel estimates on manifolds with curvature unbounded below

Using the coupling by parallel translation, along with Girsanov's theorem, a new version of a dimension-free Harnack inequality is established for diffusion semigroups on Riemannian manifolds with Ricci curvature bounded below by , where c>0 is a constant and ρo is the Riemannian distance function to a fixed point o on the manifold. As an application, in the symmetric case, a Li-Yau type heat kernel bound is presented for such semigroups.     

Bi-Hermitian Gray surfaces II

The aim of this paper is to classify bi-Hermitian compact surfaces (M,g) whose Ricci tensor ρ satisfies the relation .     

Holomorphic cohomology groups on compact Kähler complex spaces

Let (X,OX) be a compact (reduced) complex space, bimeromorphic to a Kähler manifold. The singular cohomology groups Hq(X,C) carry a mixed Hodge structure. In particular they carry a weight filtration W−lHq(X,C) (l=0,…,q), and the graded quotients have a direct sum decomposition into holomorphic invariants as . Here we investigate the relationships between the above invariants for r=0 and the cohomology groups , where is the sheaf of weakly holomorphic functions on X. Moreover, according to the smooth case, we characterize the topological line bundles L on X such that the class of c₁(L) in has pure type (1,1).     

Characterizing the round sphere by mean distance

We discuss the measure theoretic metric invariants extent, rendezvous number and mean distance of a general compact metric space X and relate these to classical metric invariants such as diameter and radius. In the final section we focus attention to the category of Riemannian manifolds. The main result of this paper is Theorem 4 stating that the round sphere of constant curvature 1 has maximal mean distance among Riemannian n-manifolds with Ricci curvature Ric?n−1, and that such a manifold is diffeomorphic to a sphere if the mean distance is close to .     

Générateurs de l'anneau des entiers d'une extension cyclotomique

Let p be an odd prime and q=pm, where m is a positive integer. Let ζq be a qth primitive root of 1 and Oq be the ring of integers in Q(ζq). In [I. Gaál, L. Robertson, Power integral bases in prime-power cyclotomic fields, J. Number Theory 120 (2006) 372-384] I. Gaál and L. Robertson show that if , where is the class number of , then if α∈Oq is a generator of Oq (in other words Z[α]=Oq) either α is equals to a conjugate of an integer translate of ζq or is an odd integer. In this paper we show that we can remove the hypothesis over . In other words we show that if α∈Oq is a generator of Oq then either α is a conjugate of an integer translate of ζq or is an odd integer.     

Evolution of Yamabe constant under Ricci flow

In this note under a crucial technical assumption, we derive a formula for the derivative of Yamabe constant , where g(t) is a solution of Ricci flow on closed manifold. We also give a simple application. Mathematics Subject Classifications (2000): 53C21 and 53C44     

Mass transport generated by a flow of Gauss maps

Let A⊂Rd, d?2, be a compact convex set and let be a probability measure on A equivalent to the restriction of Lebesgue measure. Let be a probability measure on equivalent to the restriction of Lebesgue measure. We prove that there exists a mapping T such that ν=μ○T⁻¹ and T=φ⋅n, where is a continuous potential with convex sub-level sets and n is the Gauss map of the corresponding level sets of φ. Moreover, T is invertible and essentially unique. Our proof employs the optimal transportation techniques. We show that in the case of smooth φ the level sets of φ are governed by the Gauss curvature flow , where K is the Gauss curvature. As a by-product one can reprove the existence of weak solutions to the classical Gauss curvature flow starting from a convex hypersurface.     

Sharp bounds for the first non-zero Stekloff eigenvalues

Let (M,,) be an n(2)-dimensional compact Riemannian manifold with boundary and non-negative Ricci curvature. Consider the following two Stekloff eigenvalue problems

where Δ is the Laplacian operator on M and ν denotes the outward unit normal on ∂M. The first non-zero eigenvalues of the above problems will be denoted by p₁ and q₁, respectively. In the present paper, we prove that if the principle curvatures of the second fundamental form of ∂M are bounded below by a positive constant c, then with equality holding if and only if Ω is isometric to an n-dimensional Euclidean ball of radius , here λ₁ denotes the first non-zero eigenvalue of the Laplacian of ∂M. We also show that if the mean curvature of ∂M is bounded below by a positive constant c then q₁nc with equality holding if and only if M is isometric to an n-dimensional Euclidean ball of radius . Finally, we show that q₁A/V and that if the equality holds and if there is a point x₀∂M such that the mean curvature of ∂M at x₀ is no less than A/{nV}, then M is isometric to an n-dimensional Euclidean ball, being A and V the area of ∂M and the volume of M, respectively.     

Explicit formulas for Laplace transforms of certain functionals of some time inhomogeneous diffusions

We consider a process given by the SDE , t∈[0,T), with initial condition , where T∈(0,∞], α∈R, (Bt)_t∈[0,T) is a standard Wiener process, b:[0,T)→R?{0} and σ:[0,T)→(0,∞) are continuously differentiable functions. Assuming , t∈[0,T), with some K∈R, we derive an explicit formula for the joint Laplace transform of and for all t∈[0,T) and for all α∈R. Our motivation is that the maximum likelihood estimator (MLE) of α can be expressed in terms of these random variables. As an application, we show that in case of α=K, K≠0,

     

Existence of sign-changing solutions for semilinear singular elliptic equations with critical Sobolev exponents

We consider the semilinear elliptic problem in Ω, u=0 on ∂Ω, where 0∈Ω is a smooth bounded domain in RN, N?4, , is the critical Sobolev exponent, f(x,⋅) has subcritical growth at infinity, K(x)>0 is continuous. We prove the existence of sign-changing solutions under different assumptions when Ω is a usual domain and a symmetric domain, respectively.