Some remarks on R-contact flows

Let (M, ) be an R-contact manifold, then the set of periodic points of the characteristic vector field is a nonempty union of closed, totally geodesic odd-dimensional submanifolds. Moreover, the R-metric cannot have nonpositive sectional curvature. We also prove that no R-contact form can exist on any torus.     

On Einstein Manifolds of Positive Sectional Curvature

Let (M, g) be a compact oriented four-dimensional Einstein manifold. If M has positive intersection form and g has non-negative sectional curvature, we show that, up to rescaling and isometry, (M, g) is ₂, with its standard Fubini–Study metric.     

ISOTROPIC WEYL MANIFOLD WITH A SEMI-SYMMETRIC CONNECTION

In this work,it is proved that every isotropic Weyl manifold with a semi- symmetric connection is locally conformal to an Einstein manifold with a semi-symmetric connection.     

Some Remarks on the Geodesic Completeness of Compact Nonpositively Curved Spaces

We study the following question: does a compact nonpositively curved space have a totally geodesic core?     

Two-Dimensional Artin Groups with CAT(0) Dimension Three

We exhibit 3-generator Artin groups which have finite two-dimensional Eilenberg-Mac Lane spaces, but which do not act properly discontinuously by semi-simple isometries on a two-dimensional CAT(0) complex. We prove that infinitely many of these groups are the fundamental groups of compact, non-positively curved 3-complexes. These examples show that the geometric dimension of a CAT(0) group may be strictly less than its CAT(0) dimension.     

Tubular Neighbourhoods of 2-Flats in 4-Manifolds of Nonpositive Curvature

We show that every orientable ²-vector bundle over the 2-torus arises as a tubular neighbourhood of a 2-flat in a closed 4-manifold of nonpositive sectional curvature and rank one.     

Configuration Spaces of Colored Graphs

This paper is intended to provide concrete examples of concepts discussed elsewhere in this volume, especially splittings of groups and nonpositively curved cube complexes but also other things. The idea of the construction (configuration spaces) is not new, but this family of examples does not seem to be well known. Nevertheless they arise in a variety of contexts; applications are discussed in the last section. Most proofs are omitted.     

Minimal 2-Fold Coverings of E d

Let N(k, d) be the smallest positive integer such that given any finite collection of open halfspaces which k-fold coversE ^d , there exists a subcollection of cardinality less than or equal toN(k,d) which k-fold coversE ^d . A well-known corollary to Helly's theorem proves N(1,d) =d+1. This provides an inductive base from which we show N(k; d) exists for all positive integers k.Our main result is .     

Finsler metrics with special Riemannian curvature properties

The Weyl curvature is one of the fundamental quantities in Finsler geometry because it is a projective invariant. By determining the Weyl curvature of a class of Finsler metrics, we find a lot of Finsler metrics of quadratic Weyl curvature which are non-trivial in the sense that they are not of quadratic Riemann curvature.     

Real hypersurfaces with constant totally real bisectional curvature in complex space forms

In this paper we classify real hypersurfaces with constant totally real bisectional curvature in a non flat complex space form M _m (c), c ≠ 0 as those which have constant holomorphic sectional curvature given in [6] and [13] or constant totally real sectional curvature given in [11].     

The equality case in Wu–Yau inequality

In recent papers Wu-Yau, Tosatti-Yang and Diverio-Trapani, used some natural differential inequalities for compact Kähler manifolds with quasi negative holomorphic sectional curvature to derive positivity of the canonical bundle. In this note we study the equality case of these inequalities.     

Finsler空间上的Weyl曲率

The Weyl curvature of a Finsler metric is investigated. This curvature constructed from Riemannain curvature. It is an important projective invariant of Finsler metrics. The author gives the necessary conditions on Weyl curvature for a Finsler metric to be Randers metric and presents examples of Randers metrics with non-scalar curvature. A global rigidity theorem for compact Finsler manifolds satisfying such conditions is proved. It is showed that for such a Finsler manifold,if Ricci scalar is negative,then Finsler metric is of Randers type.     

Expression of curvature tensors and some applications

We get an explicit expression of curvature operators in terms of at most eight terms of sectional curvatures. Some applications of this result are also given, particularly we improve a result of Chen-Tian related to the first Chern class of admissible surfaces in pinched manifolds. We also characterize in a simple way all functionsk(x, y) which can be sectional curvatures of some curvature operatorR.Supported by CNPq, Brazil and NNSFC.     

On space-like hypersurfaces in the de Sitter space

This paper gives the intrinsic conditions for a compact space-like hypersurface in a de Sitter space to be isometric to a sphere.     

Fan’s inequality in geodesic spaces

Fan’s minimax inequality is extended to the context of metric spaces with global nonpositive curvature. As a consequence, a much more general result on the existence of a Nash equilibrium is obtained.